A film festival to spark discussion
The Fanshawe Social Justice Club
is kicking off the new year with a
three-day film festival! The Social
Justice Film Festival, in its fourth
year, features six hard-hitting,
award-winning and change-inspiring
documentary films to Fanshawe.
The goal of this festival is to engage
students, faculty and staff with
issues of social and environmental
justice through film.
Experience the seedy underworld of hardcore bicycle clubs. Get to the roots of the repressive policing model used against activists at summits. Join Israelis and international activists as they help Palestinians move back to the village they were displaced from. Meet one of the world's most renowned experts on energy and security issues and learn how intertwined war and oil have become. Visit people being evicted from their homes, as Michael Moore gives you a tour of capitalism's consequences. Travel back into the womb where, unbeknownst to you, there is a booming business capitalizing on how to bring you into the world in a state of trauma.
After each film, there will be a presentation and facilitated discussion about the issues brought up in the documentaries and strategies for change. This is a great opportunity to meet local people working towards change and get involved with groups such as Climate Justice London, People for Peace, CrimethInc. Ex- Workers' Collective, Common Cause, The Speed City Bike Militia and the Fanshawe Social Justice Club.
A special guest from the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective from North Carolina will be presenting The Miami Model and giving a presentation on mobilizations and the history of the anarchist and antiglobalization movements.
Fanshawe Social Justice Club presents:
The Fourth Annual Social Justice Film Festival Location: Fanshawe College, Room B1071
Time: 6 p.m.
Days: Monday, January 10 to Wednesday, January 12
Cost: All films are open to everyone and are free of charge. Donations are welcome and will help fund grassroots groups.
Monday, January 10, 6 p.m.: People from Yanoun
Israeli and international activists help the Palestinian inhabitants of Yanoun to move back to their village. They had been forcibly evicted by settlers who have confiscated nearly all their lands. These Palestinians give a dignified account of their daily struggle to survive. They live under the permanent threat of attack, but despite their bitterness, anguish and despair they try to continue with their lives.
Presented by: People for Peace
People for Peace formed in opposition to the Gulf war and has been active in opposition to war and injustice ever since. The Gaza Freedom March is a worldwide movement to end the illegal and inhumane siege of Gaza. The Canadian Boat to Gaza is a campaign to challenge the blockade by participating in the Freedom Flotilla 2, spring 2011.
8 p.m.: B.I.K.E.
The film is a depiction of the Brooklyn chapter of the Black Label Bike Club, a fringe network of tall bike jousters that combine their medieval inspired competitions with environmentalist and anti-consumerist rhetoric and politically radical ideals.
Taking place in the context of the 2004 Republican National Convention, Fountainhead Films' B.I.K.E. is a riveting look into the ways in which identity is important for a collective of fiercely independent people.
Presented by: Speed City Bike Militia
Speed City Bike Militia is a local underground bicycle enthusiast club.
Tuesday, January 11, 6 p.m.: The Business of Being Born
Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business. Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies. The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal.
Presented by: Fanshawe Social Justice Club
The Fanshawe Social Justice Club is in its fifth year of challenging social and environmental injustices in a way that supports self-organization and autonomy for its members. If you are a student here, consider joining us.
8 p.m.: Blood and Oil
The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges and corrects the historical record. The film unearths declassified documents to show how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years.
Presented by: Climate Justice London
Climate Justice London is a member group of the Rising Tide Network, which seeks to confront the root causes of climate change and ecological catastrophe through education and direct action.
Wednesday, January 12, 6 p.m.: The Miami Model
Against the prescribed template of paramilitary oppression, information warfare and profit above all values, activists converge in Miami to demonstrate grassroots resistance, creative action and international solidarity — a clash between competing visions of globalization, soon to be known as the Miami Model. Indymedia activists shot hundreds of hours documenting the 2003 FTAA protests in Miami and shaped the footage into a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place.
Presented by: CrimethInc. Ex- Workers' Collective.
The CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective is a decentralized anarchist collective composed of many cells which act independently in pursuit of a freer and more joyous world.
8 p.m.: Capitalism: A Love Story
This film examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans. The film moves from Middle America, to the halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan. The film explores the question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism?
