Welcome to Shelbyville! The rise of a propaganda film

When the BeCause Foundation filmmakers arrived in the tense Tennessee town of Shelbyville in 2008, this is what I said: BeWare BeCause! Shelbyville BeWare BeCause, they are using your town!   They will gloss over the tensions and problems of the Tyson’s African employees and then show what great work the TIRRC and the Somali Community … Continue reading Welcome to Shelbyville! The rise of a propaganda film

Welcoming Communities Initiative uses Shelbyville propaganda film

….and gives tips on how to use the media to “change the conversation” in “communities” overloaded with immigrants. Here a Canadian group reports on a conference held in October in Seattle. The Fourth Annual U.S. National Immigrant Integration Conference took place in Seattle,Washington from October 24 to 26, 2011. The conference brought together policy-makers, practitioners, … Continue reading Welcoming Communities Initiative uses Shelbyville propaganda film

Shelbyville, TN propaganda film to be screened at the State Department

Only “credentialed” reporters will be permitted to attend! This is your classic Washington elitist ruling class strategy — only preferred media who will be expected to tow the party line will be permitted in the inner sanctum of the Obama State Department, here. For the other side of the story about the “Welcome to Shelbyville” … Continue reading Shelbyville, TN propaganda film to be screened at the State Department

Shelbyville, TN and the truth behind the making of a propaganda film

Reporter Brian Mosely: I never imagined three and a half years ago that simply telling a story honestly could lead to being demonized on national television, in a film sponsored by our own government, no less. [….] It’s as if someone made a film about Japanese interment during World War II and left out the … Continue reading Shelbyville, TN and the truth behind the making of a propaganda film

An inside look at the Shelbyville film propaganda team

I’ve written many many times about the propaganda film that has been created to tell the world that even in the heart of redneck country (Tennessee) that local folks are coming around to embrace their Somali neighbors (who arrived there to work for the meatpacker Tyson Foods) and welcome them to Bible-belt America.  But, as … Continue reading An inside look at the Shelbyville film propaganda team