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"One must remember that in choosing the lesser of two evils, one still chooses evil." --Hannah Arendt, Philosopher, Activist
Date: March 11th, 2011, 12th and 13th, 2011
Time: 12noon, every day
Location: The Amazing, Historic and Awesome La Peña!
227 Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
Price: Free of Charge
Schedule:
March 11th, 2011
12pm - Start of the Sixth Annual International SURGE Film festival.
12:30pm - First Film of the Film Festival:
A Radically Different World View Is Possible, The Gift Economy Inside and Outside of Patriarchal Capitalism
conference organized by the Foundation for a Compassionate Society and Genevieve Vaughan
Full description on the International Conference on the Gift Economy Official Website [opens in new window]
2:40pm
The SURGE Diversity Schedule
Documentaries, Music Videos, Avant-garde, Independent and Shorts!
Malcolm X - [Premier Screening in Texas]
directed by Jesse Rosenberg
genre: music videos
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
Asphyxious
directed by Shawn June. Meet the Director. Q & A after the film.
genre: shorts
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
The Doll Project - [Premier Screening in Texas]
directed by Lynne Melcher
genre: documentaries
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
Red Dust
directed by Karin Mak
genre: shorts
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
Good versus Evil [Texas Premier]
directed by Kim Sheridan
genre: shorts
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
Alltaegliche Begebenheiten (Germany)
English translation: Everyday Occurrences
It is matter of the 'daily occurrences', leaning on the literary texts by Austrian authoress Ingeborg Bachmann. 'War is no more declared, but continued...'
directed by Fumiko Matsuyama
genres: Avant-garde, Independent, War, News
NICHES:Women
Country of Filming: Argentina, Croatia, Germany, North Korea, South Korea, Uruguay
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
5pm.
End of the first day of films.
Schedule:
March 12th
12noon
Claudia (Argentina) [Premier Screening in the United States]
Claudia leaves from prison after twenty-six years behind bars. The camera follows her return to liberty. The reconstruction of her family bonds, her relations with her partner and her daily presence in the city let us analyze what reintegration means into society and show us the objectives of the penitentiary system and how it functions.Claudia just finished her studies in sociology. Historical images of the prison and the details of the double homicide which landed her to jail (which also inspired some episodes of the TV series 'Women Assassins') contrast with her encounters with experts and the people who associated with the penitentiary system.The prison problem, its reality and effects in the life of a woman who faces the challenge to live freely after being imprisoned for more than two decades.
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
More films!
5pm.
End of the second day of films.
March 13th, 2011
12noon
Peace Through Education: Stealing The Light
Peace Through Education: Stealing the Light tells of Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti’s struggle to give the gifts of literacy and educational opportunity to the next generation of Afghan children. In 2001, his hard work was realized – he opened a school on family property in his home village of Shin Kalay, in the war-torn Helmand Province of Afghanistan. 16 Students attended that first year, both boys and girls. Success followed success and by 2008 the student body swelled to over 1200 students attending daily, over 400 of them female. And the school had grown physically, too, into a safe, walled compound with classroom facilities for boys and girls, a library and computer lab, dormitories for the staff, a well and generators. Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti’s Green Village School became a welcomed focus for the entire community.
Sadly, tragedy struck mid-October 2008; an unidentified group entered the village and at gunpoint looted the institution, bulldozed it, and destroyed everything, leaving the school a heap of rubble on the ground.
Through the words of former students, teachers and local officials, Mohammad and his family, we learn of the importance of the school to students and the entire village, we witness its loss and the devastating aftermath, and follow Mohammad’s emotional journey to rebuild. Stealing the Light seeks to answer the question of whether and how literacy and education promote peace and opportunity in conflict affected countries.
Full description on the 'Love To SURGE' profile page [opens in new window]
See the trailer below.
Nationwide Schedule
Mission Statement
Peace, Equality and Solidarity. Although political protests give us the opportunity to unite our thoughts in opposition to the route which our governments are taking us, many of us all over the world have come to the realization that the lack of peace in the world and the problems that we see increasing every day have a foundation deeper than the Republicans, the Democrats, or a few select multinational corporations. What we face are institutionalized problems, problems which can only be confronted at the root, researched and solved by imaginative and broad based, non-violent social movements - not ballot boxes.
A Forum of Unparalleled Access and Outreach
Access, Horizontalism and Outreach. The Annual Social Uprising Resistance and Grassroots Encourage (SURGE) Film Festival begin during the first Annual International A World Beyond Capitalism (AWBC) Conference that began in 2005. Much like the AWBC, SURGE has always aimed at contributing to the process of Access, Horizontalism and outreach by providing a space for activists - to reflect on the importance of long term vision, strategy, face-to-face relationship building and the realization that a worldwide multi-racial struggle for true universal equality must pro-actively work to include all races and classes of people, differently abled people, and even those who do not speak English. We also seek to bring together and give voice to people working for a better world: a world of equality, a world of peace.
With this in mind, SURGE is a film festival that is now moving to the next level by once again organizing the Annual International SURGE Film Festival that will take place in several different cities during several large events.
The 2011 Fifth Annual International SURGE Film Festival
will take place during the following times:
Austin, TX - March 11th, 12th and 13th, 2011 (3days)
Taking place during the 24th Annual SXSW Event.*
Urbana, IL - April 9th, 2011.
Taking place during the 10th Annual Boneyards Arts Annual Event.*
Portland, OR - May 17th-23th (7 days)
"Once people understand the strength of non-violence - the force it generates, the love it creates, the response it brings from the total community - they will not easily abandon it."
--Cesar Chavez, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers of America, Union Activist, Ethical Vegetarian, Philosopher, Activist
*Our Events take place at the same time as these event but are not affiliated with these events.
Peace, Equality and Solidarity. Although political protests give us the opportunity to unite our thoughts in opposition to the route which our governments are taking us, many of us all over the world have come to the realization that the lack of peace in the world and the problems that we see increasing every day have a foundation deeper than the Republicans, the Democrats, or a few select multinational corporations. What we face are institutionalized problems, problems which can only be confronted at the root, researched and solved by imaginative and broad based, non-violent social movements - not ballot boxes.
A Forum of Unparalleled Access and Outreach
Access, Horizontalism and Outreach. The Annual Social Uprising Resistance and Grassroots Encourage (SURGE) Film Festival begin during the first Annual International A World Beyond Capitalism (AWBC) Conference that began in 2005. Much like the AWBC, SURGE has always aimed at contributing to the process of Access, Horizontalism and outreach by providing a space for activists - to reflect on the importance of long term vision, strategy, face-to-face relationship building and the realization that a worldwide multi-racial struggle for true universal equality must pro-actively work to include all races and classes of people, differently abled people, and even those who do not speak English. We also seek to bring together and give voice to people working for a better world: a world of equality, a world of peace.
With this in mind, SURGE is a film festival that is now moving to the next level by once again organizing the Annual International SURGE Film Festival that will take place in several different cities during several large events.
The 2011 Fifth Annual International SURGE Film Festival
will take place during the following times:
Austin, TX - March 11th, 12th and 13th, 2011 (3days)
Taking place during the 24th Annual SXSW Event.*
Urbana, IL - April 9th, 2011.
Taking place during the 10th Annual Boneyards Arts Annual Event.*
Portland, OR - May 17th-23th (7 days)
"Once people understand the strength of non-violence - the force it generates, the love it creates, the response it brings from the total community - they will not easily abandon it."
--Cesar Chavez, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers of America, Union Activist, Ethical Vegetarian, Philosopher, Activist
*Our Events take place at the same time as these event but are not affiliated with these events.