Film Showings

anarchol
Posts: 224 Joined: 22-09-04 Location: Newport, Wales
Submitted by anarchol on 19 December, 2007 - 12:19.

I've started doing Film showings down the local social centre on anarchist history, been getting a respectable crowd for the size of the venue, about 25 people last night, more the week before. It's beena right shot in the arm for the bookstall too, though maybe thats more to do with the time of year thinking about it...

I've shown the new Sacco and Vanzetti (which is excellent by the way) and Anarchism in America (which is a bit shoddy tbh) upcoming I've got a "The free voice of labor" & bunch of spanish films "living Utopia", "Guerillas" & "Mujeres Libres" booked in.

I think I could go on for ages with foreign language films (especially spanish) but I'm not sure the crowd thats been coming would stomach that many subtitles (maybe I'm wrong, I dunno)

any suggestions for anarchist history documentaries in english worth showing?

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1622 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
19 December, 2007 - 12:46

Not strictly anarchist history but...
- Matewan
- Salt of the Earth
- Zoolander

Stripey "Intersectionalist workers of the world"
Posts: 269 Joined: 30-10-03 Location: Ottawa, Canada
24 December, 2007 - 01:48

zoolander?

weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 6545 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
24 December, 2007 - 01:52

Ethel McDonald - An anarchists story

Lone Wolf "My Boots...Fit the Occasion Tonight. I'm Feeling Alright with the Crew"
Posts: 4286 Joined: 01-03-06 Location: E. London UK
24 December, 2007 - 02:40
Stripey wrote:
zoolander?

He was being cheeky. smile Plus, he has a crush on Ben Stiller.

Anarchol - well done for doing this - pretty good attendances there. cool I'd pop along but... wink

anarchol
Posts: 224 Joined: 22-09-04 Location: Newport, Wales
25 December, 2007 - 23:38
guydebordisdead wrote:
Ethel McDonald - An anarchists story

good call, I'd forgotten all about that, still haven't seen it.

Can anybody direct me to a torrent site that has it..?

weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 6545 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
25 December, 2007 - 23:46

Its on ebay for about 6euro, worth buying. I have it somewhere but I can't find it.

Tacks "in it to win it"
Posts: 4705 Joined: 08-11-05
26 December, 2007 - 12:47

we've been quiteluy running one in shef for about a year now, can't be arsed to find the thread tho - google 'cinema syndicate' and you'll get a program.

Once my fucking burner's fixed, take your pick comrade smile

There are more than enough films to run really decent showings, i reckon its going to be an increasingly common activity as a the prices of projectors come down. It worked really well for the WOMBLES social centres when i was at school, we would pile in for the free movie on a friday. That said they were normally films on general release...

Its got all trendy with this Secret Cinema thing too.

David UK "Platformist Anarchist"
Posts: 182 Joined: 05-09-04 Location: Reading
27 December, 2007 - 11:59

A place called Chiapas.

Brilliant, arty, exciting, interesting, relevent. It's canadian aswell, and well put together. Region 2, I maybe able to burn you a free copya nd post u it if u want?

PM me if u do.

weeler "The wind that shakes Nathan Barley"
Posts: 6545 Joined: 25-09-05 Location: Dublin
27 December, 2007 - 12:41

http://www.bignoisefilms.com/

MT
Posts: 41 Joined: 29-03-07
27 December, 2007 - 13:54

We have shown in several towns of Slovakia these films in recent years (and we still do):
- Fourth World War
- Anarchism in America
- Zanon. Mate Ton und Produktion
- This is what democracy looks like

In near future we think also of Porto Marghera documentary (Wildcat have it as a part of one of the latest issues on DVD). And Land and Freedom perhaps (we asked Loach´s company to give us OK to screen this but it is a horrible business bureaucracy, we will try again though). We also have found Libertarias with English subtitles lately, so this too perhas. We have around 30 titles dealing with anarchism (from movies to documentaries) but miss English subtitles to many...

Can anyone send subtitles for Anarchism in America and Voices of labour in srt or sub format (or any txt format)?
The same goes for Matewan and Salt of the Earth. It would be of huge help for us over here!! Torrents don´t work on these titles...

And what´s this? - Ethel McDonald - An anarchists story
Any torrent?

And good luck with screenings!!!

yoshomon "insignificant mortal"
Posts: 391 Joined: 19-06-07 Location: Kentucky
28 December, 2007 - 15:17

I did a free screening of Debord's 'Critique of Seperation' and 'In Girum...' here and it went well.

Tacks "in it to win it"
Posts: 4705 Joined: 08-11-05
4 January, 2008 - 01:19

Really?!

Tacks "in it to win it"
Posts: 4705 Joined: 08-11-05
4 January, 2008 - 01:20
MT wrote:
- Fourth World War

Maybe this film makes more sense if english is your second language....?

october_lost "Not one thread, not one needle"
Posts: 1097 Joined: 26-09-03 Location: Stratford, London
4 January, 2008 - 02:21

There is a 30-40 min documentary about the anti-fascist 43 Group which is well worth watching. Its on the ChristieBooks Channel, and with the right software you can pull off imbedded films. On the same site there is a selection of about 500+ films/docus/clips, most presumably wont be worth showing to an audience but if you work your way through them Im sure there are some gems on there.

There is History of Oil is quite good and at least light hearted

Also Im reliably informed Peter Watkins as a good catalogue of films. Ive watched parts of the War Game and all of Punishment Park and they are memorable. Otherwise Loach did some low key documentaries which might well worth digging out.
As anyone seen the Navigators?

yuda "Elitist Twat"
Posts: 281 Joined: 04-12-04 Location: Otautahi
4 January, 2008 - 06:42
guydebordisdead wrote:
Ethel McDonald - An anarchists story

Is this any good?

Asher "Anarcho-Kyke Federation Of Aotearoa"
Posts: 828 Joined: 18-03-06 Location: Aotearoa / New Zealand
4 January, 2008 - 08:23
yuda wrote:
guydebordisdead wrote:
Ethel McDonald - An anarchists story

Is this any good?

Haven't seen it, but there's more info and some clips from it at http://www.spanishcivilwarfilm.com/

knightrose
Posts: 1963 Joined: 08-11-03
4 January, 2008 - 09:24

An anarchist's story is brilliant. Made by the BBC, it portrays the anarchists as the good guys and everyone else as the baddies.

Also show Our Oil and other stories. Quite liberal but revealing.

On a similar vein Taking Liberties is worth a showing.