CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Second Sunday Cinema's free film for Nov. 14 is “Washington You're Fired!”, a well-researched film documenting our losses of Constitutional rights when the Patriot Act was passed following 9/11.

The film will be shown at the Clearlake United Methodist Church at 14521 Pearl Ave in Clearlake, one block from Mullen.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the film starts at 6 p.m.

One of the strangest facts in this film is that not one elected representative read the Patriot Act before voting to pass it. Not one.

The reason is even more strange: A “substitute” Patriot Act was printed at 3:45 a.m. on the morning of the scheduled vote, replaced the hundreds-of-pages-long original Patriot Act bill with no notice to our representatives – and was passed in a switcheroo.

Those familiar with Second Sunday Cinema know that we avoid “conspiracy theory” films. There are facts enough to go around – and this alarming film is full of facts, with lawyers and law professors galore supporting the information that we citizens have lost crucial Constitutional rights. (But we're too busy trying to feed our families and save our homes to do much.)

We can be arrested and imprisoned now without cause or warrant, without knowing the accusations, the accuser, and – without a trial – be imprisoned for life. Our rights of Habeus Corpus and Posse Commitatus are suspended. It goes on and on.

To its credit, the film ends by letting us know what we can do to reclaim our country. And if you disagree with the premise of the film, do come anyway. There is always time for civil discourse following the screening.

Second Sunday Cinema shows well-made and important documentaries for free on the second Sunday of every month.

For more information call 707-279-2957.