FREE Screening: Cultures of Resistance on Jan 13
Cultures of Resistance - Jan 13 at Cinema Politica Danforth
Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict. After several years, travelling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who committed their lives to promoting change.
From BURMA, where non-violent monks take on a dictatorship, to BRAZIL, where musicians transform guns into guitars, and ending in PALESTINIAN refugee camps in LEBANON, where photography, music, and film have given a voice to those rarely heard, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE celebrates the people standing up to exploitation and violence with artistic expression and creative activism. Featuring: Medelliacuten poets for peace, Capoeira masters from Brazil, Niger Delta militants, Iranian graffiti artists, women's movement leaders in Rwanda, Lebanon's refugee filmmakers, U.S. political pranksters, indigenous Kayapoacute; activists from the Xingu River, Israeli dissidents, hip-hop artists from Palestine, and many more...
CULTURES OF RESISTANCE does not focus on one place in the world where a military unit or private corporation is violating a group of people's human rights. Instead, the film looks at conflicts all over the world and seeks out artists who devote their work to fighting injustice and violence. WHEN: January 13 2011, 7:30-10:00pm WHERE: The Centre of Gravity, 1300 Gerrard St. East, Toronto For information contact David Langille -- langille@yorku.ca or 647 280 7747
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nptGxlSFxY4
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