Presented by: Common Cause - London & Empowerment Resource Centre
Common Cause is an Ontariowide anarchist organization. Empowerment is a local radical social centre now in its fourth year of activity.
Experience the seedy underworld of hardcore bicycle clubs. Get to the roots of the repressive policing model used against activists at summits. Join Israelis and international activists as they help Palestinians move back to the village they were displaced from. Meet one of the world's most renowned experts on energy and security issues and learn how intertwined war and oil have become. Visit people being evicted from their homes, as Michael Moore gives you a tour of capitalism's consequences. Travel back into the womb where, unbeknownst to you, there is a booming business capitalizing on how to bring you into the world in a state of trauma.
After each film, there will be a presentation and facilitated discussion about the issues brought up in the documentaries and strategies for change. This is a great opportunity to meet local people working towards change and get involved with groups such as Climate Justice London, People for Peace, CrimethInc. Ex- Workers' Collective, Common Cause, The Speed City Bike Militia and the Fanshawe Social Justice Club.
A special guest from the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective from North Carolina will be presenting The Miami Model and giving a presentation on mobilizations and the history of the anarchist and antiglobalization movements.
Fanshawe Social Justice Club presents:
The Fourth Annual Social Justice Film Festival Location: Fanshawe College, Room B1071
Time: 6 p.m.
Days: Monday, January 10 to Wednesday, January 12
Cost: All films are open to everyone and are free of charge. Donations are welcome and will help fund grassroots groups.
Monday, January 10, 6 p.m.: People from Yanoun
Israeli and international activists help the Palestinian inhabitants of Yanoun to move back to their village. They had been forcibly evicted by settlers who have confiscated nearly all their lands. These Palestinians give a dignified account of their daily struggle to survive. They live under the permanent threat of attack, but despite their bitterness, anguish and despair they try to continue with their lives.
Presented by: People for Peace
People for Peace formed in opposition to the Gulf war and has been active in opposition to war and injustice ever since. The Gaza Freedom March is a worldwide movement to end the illegal and inhumane siege of Gaza. The Canadian Boat to Gaza is a campaign to challenge the blockade by participating in the Freedom Flotilla 2, spring 2011.
8 p.m.: B.I.K.E.
The film is a depiction of the Brooklyn chapter of the Black Label Bike Club, a fringe network of tall bike jousters that combine their medieval inspired competitions with environmentalist and anti-consumerist rhetoric and politically radical ideals.
Taking place in the context of the 2004 Republican National Convention, Fountainhead Films' B.I.K.E. is a riveting look into the ways in which identity is important for a collective of fiercely independent people.
Presented by: Speed City Bike Militia
Speed City Bike Militia is a local underground bicycle enthusiast club.
Tuesday, January 11, 6 p.m.: The Business of Being Born
Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, a natural part of life. But birth is also big business. Compelled to explore the subject after the delivery of her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to question the way American women have babies. The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal.
Presented by: Fanshawe Social Justice Club
The Fanshawe Social Justice Club is in its fifth year of challenging social and environmental injustices in a way that supports self-organization and autonomy for its members. If you are a student here, consider joining us.
8 p.m.: Blood and Oil
The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges and corrects the historical record. The film unearths declassified documents to show how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years.
Presented by: Climate Justice London
Climate Justice London is a member group of the Rising Tide Network, which seeks to confront the root causes of climate change and ecological catastrophe through education and direct action.
Wednesday, January 12, 6 p.m.: The Miami Model
Against the prescribed template of paramilitary oppression, information warfare and profit above all values, activists converge in Miami to demonstrate grassroots resistance, creative action and international solidarity — a clash between competing visions of globalization, soon to be known as the Miami Model. Indymedia activists shot hundreds of hours documenting the 2003 FTAA protests in Miami and shaped the footage into a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place.
Presented by: CrimethInc. Ex- Workers' Collective.
The CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective is a decentralized anarchist collective composed of many cells which act independently in pursuit of a freer and more joyous world.
8 p.m.: Capitalism: A Love Story
This film examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans. The film moves from Middle America, to the halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan. The film explores the question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism?
Presented by: Common Cause - London & Empowerment Resource Centre
Common Cause is an Ontariowide anarchist organization. Empowerment is a local radical social centre now in its fourth year of activity.
