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DESCRIPTION:This month's film night we will present a documentary from Brazil called 
 "The Landless"\n\nSynopsis:\nIn the mid-'70s, a growing number of Brazilian 
 farm workers found themselves forced off of the land they had worked for 
 years, with few career options available to them. Many found themselves 
 stranded in urban shantytowns after they were unable to find work, and out 
 of this came Brazil's "Landless Movement." The idea behind the movement was 
 to stake legal claim to unused land and allow settlers to move in; those 
 who stayed on and worked the land would in time divide up legal claim to 
 it, which would give the economically deprived a place to live and a means 
 of supporting themselves. However, in Brazil -- a nation where one percent 
 of the population owns half of the available land -- this notion proved 
 unpopular with wealthy landowners, who not only offered political 
 resistance to the Landless Movement, but in some cases raised private 
 armies to drive the newcomers off the land by force. Los Sin Tierra: Por 
 los Caminos de America is an activist documentary that charts the difficult 
 history and eventual successes of the Landless Movement. \n\nPresentation 
 by San Jose Peace & Justice Treasurer Charlotte Casey, an activist in the 
 Landless Movement.\n\n6:30 pm Brazilian Food\n7:00 pm Presentation\n7:15 pm 
 Film \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/11/18698962.php
SUMMARY:Latin Film Night: The Landless
LOCATION:San Jose Peace and Justice Center\n48 S 7th St\nSan Jose, CA 95112
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/11/18698962.php
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