{"article":{"id":87923,"heading":"Oct 10, 11 'We Interrupt This Empire...' Film Screenings","author":"Otto Nomous","created":"2003-10-09 22:42:33","modified":"2003-10-13 07:45:33","last_modified":"Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:45:33","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Thursday, Oct 10, 7:30PM <br>  <br> Screening of 'We Interrupt This Empire...' as part of \"Alternative Screen Independent Film Showcase\" <br>  <br> at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, <br>  <br> 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood <br>  <br> General admission: $8. Students &amp; seniors: $8. Members: $6. <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americancinematheque.com\">http:\/\/www.americancinematheque.com<\/a> <br>  <br> 323.466.3456 <br><br> Directions: The address of the Egyptian Theatre is 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, between Las Palmas and McCadden, just east of Highland Avenue in Hollywood. Selma Avenue is just south of the theatre. <br><br>  <br>  <br> Friday, Oct 11, 8PM <br>  <br>  Two independent films on resistance to the war in Iraq will be shown at c-level gallery this friday: 'Gringoton' and 'We Interrupt This Empire' <br>  <br> www.c-level.cc <br><br> Directions to C-level: <br><br> 1. Find yourself in front of \"FULL HOUSE RESTAURANT\" located <br>  <br> at 963 N. Hill Street in Chinatown. <br>  <br> 2. Locate the alley on the left hand side of Full House. <br>  <br> 3. Walk about 20 feet down the alley (away from the street). <br>  <br> 4. Stop. <br>  <br> 5. Notice dumpster on your right hand side. <br>  <br> 6. Take a right and continue down the alley. <br>  <br> 7. Exercise caution so as not trip on the wobbly cement blocks underfoot <br>  <br> 8. The entrance to C-Level is located 10 yards down on left side, <br>  <br> behind a red door, down a black staircase. <br><br>  <br>  <br> WE INTERRUPT THIS EMPIRE <br>  <br> (2003, 52 Min., US) <br>  <br> A film by Video Activist Network <br><br> What happens when a trigger-happy cowboy with a pocket full of loot <br>  <br> aims his guns on an oil-rich, people-poor nation? <br><br> We Interrupt This Empire... is a powerful look into the direct actions that shut down the <br>  <br> financial district of San Francisco on the day after the United States <br>  <br> invaded Iraq. With audio backdrop including the live radio <br>  <br> broadcasts from the Independent Media Center to SFPD's tactical <br>  <br> communications that were picked up on police scanners, the documentary <br>  <br> reveals a diverse show of resistance from the streets of San Francisco <br>  <br> as well as providing a critique of the corporate media coverage of the <br>  <br> war and exploring such issues as the Military Industrial Complex, <br>  <br> attack on civil liberties, and the United States' current imperialist <br>  <br> drive. <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.videoactivism.org\">http:\/\/www.videoactivism.org<\/a> <br><br> GRINGOTON (Gringo-thon) <br>  <br> (2002, 17 Min., Mexico) <br>  <br> A short film by Greg \"Gringoyo\" Berger <br><br> During the invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003, a misplaced gringo in Mexico City helplessly watches the attrocities through the lens of Mexican television news. Taking a tip from his Mexico City neighbors, he begins to sell chewing gum and wash car windows in the streets of Mexico City...to raise money for a guerrilla army to take out Bush. <br><br> \"Gringo-thon\" is a personal expression of protest of an expatriate living abroad, and also a subtle meditation on the complexities of \"gringo\" identity in an American continent whose millions of inhabitants misunderstand each other. <br><br>  <br>  <br> C-level is a cooperative public and private lab formed to share physical, social and technological resources. Its members are artists,programmers, writers, designers, agit-propers, filmmakers and reverse-engineers. Part studio, part club, part stage and part screen; C-Level is located in a basement in Chinatown Los Angeles and plays host to various media events such as screenings, performances, classes, lectures, debates, dances, readings and tournaments.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.videoactivism.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Thursday Oct 10, 7:30PM at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood\r\nFriday Oct 11, 8PM at C-Level in Chinatown\r\n\r\nSome of the filmmakers will be present at the screenings for Q & As.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/10\/87923.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}