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13 October 2009 - Bringing the War Home: Tom Hayden, Jane Fonda, and Naomi Klein

Tuesday October 13th - 7PM
Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002

--Introduction to the Enemy - Christine Burrill, Haskell Wexler, Bill Yahrausr, 1974, 64 minutes
--This Brave Nation: Tom Hayden and Naomi Klein - Christopher Sprinkle, 2008 27 minutes
TOTAL RUNNNG TIME: 91 minutes | Digital Projection

Co-sponsored by the Left Forum


Special thanks to Laura Beatty, Leslie Ward, and Jeff Wexler

(The Wexler film is distributed by the Institute for Cinema Studies. The Sprinkle film is available from the Brave New Foundation.)

12 October 2009 - Labor and Lacan: Stanley Aronowitz, Slavoj Zizek, and the Public Sphere

Monday October 12th - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014

--Stanley Aronowitz Reads the New York Times: A Timely Look at Labor - Paper Tiger TV, 1983, 28 minutes
--United Victorian Workers - Dara Greenwald, 2006, 6 minutes
--Liebe Dien Symptom wie Dich selbst [Love Your Symptoms...] - Claudia Wilke, Katharina Hocker, 1996, 52 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes | Digital Projection

Co-sponsored by the Left Forum

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27 September 2009 - Apocalyptic Architecture: A 3-Channel Installation

Sunday September 27th - 6:30PM
Convent of St. Cecilia
21 Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

--San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - Red Channels, 1906/2009, 17 minutes
--The Atom Strikes! - Army Pictorial Service, 1945, 30 minutes
--September - Dan Meyerson & Matt Peterson, 2008, 29 minutes
30-minute Loop for Three Digital Projectors

Part of the Get Ahead Festival.

Special thanks to Zachary Henson, Nick Shimkin, and Time's Up

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10 September 2009 - The Banality of Disaster: Mapping Materialism

Thursday September 10th - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014

RIGHT TO THE CITY:

--San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - Red Channels, 1906/2009, 17 minutes
--A Tale of Two Cities - Army-Navy Screen Magazine, 1946, 12 minutes
--Night and Fog - Alain Resnais, 1955, 32 minutes
--September - Dan Meyerson & Matt Peterson, 2008, 29 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 91 minutes | Digital Projection

Co-curated by Kazembe Balagun and the Brecht Forum
Co-sponsored by Red Channels


(The Resnais film was released on DVD (2003) by Criterion.)

2 September 2009 - Reclamation: Organized Housing in NYC

Wednesday September 2nd - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014

RIGHT TO THE CITY:

--Break and Enter (Rompiendo Puertas) - Newsreel, 1970, 42 minutes
--At Home in Utopia - Michal Goldman, 2008, 57 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 99 minutes | Digital Projection

Discussion with:
--Tom Gogan - of the Union of City Tenants
--Esperanza Martell - member of El Comite
--Boris Ourlicht - Coopnik
--Laurie Ourlicht - Boris' daughter, Coops descendant, Westbeth resident, visual artist
--Ed Yellin - Coopnik

C0-sponsored by Red Channels


(All of the Newsreel films are available from Third World Newsreel. The Goldman film is available on DVD (2009) from Filmmakers Collaborative.)

31 August 2009 - Stir Crazy: History in Black and White

Monday August 31st - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014

BLACK AUGUST:

--How Does It Go with the Black Movement? - Warren Steibel, 1973, 60 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes | Digital Projection

C0-sponsored by Red Channels


(William F. Buckley's "Firing Line" video archives are available from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.)