On Wednesday, June 21, I attended a free screening of Loose Change Second Edition at the Art Theatre in Long Beach, CA. I was previously familiar with the film, and have watched it online a number of times, but was excited for the opportunity to see the movie on the big screen, and to participate in a Q&A session with the filmmakers afterward.

I’ll give away the end, and state that I was highly satisfied with the experience overall. My wife and I arrived early to a group of about twelve people hanging out outside the theatre, waiting for the screening of “A Prairie Home Companion” to let out. I had printed up some flyers to promote 8thestate.com, and took advantage of the opportunity to walk around and chat with like-minded people about other aspects of 9/11. I am very glad to report that everyone was very friendly, and willing to talk. Some had even visited 8th Estate, and were quite interested in hearing about Richard Grove.

Despite some technical difficulties with the audio in the theatre and the LCD projector that the guys were using to show the film, the screening went off without a hitch. When the movie started there were between 50 and 75 people in the theatre. Throughout the film everyone was respectful and quiet (unlike most movie audiences these days), although many of the best moments came when new viewers saw evidence that was new to them, and seemingly the whole theatre let out an audible gasp.

This was the first time that my wife had seen the film, and she was floored and disturbed, much the same reaction as I had the first time I saw it. She has heard me rambling about this and that, controlled demolition, inside psy-op jobs, and how evil this administration REALLY is for a few months now, but never realized the extent of evidence that the “official story” is not true at all. For that matter, she had never heard about Building 7 falling either. Oh, you haven’t either? Ah. Sounds like you have some research to do.

Unfortunately we were not able to hold the Q&A session inside the theatre due to the next movie and the time lost because of the technical difficulties. However, everyone went outside the theatre and had the seesion right in front, which probably worked out much better from a PR standpoint. Drivers and pedestrians passing by the theatre during that time saw about fifty people standing on the sidewalk with movie cameras and a boom mic, which attracted plenty of attention. In fact, the next day a friend of mine at work called and asked what was going on at the theatre the night before since she saaw me standing outside in the commotion.

The opportunity to participate in this screening and Q&A session was quite a privilege, and I want to publicly thank the Long Beach Art Theatre owners and staff for allowing this screening to happen. It was invigorating to see how many people are interested in finding out the truth, and also to see how many people are already quite educated about what is really going on behind the scenes. All in all, it was a great night spent with great people.