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Dispatches From Rebel Mexico: Radical Film From Mexico | |
Date | Saturday July 24 |
Time | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
AK Press 674-A 23rd St Oakland, CA 94612 |
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Event Type | Screening |
Organizer/Author | Greg Berger |
Dispatches From Rebel Mexico
Saturday, July 24th 7pm FREE AK Press 674-A 23rd St Oakland, CA 94612 Come join us for an evening of radical films from Mexico! A fundraiser to benefit the production of a new documentary about the construction of rebel civil instiutions - and a new basketball league - in Zapatista communities in Chiapas. On saturday, July 24, U.S. born, Mexico based filmmaker Greg Berger will present excerpts from his ongoing interactive video tour, "Dispatches From Rebel Mexico." Films excerpted will include: "Tlalnepantla: The Price of Democracy" about the attempt of an indigenous town in Morelos state to declare itself autonomous, and the tragedy of subsequent police repression; "Atenco: The Machete Rebellion" which chronicles the successful struggle of a farming town adjacent to Mexico City against a proposed airport which would have confiscated communal land established as a result of the Mexican revolution; and "Gringothon," a humorous short film about a lone gringo's attempt to raise money in the streets of Mexico City to support a guerrilla insurgency in the United States. All proceeds from the event will benefit the production of Greg's new documentary on basketball in the highlands of Zapatista Chiapas. In recent years, civilian supporters of the Zapatista movement have begun building their autonomy through the construction of indpendent, indigenous controlled, civil institutions. One of these institutions is the Autonomous Rebel Zapatista High School, whose "education promotors" (teachers-in-training) have formed a highly successful basketball league. A new documentary will follow the basketball league and explore this new phase of the Zapatista's evolution, during which rebel indigenous communities have begun the arduous task of creating local, concrete, alternatives to the global neoliberal order. This new documentary will also make the story of the Zapatista struggle accesible to a whole new audience: the world's millions of basketball fans. |
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