BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:WORDS OF WAR BEGIN:VEVENT UID:268632025-05-10 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250510 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250511 LOCATION:17701 Dartmouth Drive\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=17701 Dartmouth Drive\nLewe s Delaware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=17701 Dartmouth Drive:geo:38.74 3420,-75.154447 GEO:38.743420;-75.154447 SUMMARY:WORDS OF WAR CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:REHOBOTH BEACH FILM SOCIETY’S CINEMA ART THEATER PRESENTS A S PECIAL\nEVENT WITH THE SCREENING OF THE POWERFUL BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA\, _WO RDS\nOF WAR\, _AT 3 PM ON SATURDAY\, MAY 10. THE FILM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IS\nSEAN PENN AND A POST-FILM Q & A WILL BE HELD WITH FILM LEAD PRODUCER\n MARK MAXEY.\n\n \n\nWorld-renowned journalist and human rights activist A nna Politkovskaya\nwent from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen\nkilling fields and exposing Russian state corruption under Vladi mir\nPutin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechnya despit e\nnumerous acts of intimidation and violence\, including being poisoned.\ nShe was ultimately murdered\, and it remains unclear who paid for the\nco ntract killing.\n\n \n\n“Journalists are as essential to all our freedo ms as air\,” writes\nExecutive Producer Sean Penn. “_Words of War _i s a tribute to Anna\nPolitkovskaya and journalists around the world\, whos e fearless\nreporting of savage wars and unvarnished criticism of savage l eaders\nare essential to all our freedoms…this film succeeds beautifully as\ncinema and its drama will entertain you\, while equally serving as a\ nmeditation on the ways we can regroup our sense of our own place\, of\nwh at our voices must do.”\n\n \n\nA PORTION OF THE FILM’S PROCEEDS ARE BEING DONATED to the Committee\nto Protect Journalists (NY)\, the Nationa l Press Club Freedom Center\n(DC)\, and the International Women’s Media Foundation (DC) who\nhonored Anna Politkovskaya in 2001 with their Courage in Journalism\naward\, five years before she was murdered for being a\njo urnalist.  [2025\, USA/UK\, 117 MIN\, RATED: R]\n\n \n\nAdmission is $9 for members\, $11.50 for general audiences and $5 for\nstudents (student tickets available only at the theater box office).\nPurchase advance ticke ts online at rehobothfilm.com\n[https://www.rehobothfilm.com/] or at the Cinema Art Theater box\noffice in Lewes\, Wednesday-Sunday from 12:00 Noo n to 5:00 PM.\n\n \n\nThe Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s (RBFS) mission is to celebrate the\npower of visual storytelling\, showcasing independent films and\ncreating transformative experiences for people of all-ages and diverse\nbackgrounds here in the mid-Atlantic region. The Film Society\nc ultivates and shines a light on the next generation of filmmakers\nwhich b enefits the community and raises awareness on the positive\nimpact of cine ma as a performance art. The organization values\nintegrity\, accessibilit y and accountability.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Rehoboth Beach Film Society&rsquo\;s Cinema Art Theater presents a special event with the screening of the powe rful biographical drama\, \;Words of War\, \;at 3 pm on Saturday\, May 10. The film e xecutive producer is Sean Penn and a post-film Q &\; A will be held wit h film lead producer Mark Maxey.

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World-renowned journalist and human right s activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields and exposing Russian state corruption u nder Vladimir Putin. She refused to give up reporting on the war in Chechn ya despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence\, including being po isoned. She was ultimately murdered\, and it remains unclear who paid for the contract killing.

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&ldquo\;Journalists are as essential to all our freed oms as air\,&rdquo\; \;writes Executive Producer Sean Penn. &ldquo\;Words of War \;is a tribute to Anna Politkovskaya and journalists around the world\, whose fearless reporting of savage wars and unvarnishe d criticism of savage leaders are essential to all our freedoms&hellip\;th is film succeeds beautifully as cinema and its drama will entertain you\, while equally serving as a meditation on the ways we can regroup our sense of our own place\, of what our voices must do.&rdquo\;

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< span style=\"text-decoration-style:initial\">A portion of the film&r squo\;s proceeds are being donated \;to the Committee to Protect Journalists (NY)\, the National Press Club Freedom Center (DC)\, and the International Women&rsquo\;s Media Fou ndation (DC) who honored Anna Politkovskaya in 2001 with their Courage in Journalism award\, five years before she was murdered for being a journali st. \; \;[202 5\, USA/UK\, 117 min\, Rated: R]

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Admission is $9 for members\, $11 .50 for general audiences and $5 for students (student tickets available o nly at the theater box office). Purchase advance tickets online at \;< /span>rehobothfilm.com&n bsp\;or at the Cinema Art Theater box office in Lewes\, Wednesday-Sunday f rom 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM.

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The Rehoboth Beach Film Society&rsquo\;s (R BFS) mission is to celebrate the power of visual storytelling\, showcasing independent films and creating transformative experiences for people of a ll-ages and diverse backgrounds here in the mid-Atlantic region. The Film Society cultivates and shines a light on the next generation of filmmakers which benefits the community and raises awareness on the positive impact of cinema as a performance art. The organization values integrity\, access ibility and accountability.

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