London Indymedia/Cinema Politica Film series

The Council of Canadians London Chapter's Cinema Politica faction
and London Indymedia present... 7 free film screenings:
 

- Beyond Good & Evil and Class Dismissed
- Smash the Medium, Liberate the Message, Volume 1
- Resistencia: Hip Hop in Colombia
- Seeing is Believing - Handicams, Human Rights and the News
- The Big Sellout: Privatization
- Fela Kuti - Music is the Weapon
- Punk-le-vote

(See below for more information)

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Saturdays: 1:30 P.M.

Landon Library - 167 Wortley Road (near Bruce st.) (Mapquest map)
Martha Bishop Room, Lower Level

(See below for bus information)

Admission is free

Fair trade, organic, Ethiopian coffee will be provided courtesy of Ten Thousand Villages
BYOM! (Bring Your Own Mug).
Cinema Politica is always free and always a zero waste event. No mug equals no java.

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March 8th (Saturday)
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Beyond Good & Evil and Class Dismissed
( http://londonontario.indymedia.org/?q=node/191 )
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Beyond Good & Evil: Children, Media & Violent Times addresses how political leaders, in response to the September 11th tragedy, simplified the complex international relationships into a fight between good and evil. The Bush administration used the narrative strategically and the news media perpetuated it with enthusiasm pumping up patriotism and generating public support for the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class responds to American television depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants

March 22nd (Saturday)
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Smash the Medium, Liberate the Message, Volume 1
( http://londonontario.indymedia.org/?q=node/192 )

“DIY” film making - 6 short films and bonus material
Filmed in a cross section of locations in North and South America, this DVD captures the essence of the modern global justice movement.

March 29th (Saturday)
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Resistencia: Hip Hop in Colombia
( http://londonontario.indymedia.org/?q=node/193 )
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Resistencia offers a rare look at the Hip Hop street subculture in civil war-torn Colombia, while at the same time exploring how traditional Latino music is being infiltrated by rap.

April 5th (Saturday)
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Seeing is Believing - Handicams, Human Rights and the News
( http://londonontario.indymedia.org/?q=node/194 )
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Do-it-yourself filmmaking - Human rights activists, war crimes investigators, right-wing proselytizers and ordinary citizens are arming themselves with new visual tools.

April 12th (Saturday)
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The Big Sellout: Privatization
( http://londonontario.indymedia.org/?q=node/196 )
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The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatization politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

April 19th (Saturday)
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Fela Kuti - Music is the Weapon
( http://londonontario.indymedia.org/?q=node/195 )
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Composer, Afrobeat pioneer and human rights activist, Nigeria’s Fela Kuti (1938-1997) is often described as the African Bob Marley.

April 26th (Saturday)
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Punk-le-vote
( http://londonontario.indymedia.org/?q=node/197 )
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Two hardcore punks from Montreal decide to campaign for political office as independent candidates. Then they hit the campaign trail in one of Canada's wealthiest communities.

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Buses to Landon library:

The best bus to take is the Westmount (15); The Oxford East (4) is the next best bus to take; and the Jalna Blvd. (26) or Richmond (6) buses will take you to within walking distance.

On the Westmount (15) route, the stop near the Landon library is between the Richmond & Dundas stop and the Base Line & Wharncliffe stop.
( Schedule/map - PDF; HTML )

On the Oxford East (4) route, the stop near the Landon library is on Ridout, between the Richmond & Dundas stop and the Chiddington & Chiddington stop.
( Schedule/map - PDF;HTML )

After taking the Richmond (6) route you'll have to walk west from Richmond st. to Landon library.

After taking the Jalna Blvd. (26) route you'll have to walk south from Horton st. to Landon library.