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"Freeing Sylvia Baraldini" w/ filmmakers Margo Pelletier and Lisa Thomas
One country's terrorist is another country's revolutionary...
The award-winning documentary "Freeing Silvia Baraldini" is a profound inquiry into the life of an Italian woman who became an American radical. Silvia spent 24 years in prison following her conviction of helping to free Black Panther, Assata Shakur from prison. Filmmakers Margo Pelletier and Lisa Thomas unlock a chapter in U.S. radical politics that has been until now, sequestered by the U.S. government.
Click here to see a trailer for "Freeing Silvia Baraldini" and find out more about the film!
Screening of "The Baader Meinhof Complex"
A new Academy Award-nominated drama about Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy.
The radicalised children of the Nazi generation led by Andreas Baader (Moritz Bleibtreu), Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck) and Gudrun Ensslin (Johanna Wokalek) are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past.
Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold (Bruno Ganz). And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he’s only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.
"Captured" Documentary Screening
7PM Screening of "Captured"
Since 1979 Clayton Patterson has dedicated his life to documenting the final era of raw creativity and lawlessness in New York City's Lower East Side, a neighborhood famed for art, music and revolutionary minds. "Little brother is watching big brother"--traversing the outside edge, he's recorded a dark and colorful society, from drag to hardcore, heroin, homelessness, political chaos and ultimately gentrification.
PLEASE NOTE: The Director, Dan Levin has informed us that due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, he will be unable to attend the screening for a Q & A.
IVAW co-founder Jimmy Massey and filmmaker Joe Stillman w/ "From Mills River to Babylon and Back"
The Sanctuary for Independent Media and Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace welcome filmmaker Joe Stillman and Iraq Veterans Against the War co-founder Jimmy Massey for a screening of the new documentary "From Mills River to Babylon and Back... The Jimmy Massey Story."
Former Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey, a 12-year Marine veteran, served in Iraq in 2003. He witnessed—and in some cases participated in—the killing of innocent civilians. The Iraqis “were just doing their normal routines,” he says, “and they were getting frickin’ blasted for it.” He began to speak out to his superiors and was eventually diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. He won an honorable discharge in December 2003
Two Wheels Good: Bike Movie Screening
Celebrate bike month with an evening of short bicycle-themed movies curated by the Troy Bike Rescue collective to make you laugh, cry, think, and—most importantly—get out and ride! Co-sponsored by New York Bicycling Coalition; valet bike parking available.
Our press release:
"Two Wheels Good" to Celebrate Bicycle Culture with Independent Films at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy
“From the Ground Up” w/ filmmaker Su Friedrich
Wake up and smell the global economy with acclaimed filmmaker Su Friedrich as she takes you from Guatemala to South Carolina to New York City to see how her morning cup of coffee has passed through the hands, and lives, of countless people. Co-sponsored by the Honest Weight Food Co-op.
Our press release:
Filmmaker Su Friedrich Screens Her Coffee Epic
"From the Ground Up" at the Sanctuary
"Little Caughnawaga" w/ filmmaker Reaghan Tarbell
The Kahnawake Mohawk ironworkers who helped to build the famed bridges and skyscrapers of New York City lived with their families in 10 square blocks in Brooklyn—a neighborhood known as Little Caughnawaga. Reaghan Tarbell traces her family roots to create a portrait of this vibrant community and the women who sustained it.
Our press release:
Native American Filmmaker Visits the Sanctuary
"Shifting Focus: Filmmaker Ben Selkow"
Submedia & Lost Film Fest: Guerilla Media Screening
On Wednesday December 3, , we welcome video/web artist and all-around culture jammer Frank Lopez of Submedia.TV (coming to us from Vancouver, BC)! His work includes the post- Katrina music video "George Bush Don't Like Black People" (downloaded over one million times and counting) and the vlog "It's the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine" (which highlighted the Wafaa Bilal incident last spring). He'll be presenting "Ground Noise & Static," a powerful documentary filmed in the midst of the protests at last summer's 2008 political conventions.
7PM Show - followed by a Q&A discussion
Admission by donation ($10 suggested)
PLUS.....BYOB Bye Bye Bush afterparty with best of the Anti-Bush Era Videos
wear some anti-bush clothing
About Ground Noise & Static
In November, one or the other of the corporate candidates will
win, and then, as always, it will be what the people do, not the
politicians, that counts.
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