June 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the pioneering Secret Policeman's Ball series of benefit shows for Amnesty International. The anniversary is being saluted with a major film festival in Los Angeles and New York: June 11 - July 31. Huffington Post bloggers are providing extensive coverage of the festival.

Long ago (well, 1982), on a smallish and awkwardly-shaped but somewhat culturally-significant island in the dismal North Sea, the late great Peter...