[Imc-uk-associates] Fwd: Leeds Underground Film Festival

[Tony]

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>Leeds Underground Film Festival- Another World is Possible
>6 October 1-9 pm @ City Art Gallery- The Headrow
>Free Entry
>As part of the Leeds International Film Festival (3-13 October) we 
>are hosting a day of screenings dedicated to promote the European 
>Social Forum ( Florence-6-10 November).
>See Programme Below.
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>www.leedsundergroundfilm.org.uk
>Contact us if you would like to volunteer during the day.We are 
>inviting community/campaign groups to have a stall outside the 
>Gallery to promote their work.
>leedsunderground@hotmail.com
>1:15- Ken Fero will be introducing his film Injustice
>1:30 Injustice 98min(Ken Fero,2001-UK) The struggles for justice of 
>the families of people that die in police custody in England. Brian 
>Douglas, Joy Gardner, Shiji Lapite and Ibrahima Sey all met violent 
>deaths at the hands of police officers. The film documents a five 
>year period when the families of the dead came together to fight for 
>the truth. The want justice and they will not stop until they get it.
>3:15 Quiet Riot 5m (Bob Choflet,2001-USA)Quiet Riot is a response to 
>the bad rap the Denver Activists had been getting over the recent 
>years. Filmed on May Day 2001-it shows the police presence as a 
>result of ONE email going out on an email list that '3000 anarchists 
>were going to descend on Denver for MAY DAY'. Activists wanted to 
>prove the surveillance happening-which later came out in the 
>community that the famous Denver Spy Files were happening (recently 
>released to activists). This made national news in the good ol' US 
>of America.
>3:20 Argentina In Revolt 30 min ( Massproduced Video,2002 
>UK/Argentina) December 2001: the argentine economy collapses. Over a 
>million people rise up in fury and overthrow the government. As the 
>crisis deepens demonstrations and direct action are a daily event as 
>the cry goes up: Get Rid Of Them All!!
>3:50 Globalisation and the media 20 min (Undercurrents Foundation,2001- UK)
>The United States has spent the last 50 years constructing the 
>present New World Order. Aided by its powerful military resources, 
>alongside the IMF, World Bank and the World Trade Organisation, the 
>rules of global trade have been largely imposed to serve its own 
>interests. This documentary explores the role of the media in this 
>corporate led take over of the Planets natural resources.
>We explore how the media is involved in shaping public opinion 
>during the =91War on Terrorism=92. Undercurrents offers a wide range of 
>viewpoints from broadcasters, journalists, computer hackers, media 
>activists, and news editors. We investigate the bias of Television 
>news during the protest blockades of the IMF and the G8 summits. 
>Travelling from Nigeria to Britain we report on the violent 
>suppression of alternative media. Discover how new technology, such 
>as the internet and camcorders, is challenging the role of the 
>traditional news gatherer.
>4:25 The Satellite Shooters 16 min (Annemarie Jacir,2001-US) Using 
>the conventions of the Western genre, The satellite Shooters 
>satirically tells the story of Tawfiq, a young Palestinian boy in 
>Texas trying to find his place in America, and The Kid,a local 
>gunslinger.the film is a critique of the imagination that the 
>Western arises from-that fantasy land wherein masculine idealization 
>and racial hierarchies lead to the prevalling cowboy hero and his 
>stunted sidesick. The film is also a story of assimilation and the 
>immigrant experience. Orientalism meets occidentalism when Tawfiq 
>and The Kid embark upon a mission to change the world. But things 
>don=92t turn up like they do in the movies=85
>4:40 Gaza Strip 74 min (James Longley,2001-US) In January of 2001, 
>American Director James Longley traveled to the Gaza Strip. His plan 
>was to stay for two weeks to collect preliminary material for a 
>documentary film on the Palestinian Intifada. It was during this 
>stay that Sharon was elected Prime Minister. A violence erupted 
>around him, Longley threw away his return ticket and filmed for the 
>next three months.Gaza Strip , his first feature documentary, is an 
>extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinians in 
>the Gaza Strip struggling with the day-to-day trials of the Israeli 
>occupation .Filmed in verite style and without narration, Gaza Strip 
>at last gives voice to a population largely ignored by the maistream 
>media.
>6:10 Deportation at Breakfast 6 min (Bob Barlen,2001-Canada) Joe 
>walks into a diner and orders the breakfast special, but he ends up 
>biting off more than he can chew as the cook is arrested by 
>immigration officers, leaving him to do the cooking.
>6:20 Suits and Savages 38 min (Conscious Cinema-2001-UK) The Global 
>Environment Facility (or GEF) looks promising on paper - with two 
>and a half billion dollars from the world's governments to spend on 
>global green aid, and an inclusive, democratic model of governance. 
>But does this newest of the international financial institutions 
>live up to its own rhetoric, or must it reflect the politics of the 
>economists who run it - from inside the World Bank? SUITS AND 
>SAVAGES looks at a contested GEF/World Bank 'ecodevelopment' project 
>from the ground up - travelling between one remote tribe in India 
>and another, more powerful, in Washington DC. Spanning the gulf 
>between their environments, the film features an emotional 'video 
>letter' from forest dwellers to the World Bank, and a Bank 
>economist's response. Based on research from the University of Hull, 
>UK with support from the ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme.
>7:20- Hillary Wainwright (Red Pepper)
>7:45 Another World Is Possible 55 min ( 33 Italian Directors, 
>Adriana Chiesa Enterprises,2002-Italy) This documentary presents the 
>events surrounding the G-8 summit in Genoa in July 2001. Citto 
>Maselli, Mario Monicelli, Gillo Pontecorvo, Ettore Scola, Ricky 
>Tognazzi, Francesca Comencini, Pasquale Scimeca, Daniele Segre and 
>the Taviani brothers are among the many contributing directors.
>"We have made a film to tell the extraordinary events during G8 day 
>in Genoa.In particular the animated desire to contribute to give 
>voice to millions of human beings to whom the right to participate 
>in decisions about their future have been denied, the future of the 
>world.
>We all have different personal stories,political beliefs and 
>generational differences , of course.But we don=92t have doubts about 
>something that Mario Monicelli has expressed answering to the 
>"Corriere della sera": " I was always a left wing person I don=92t see 
>why I should change my idelogy now.The people of Seattle is not 
>communist , is anti capitalist. How can we not join them when 
>capitalism has proved to be the most erroneous ideology of the
>Century"
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