CLEARLAKE — Second Sunday Cinema kicks off its second year of free films for the Lake County community on Sunday, Feb. 10, with what is arguably the best documentary about the attack on the World Trade Center: “9/11: The Myth and the Reality.” This is only the second film on 9/11 that SSC has screened to date. This writer, who has vetted many a film on 9/11, found the steady compilation of facts in opposition to “stories,” riveting and compelling, even stunning.
SSC is sensitive to the fact that when many people hear of another film about 9/11 their immediate assumption is, “Oh no, not another movie about ?conspiracy theories!”” If this is your concern, please know that this documentary is not a “conspiracy theory” film. The focus of this movie is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Theology and Religion David Ray Griffin as he speaks to standing-room-only crowds at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco and at the Grand Theater in Oakland. The video is enhanced with archival footage and graphics.
As a scholar, researcher and author and as one who values the truth, Dr. Griffin began noticing discrepancies between the “official” explanations of what happened versus what is possible and factual. Like any PhD worth their salt, Dr. Griffin began doing his own research, relying also on well-informed others to provide information on such widely disparate subjects as elemental physics, chemistry, politics, war, NORAD and history.
He then compiled nine major “myths” or stories not based on facts and, addressing each in turn, provided factual rebuttals. A reviewer on Amazon says it well: “I have collected most of the books, videos, and DVDs exposing 9/11. Most of them have major problems. In contrast, this DVD stands apart. David Ray Griffin is solid as gold, laying out the evidence in a comprehensive overview.”
In other Second Sunday Cinema news, SSC is in the process of getting its own wiki space, where anyone can see what films have already been screened, what movie will be shown next, plus lists of movies for possible screening in the future. You will also be able to make suggestions about films you”d love others to see.
As always, SSC”s films are shown at the Clearlake United Methodist Church, 14521 Pearl St., near Mullen, in Clearlake. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. so you can grab a seat, a snack and socialize. The film starts at 6 p.m. For more information, call 279-2957.
