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<br>"Inside Job", Charles Ferguson's documentary about the financial meltdown, plays<br>Tuesday May 31 at 7:30 at the Unitarian church. Free, but donations requested.<br>The interviews with academics who can't perceive their own corruption are shocking.<br>A panel discussion at Stanford featuring Ferguson drew a couple hundred people. He<br>said some of these guys earn 25X as much from their consulting work as they do from<br>their professorial salaries.<br><br>"The First Grader" deals with colonialism, literacy, sticking to your guns, and the <br>value of old revolutionaries in a tale about an 84-year-old Kenyan who won't take <br>no for an answer in his quest for an education. Inspiring. That's at Palo Alto Square,<br>probably not for long. <br><br>"Even the Rain" is about water, European attitudes, and revolution in Bolivia. It<br>ain't art--the arc of character is clumsily contrived--but its heart is in the right place<br>and it's well done aside from the script. Friday, June 3, San Jose Peace and<br>Justice Center, 6:30. Includes Bolivian food, $5--$10 requested.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </body>
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