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Egypt: Roots of an Uprising


Sunday, February 20

2:00 PM

Mercury Cafe

2199 California St, Denver

$10 suggested donation

For 30 years Egypt has been under the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak
with the backing of the United States and Israel. His regime has been
wrought with corruption, abuse, and torture. Recent mass protests
eventually caused him to step down leaving the military in charge.
Although spirits are high, the future for Egypt is in question but the
implications for the Middle East and the world are unquestionably
great.

ArgusFest will be showing a series of clips from documentaries and
news clips regarding Egypt's modern history leading up to this
historic moment.


Nixon in the Den

Tuesday, February 22

7:00 PM

Hooked on Colfax
3213 E. Colfax Ave, Denver
$5 suggested donation

Leading historian David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the
controversial career and embattled presidency of Richard Nixon.



Reynolds argues that Nixon was genuinely successful as an
international statesman, with his historic visits to communist China
and the Soviet Union helping to thaw the Cold War. Yet behind the
scenes, Nixon's diplomacy was a story of intrigue and rivalry. The
methods that won him acclaim on the international stage also doomed
his presidency in the infamous Watergate scandal.



An intimate psychological profile, the film reveals how Nixon was
driven by a deep inferiority complex and ruthless ambition to escape a
loveless, impoverished background. Nixon clawed his way to the most
powerful job in the world yet could never shake off this past.



With the help of Nixon's scribbled memos, audio recordings and rarely
seen home movie footage and photos, the film throws new light on
Nixon's obsessive secrecy, relentless deception and paranoid mistrust
of key aides, especially his foreign policy adviser Henry Kissinger.



Shy and tortured, Nixon ran his presidency largely from a hideaway
office across the road from the White House. The film recreates this,
his 'den', the place where Nixon dreamed of greatness but was haunted
by his demons.




Haiti: A Nation in Captivity
Thursday, February 24
7:00 PM
Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver
$10-20 suggested donation
Haiti, who's rich history gave rise to the first slave revolt is now
the poorest country in the western hemisphere with at least 75% of the
adult population illiterate and unemployed. In the 1990s the country
experienced a democratic surge, which was promptly assaulted by a US
sponsored coup attempt which initially failed but eventually succeeded
in 2004.

Last year Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake leaving 316,000
people dead and 1.6 million homeless and then the disaster
profiteering vultures moved in.

Tonight ArgusFest will be showing a series of clips from documentaries
and news programs giving a rough outline of the problems in Haiti.