imdb.com/title/tt1540993/ The veneer of American democracy twitches in its final death throes as the Church of Bush Rove Cheney, Inc. relentlessly jam their flag-waving religious sloganeering and invocation of god-like superiority down the throats of an uneducated, uninsured, uninformed public. “We are the supreme race! We have the supreme weapons!” Street protesters wishing to demonstrate against the zealotry of the Masters of Mendacity and Manipulation are confined – literally - to caged areas, euphemistically named “free speech zones” out of sight and earshot of average Americans who are “guarded” from the truth by the state controlled media. “They won’t win. They cannot win against the symbol of Christ!” With ruthless calculation and Machiavellian logic, the Republican Princes of Power and Privilege have crafted a permanent war economy in order to provide welfare for the wealthy. “It is the one and only way to maintain the supreme race!” A fusion of multi-layered polyphonic sampling, heavy, relentless beats, and scorching satire, “The Free Speech Zone”, a psychedelic Dada/techno opera, is a scathing condemnation of the American government’s quest for world domination through unrelenting mind control. “Thank you, and welcome to the apocalypse.” santacruz.bside.com/2008/films/thefreespeechzone_santacruz2008 splitfilmfestival.hr/arhive/2007/shorts/kasumi.htm On DVD: splitfilmfestival.hr/arhive/2007/shorts/kasumi.htm FSZ is part of the permanent collection of the House of Peace and Human Rights (http://www.sansebastian.org/casadelapaz) San Sebastian, Spain kasumifilms.com MUSIC: Song Title: The Free Speech Zone Music Artist: Kasumi Completion and Release Year: 2004 Song Title: 5 Star Murder Label: High Five Metal Records Music Artist: At Wit’s End Completion and Release Year: 2003 Song Title: Bring It On Music Artist: Jerry Miller Label: Zone Music, Inc. Completion and Release Date: 2003 Director: Kasumi Production Company: Kasumifilms Editorial and Post Production: Kasumifilms SELECTED SCREENINGS Sapporo International Short Film Festival: First Prize Best Experimental, 2006 Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival VideoLisboa Nemo Festival, Paris, France - organised by Thecif - Region Ile de France, in association with le Forum des Images (Paris 1er) and Reperages magazine. 2004 Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris, 2004 Rome International Film Festival 2004 Athens International Film Festival, 2004 12th International Art Film Festival, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, June, 2004 Seoul Net & Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea, July 2004 AFO (Academia Film Olomouc) Czech Republic, October 2004 Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film and Video, Victoria, BC 2005 Madcat, San Francisco 2004 International Experimental Film Festival "Carbunari 2004", MUZEUL FLOREAN, Baia Mare, ROMANIA Continental Drift Film Festival, Canada Kinofilm International Film and Video festival, Manchester, UK For a complete list of screenings: http://sites.google.com/site/morekasumistuff/screenings La Zona del Discurso Libre La Zone du Discours Libre Die Zone der Freien Rede Zóna slobody slova La Zona di Discorso Libero A Zona do discurso Livre 自由な会話の面積