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SAY I DO screening

February 14, 2006, marks the 7th anniversary of the PURPLE ROSE CAMPAIGN Against Trafficking of Filipino Women and Children.  Launched in the US in 1999, the Purple Rose is now in 11 countries in Asia, North America, Europe and Australia.

Help us commemorate and strengthen the Campaign…
Screening of Say I Do, a film on mail-order brides, by Arlene Ami.  Followed by a panel discussion on sex trafficking.

“…I need to find myself a nice submissive young lady who wants and needs to have me control and direct her life. I am age 52, divorced after a long marriage. There isnothing so pleasurable to me as teaching a young woman to submit fully to my wishes… If my wife does not obey me, then I am perfectly willing to punish her in whatever way I think is right...” -from a letter received by a young Filipina from a mail-order bride agency's client.

WHEN: Thursday, 23 February 2006, 6:30PM

WHERE: Imaginasian Theater, 239 E. 59th Street (btwn. 2nd & 3rd ave.), Manhattan, NYC

HOW MUCH: $10.00 (tickets available online or at Imaginasian box office or contact GABNet at 212.592.3507 or nynj@gabnet.org)

While February is a month of heart-shaped chocolates and cards, GABRIELA Network--the largest and oldest US-Philippine women's organization--looks at intimate affairs and the power dynamics that ensue when love is for sale.  In commemoration of the 7th anniversary of the Purple Rose Campaign Against Sex Trafficking, GABNet presents a screening of Arlene Ami's award-winning film "Say I Do," a documentary chronicling the journey of four women, from their lives in the Philippines through the mail-order bride system to their experiences as wives, mothers, and women in a foreign land.  

Tickets are available online or at Imaginasian's box office, or by contacting GABNet at (212) 592-3507 or nynj@gabnet.org.

Directions: F to Lexington Ave./63 St.;  or 4, 5, 6, N, R, W to Lexington/59th. St;  Buses include M57 - E. 57 St / Lexington Avenue, M31 - 57 St. / 2 Avenue, Q32 - 60 St. / 2 Avenue, X63 - 57 St. / Park Avenue.

For more info on "Say I Do" and filmmaker Arlene Ami: http://www.redstorm.ca/sayido/synop1.htm

 

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