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Boom - The Sound of Eviction + Amaldecore Saturday, March 9th 8:30 $5-$10 ----> Event Description <----------------------------------------------- Whispered Media's "Boom - The Sound of Eviction" (96 minutes) preceded by a live performance by Amaldecore, (klezmer-art-folk-rock musicians extraordinaire) "Boom" explores the relationships between the dot-com boom (and bust) and community displacement and gentrification in the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly in the largely working class and Latino Mission District. By turns humorous and scathing, "Boom" delves into the ironies and contradictions of the "New Economy" and delivers a potent social critique that is ambitious in its scope while remaining close to the human scale. The viewer moves easily between dot-com party crashing at one end of the economic spectrum and painful moments with evicted families at the other. Boom features interviews with dot-com workers, real estate developers, and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, as well as those who challenged the new economic order through community organizing, electoral politics, and direct action. In addition to doggedly pursuing the daily drama of San Francisco gentrification and resistance, the filmmakers have amassed an enormous amount of material from which to fashion their motion picture. Boom's eclectic pallet of imagery includes 60's-era tourist movies, educational films of the 1950's, and Whispered Media's own original footage, documenting an era that has come and gone. Dramatic footage of communities in conflict brings you out into the streets while experts and community members themselves offer analysis of the social and historic forces that have shaped the current political landscape. Boom's dynamic soundtrack features music by popular artists such as Amaldecore, Antibalas, Aztlan Underground, ColdCut, Fugazi, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Mushroom, and Tortoise, as well as original music and sound design by Alex Theory. ----> Venue Info <------------------------------------------------------ 21 Grand 21 Grand Ave Oakland 510-444-7263 www.21grand.org Downtown Oakland, Grand Avenue and Broadway, BART: 19th and Broadway ----> Additional Info <------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-626-4942 www.boomthemovie.com ----> The Squid List Admin <-------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://www.laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your preferences: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://www.laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html ----> The Odeon Bar <--------------------------------------------------- Our little clubhouse in The Mission The Odeon Bar 3223 Mission Street @ Valencia, San Francisco http://www.odeonbar.com ----> Laughing Squid <-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://www.laughingsquid.org Underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond! ----> Web Hosting <----------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://www.laughingsquid.net Laughing Squid is an independently owned and operated web hosting service that specializes in web hosting for artists, individuals, non-profits and small organizations. We are here for those website owners and developers who often get lost in the faceless void of corporate web hosting. Copyright (c) 2002 Laughing Squid LLC. All rights reserved.
