LONG BEACH PROGRESSIVE FILM FESTIVAL - Feb 28th - March 31st

Come on down and join us at the Month long Long Beach Progressive Film Festival. We are showing 5 films. The films are being show at both CSULB & LBCC. These events are brought to you by the California State University of Long BEach Campus Progressives and the Long Beach City College Campus Progressives.



CSULB Monday, February 28th - INSTANT-MIX IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY @ @ 5pm in the Beach Auditorium

LBCC Thursday, March 3th - INSTANT-MIX IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY @ 5:00pm at the E-Building next to the Cafeteria

CSULB Monday, March 7th - GAZA STRIP

LBCC Thursday, March 10th - GAZA STRIP @ 5:00pm at the E-Building next to the Cafeteria

CSULB Monday, March 14th - CHAVEZ: VENEZUELA AND THE NEW LATIN AMERICA

LBCC Thursday, March 17th - CHAVEZ: VENEZUELA AND THE NEW LATIN AMERICA @ 5:00pm at the E-Building next to the Cafeteria

LBCC Thursday, March 24th - ARLINGTON WEST @ 5:00pm at the E-Building next to the Cafeteria

LBCC Thursday, March 31st - THE END OF SUBURBIA @ 5:00pm at the E-Building next to the Cafeteria







FILM INFORMATION:

(A) INSTANT-MIX IMPERIAL DEMOCRACY

Arundhati Roy, in two remarkable lectures and two lively discussions with Howard Zinn, critiques the "New American Empire" and emphatically challenges Americans to reclaim democracy and resist the U.S. war machine.

(B) GAZA STRIP

A stirring documentary which pushes the viewer headlong into the tumult of the Israeli-occupied Gaza, examining the lives and views of ordinary Palestinians, including numerous perspectives from Palestinian children.

(C) CHAVEZ: VENEZUELA AND THE NEW LATIN AMERICA

Hugo Chavez, the leader of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution and iconic figure of anti-imperialism, is interviewed by Aleida Guevara—Che’s daughter. Also features interviews with organizers of social change in the barrios of Caracas.

(D) Arlington West

A riveting visit into a temporary cemetary on the sand in Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Oceanside, and other locations around the U.S., created every Sunday by the Veterans For Peace until the war ends in Iraq. This ever extending tribute honors the fallen U.S. soldiers. A sign also entreats passerby to contemplate the Iraqi Civilians, "If we were to honor the Iraqi Dead, it would fill this entire beach."

The crosses provide an eloquent stage for compelling diaologue with military families, veterans, soldiers going to and from Baghdad, and children.

"For the living, this film asks, 'How could this have happened?' For the dead it asks, 'Why?'"



(E) The End of Suburbia

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too the suburban way of life has become embedded in the American consciousness.

Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream.

But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary.

The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia ?





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For more information email

Elisa Herrera at haytmayl@hotmail.com or Mike Molina at synod7@hotmail.com

or Jeb at jebbathehut @hotmail.com