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Thread ID: 14454 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2004-07-06
2004-07-06 02:35 | User Profile
Since the film in the story below asks serious questions about the culture war being carried out against America, we should probably not hold our breath waiting for Hollyvitz to come running with fists full of "filthy lucre" to promote this film.
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The Letter Posted on: 2004-07-03 02:16:10
by Mark Neufeldt
Syrian-born director Ziad Hamzeh is receiving rave reviews for his independent film release, "The Letter." According to the controlled media, the film is the story of the "culture clash" that resulted when a group of 1,100 Somalis descended upon the small town of Lewiston, Maine. Hamzeh told the Massachusetts Daily Item that "The Letter" opened in November in Los Angeles, to "great reviews."
The film is now scheduled for a host of venues and events around the country, including: the AFI International film festival, World Premiere; The 2004 Amnesty International Film Festival; 2004 Pan-African Film Festival; Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival; 2004 Newport Beach Film Festival; and it will also open the 2004 Boston International film festival.
The title of the film is a reference to a letter penned by Lewiston mayor, Laurier T. Raymond Jr., who pleaded with the leadership of the Somali community to stop any more of their people from coming for fear of an economic disaster. Raymond described his town as ââ¬Åmaxed-out physically, economically and emotionallyââ¬Â from what many described as an invasion.
Hamzeh characterized the Somali invasion as a "search for a community in which to live that reflected their own values." Values they supposedly brought from their native Somalia where they lived in violent, filth-strewn refugee camps.
Hamzeh blamed Raymondââ¬â¢s letter for a "firestorm" that culminated in a "hate rally by White Supremacist groups," while falsely characterizing the majority of Lewiston residents as kind and generous and accepting of the Somalis.
In September 2002, NA members Jeff Thorsvali and Mark M. countered a ââ¬Ådiversity rally" organized by the usual suspects. The rally offered Hamzeh the opportunity to portray the community as divided by pro-White activists, while firmly behind the Somalis. It was just the type of propaganda event that he needed as the centerpiece of his film.
Many observers, including Bob Hess of the New Jersey National Alliance, helped to conduct a grass-roots outreach campaign in Lewiston. He saw the situation much differently than did Hamzeh. When I spoke with Hess over the phone about his recollections, he said that Alliance activists were actually sought out by residents, some of whom joined on the spot.
What Hess witnessed in Lewiston was far different than what the media was able to portray using the pro-Somali rally. He explained that Lewiston residents, for the most part, supported Alliance efforts, although they feared reprisal.
A waitress in a local café told Hess, ââ¬ÅWe support you but we are just afraid that we will be fired from our jobs if we do it openly.ââ¬Â She related an incident in which a fellow waitress was fired for openly discussing the Somali problem.
Hess found several residents who told him they had been evicted from their apartments by greedy landlords who handed their apartments over to Somalis. One of the evicted tenants told Hess, ââ¬ÅWe were paying $500 to rent this apartment, but the government is giving the Somalis $700 for the same housing.ââ¬Â Meanwhile, Hess met a homeless veteran who was not qualified for a $700 housing benefit, which could have helped him to escape his plight.
Pro-white activists understand that the Somali situation in Lewiston is not unusual. Many of the new arrivals have found themselves in state prison for committing violent crimes, while others survive by peddling drugs and food stamps. Just about every female Somali is pregnant, and stays pregnant year after year. The average Somali couple has nine children, who are raised as Muslims and taught to hate the "Infidel." Other problems include the disgusting tradition of ritual slaughter, and the unreported support for Osama Bin Laden. None of these facts are related in Hamzeh's propaganda film "The Letter."
(Image: The leader of the Somali "community" in Lewiston tells National Alliance member Jeff Thorsvali of his support for Osama Bin Laden. He says he hopes they'll be "many more attacks in which many more Whites will die.")
Local filmmaker receives praise for 'The Letter'
Documenting a culture clash
Printed from National Vanguard ([url]http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=3256[/url])
2004-07-12 02:53 | User Profile
to me, this film is much more important than the pseudo-radical * Fahrenheit 9/11* by the anti-White, so-called "working-class" hero Michael Moore.
2004-07-12 19:35 | User Profile
Kurt, I agree, seeing this film "The Letter" could/would/should open the eyes of more Whites than the half-truth docu-pic "Faranheit 9/11".
2004-07-12 20:42 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]Kurt, I agree, seeing this film "The Letter" could/would/should open the eyes of more Whites than the half-truth docu-pic "Faranheit 9/11".[/QUOTE] Problem is,[color=red] nobody will ever see it![/color] The news jews would never let such a thing to enter the public domain.