movie screening

Freegan Forum: Freeganism in the Mass Media
Film and Discussion
w/ Special Guest Tate LeFevre

Featuring:

NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH
(Dir: Tate LeFevre, 18 min.)

WHERE: 123 Community Space, 123 Tompkins Avenue at Myrtle Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY Directions at http://123communityspace.org/directions

WHEN: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 7PM

Organized by Freegan.info

Since it's inception, Freegan.info's activities have drawn an endless
stream of coverage from media outlets around the world. Almost
immediately, this led to a fear among many active trash pickers that
suddenly all the dumpsters would be locked. Thankfully, this never
happened. But has all this media coverage really helped to spread
Freegan.info's message of sustainability, mutual aid, and
non-participation in capitalism? Or has freegan.info been complicit in
its own mass-media cooptation, contributing to the invention of a
watered-down representation of freeganism that can safely fit within the
corporate media's representation of reality. What strategy should freegans
apply in talking to mainstream media? Should we talk to them at all? Join
us to watch the film "No Such Thing As a Free Lunch", which examines the
relatioship between freegans and mass media, and discuss these questions
with Tate LeFevre, its director.

Synopsis of the Film:
How can a radical activist movement based on limited participation in the
capitalist system use mainstream media to publicize its mission and
further its goals? "No Such Thing as a Free Lunch" follows members of the
Freegan movement--perhaps best known for eating food found in the
garbage--as they lead "trash tours" in New York City, cook feasts with
salvaged food and give interviews to Oprah—all while managing an often
difficult relationship with the media.

Director Bio:
Tate LeFevre is a PhD student in the Anthropology and Culture and Media
Program at NYU, where her dissertation research investigates the emergence
indigenous nationalism in expressive culture in the French Overseas
Territory of New Caledonia (in the South Pacific). Despite focusing on a
very different context, her first film connects with a long-standing
interest in activism, performance and the use of media by grassroots
groups, developed througout her main research focus.

An hour-long look at the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the anarchists (particularly those from Eugene) who traveled there to set a new precedent for militant confrontation. Rather than attempting to cover every situation at the WTO, Breaking the Spell has covers a few scenes film in depth. It is filmed in the thick of the action, including footage that aired nationally on 60 Minutes, it captures a moment when world history was up for grabs. Rather than attempting to cover every situation at the WTO, Breaking the Spell has several moving montage sequences combined with a few scenes that cover one or two situations in depth. [63 min.] We'll also show a half-hour interview with world-renowned US foreign policy scholar and critic Noam Chomsky on the WTO.

In the final part of Showdown in Seattle, the WTO ends in failure and celebration. Interviews with Victor Menotti (Int. Forum on Globalization), John Mwaniki (Zimbabwe delegate), Lori Wallach (Public Citizen), Scott Nova (Citizen Trade Campaign), Mr. Shinohara (Japanese delegate), and others. A look at the youth participation in the Seattle protest and what the WTO means to them. The Longshoreman rally closes labor's week of events. An ironic look at holiday shopping in Seattle during the siege. An inside look at the Independent Media Center and the process that made it work. The series closes with reflection on the week's events and inspiration for the mobilization ahead. We'll also show interviews with physicist, activist, and author Vandana Shiva.

Showdown In Seattle: Five Days That Shook The WTO

Release Date: 2000-03-23
Prodiced in December 1999

Seattle's Independent Media Center's Showdown in Seattle: Five Days that Shook the WTO: A five part series featuring on-the-ground, non-corporate perspective and in-depth analysis on world trade issues, popular resistance and the police repression that you won't find elsewhere in addition to incredible footage of police repression and popular resistance. Each half hour show is made up of segments shot and edited on location in downtown Seattle by an unprecedented collaboration of video producers from around the U.S. working under the umbrella of the Independant Media Center. The programs in this series were produced daily on location in Seattle and satellitecast across the U.S on each day of the WTO ministerial.

With startling footage of police brutality, disregard for first and fouth amendment rights by the authorities and the tactics of a police-state type curfew during the protests of the WTO summit, this timely video lays out a searing indictment of Seattle Police, local politicians, the mass media and the entire global market power structure.

An incredible collaboration between the main constituents that made up the Independent Media Center in Seattle—Deep Dish TV, Paper Tiger, Big Noise Films, Whispered Media, Headwaters Action Video Collective, Changing America, VideoActive and dozens of video activists. Two and a half hours of footage and analysis of the now legendary Seattle WTO protests. From the National Lawyers Guild to the Longshoreman's rally, Vandana Shiva to Jim Hightower, chemical weapons and rubber bullets, direct action blockades and rioting. Its all here. A crucial piece of history, testimony, eye-witness reportage, analysis, and alternative media in the making. For anyone who was there, and everyone who wasn't

Showdown in Seattle, Pt 1 - Seattle Prelude
Showdown in Seattle, Pt 2 - People Unite, Police Riot

To coincide with the NY premiere of the motion picture "Battle in Seattle", TradeJustice NY Metro will present a month of films about the historic 1999 protests at the Seattle round of WTO talks. Films will be followed by dicussion and strategizing on how we can take action against corporate globalization.

Week 1: Breaking the Spell

BREAKING THE SPELL An hour-long look at the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the anarchists (particularly those from Eugene) who traveled there to set a new precedent for militant confrontation. Rather than attempting to cover every situation at the WTO, Breaking the Spell has covers a few scenes film in depth. It is filmed in the thick of the action, including footage that aired nationally on 60 Minutes, it captures a moment when world history was up for grabs. Rather than attempting to cover every situation at the WTO, Breaking the Spell has several moving montage sequences combined with a few scenes that cover one or two situations in depth. [63 min.]

Tuesday November 7th, Free Movie Night @123.
Featuring : La Haine (Hate)

Free food and popcorn will be served!

Political Documentaries and Films