RESISTANCE CINEMA Presents “SUPERPOWER” Superpower Productions Produced and Directed by Barbara-Anne Steegmuller, Associate Producers David Chilton and Michael Diiorio, Hosted by Christy Johnson, (2008 119 minutes)
WHEN: Sunday may 30, 2010 1:15 pm
WHERE: Community Church NY Gallery Room, 28 East 35th st. @ Park Ave.
ADMISSION: Free, donations appreciated
The United States emerged from World War II with its industrial base still intact and the
only nation with the atomic bomb. It was without question the most powerful country on earth. What was done with this unprecedented power, the effects it's had on our Republic and the rest of the world is the story of Superpower.
A well-executed and comprehensive film it asks tough questions and goes behind the scenes of America’s national security apparatus and military actions. Far from a
conspiracy film about the dangers of government secrets and regime change, this well-balanced film straddles the philosophical divide and allows viewers to understand the US quest for global dominance through economic and military strategy that is exposed through review of historical events, personal interviews, and analysis of US foreign policy.
The heart of Superpower lies in the analysis produced from a re-examination of history through a series of interviews with historians, documentarians, and academians such as Bill Blum, Chalmers 
Johnson, Michael Chossudovsky, and Noam Chomsky, and others with expertise in this subject such as the Executive Producer of The Unit, Command Sergeant (Ret.) Eric
Haney; former Chief Economist for the US Department of Labor, Morgan Reynolds; three-time Noble Peace Prize nominee, Kathy Kelly; and Lt. Col. (Ret) Karen Kwiatkowski.
Examining key moments in America's history elicits a more consistent and plausible set of motives for US foreign policy actions guided by global expansion and military dominance, rather than the hyperbolic calls for democracy and totalitarian regime change that we have become so accustomed to hearing.
Should citizens trust that their government will keep them safe, a government that keeps secrets, and lies, in the name of national security? Does the simple act of withholding information lead to a world of eroding civil liberties and corruption? Superpower presents a view of US foreign policy, which lies in stark contrast to that depicted by corporate media, popular pundits, and US heads of state. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the US has emerged as the preeminent superpower of the world.
Superpower illustrates how the United States has chosen to leverage that position to pursue a grand strategy
which will ensure itself unilateral world domination through absolute economic and military superiority. A pattern of government deception coupled with a complacent media has left the public dangerously misinformed.