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"Reclaim the Commons" Benefit Film Festival
Sunday, June 6th
2pm-8pm
$3-5 Donation (Nobodoy turned away)
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"RECLAIM THE COMMONS" WEEK BENEFIT FILM FESTIVAL
SUNDAY JUNE 6TH 2-8 PM NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA CULTURAL CENTER 766 VALENCIA STREET , SAN FRANCISCO $3-5 DONATION REQUESTED (NO ONE TURNED AWAY)
SPONSORED BY NEW COLLEGE ACTIVISM + SOCIAL CHANGE; CULTURE, ECOLOGY + SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY; and MEDIA STUDIES
Schedule:
2:00pm - Velorution
3:00pm - We Are Traffic
4:00pm - Greening of Cuba
5:00pm - Global Banquet
6:00PM - Shorts
7:00pm - Fed Up
Film Info:
Velorution: One City's Solution to the Automobile
1996
28 minutes
Produced & Directed by Bruce Petschek & Charles Phred Churchill
Velorution is a dynamic half-hour portrait of Havana, Cuba, in the period just following the collapse of the Soviet Union when, for lack of oil, the city adopted the bicycle as one of the dominant forms of transportation.
While the battle against pollution, traffic mortality, and urban gridlock falters in most cities, Havana has proved that the bicycle can move a large number of commuters. Taking the lead from some industrialized, bicycle-friendly cities in Europe, Cuba ordered 1.2 million bicycles from China, and thus began their trek toward a human-powered 'Velorution.'
Drawing in part from an earlier production, this tape was originally intended for urban planners and bicycle enthusiasts. Now, however, the filmmakers have found that others who've never seen nor heard from Cubans outside of the dominant political debates are interested in this off-the-beaten-path view of Cuba's cityscape.
(We aren't blocking traffic,) We Are Traffic!
A Movie about Critical Mass
1999
50 minutes
Directed by Ted White
We Are Traffic! chronicles the history and development of the "Critical Mass" bicycle movement, one of the most spirited and dynamic social/political movements of the apathetic 90's. In over 100 cities in 14 different countries, Critical Mass has now become a monthly ritual of reclaiming the streets by bicycle activists riding en masse.
With traffic congestion, pollution, and road rage on the rise, growing numbers around the world are advocating for transportation alternatives, and Critical Mass is at the cutting edge of this mindset.
We Are Traffic! tracks this leaderless, grassroots movement from its beginnings in San Francisco in 1992 to its spread across the globe. With a radical direct-action approach the participants of Critical Mass are celebrating the bicycle and in turn taking on perhaps the century's most sacred cow: the automobile.
The Greening Of Cuba
1996
38 minutes
Institute for Food and Development Policy, Subterranean Distribution
This video profiles Cuban farmers and scientists working to reinvent a sustainable agriculture, based on ecological principles and local knowledge rather than imported agricultural inputs. In their quest for self-sufficiency, Cubans combine time-tested traditional methods with cutting edge bio-technology.
When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80% of its pesticide and fertilizer imports and half its petroleum - the mainstays of its highly industrialized agriculture. Challenged with growing food for 11 million in the face of the continuing U.S. embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to organic farming every attempted.
Told in the voices of the women and men - the campesinos, researchers, and organic gardeners - who are leading the organic agriculture movement, the video reminds us that developed and developing nations alike can choose a healthier environment and still feed their people. (In Spanish with English sub-titles.)
The Global Banquet: The Politics of Food
Producer/Director(s): Anne Macksoud, John Ankele
57 Minutes
The Global Banquet reveals the profound negative impact of globalization on our food system. Taking examples from all over the world this video makes �difficult� issues understandable to the non-specialist, by exposing the underlying myths that hunger is the result of scarcity, that small countries simply can�t feed themselves, and that only market driven, chemically based, industrial agriculture can feed the world, how Agri-business is squeezing out small farmers and how trade liberalization, by allowing mass produced, low-cost food exports to developing countries is destroying peoples� ability to feed themselves
Fed Up!
Wholesome Goodness Productions
2002
57:40
Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage (from archive.org) and
featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and
activists, FED UP! presents an entertaining, informative and compelling
overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution
to the Biotech Revolution and what we can do about it. FED UP! explores
the unintentional effects of pesticides, the resistance of biotechnology
companies to food labeling and the links between government officials
and major biotechnology and chemical companies. FED UP! answers many
questions regarding genetic engineering, the Green Revolution, genetic
pollution and modern pesticides through interviews with Marc Lapp� and
Britt Bailey from the Center for Ethics and Toxics, Peter Rosset and
Anuradha Mittal from Food First, Vandana Shiva from the Research Center
for Science, Technology and Ecology, Ignacio Chapela from UC Berkeley's
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Martina
McGloughlin, Director of UC Davis' Biotechnology Program and many others.
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New College of California 766 Valencia St San Francisco
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