Simon Sedillo, the director of 'El Enemigo Común', will be at El Centro Cultural for the screening
'El Enemigo Común' (The Common Enemy) scratches beneath the surface of neoliberalism, and looks at some of the most hidden atrocities in recent North American history.
The film documents instances of paramilitary activity against indigenous communities in Oaxaca, México from 2002 through 2005, and includes footage of protests in Cancún against the WTO, and in Miami against the FTAA.
The 3 locations in isolation expose the disparities in North American resistance movements, but also bring us closer to understanding the nature of an emerging common struggle.
Bouncing back and forth from community to community, 'El Enemigo Común' is both an introduction to some of the many ignored resistances in North America, and an urgent call to action for international civil society, to stand in solidarity against state sponsored repression and for human peace, dignity and justice, in Oaxaca, Mexico.
The film provides a historical context for the current violent incarnation of capitalism and empire, and provokes action against it as a common enemy.
Video Trailer at http://houston.indymedia.org/uploads/sequence_1.mov
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Son Jarocho preview:
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/127275
http://www.myspace.com/sondelcentro
Info about El Centro Cultural de México in Santa Ana:
http://www.myspace.com/centroculturaldemexico
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