[MKE - Indymedia] Documentaries from the South, Mon-Thurs. at UWM on Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela; Gays, Right to Travel, Drugs, Terrorism & Politics

Sun Apr 26 15:39:24 PDT 2009

Documentaries desde el Sur
January 29, 2009
4th Annual Latin America Solidarity Committee Film Series

April 27-30, 2009
UW-Milwaukee, Bolton 150 Theatre
Enter through UWM Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.

All are free and open to the public. All films include English subtitles. 

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Click here for the poster

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Monday, April 27

6pm - Our Brand is Crisis
2005, 85min. Following members of a political consulting firm to Bolivia, where they've been hired to help controversial candidate Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada reclaim the presidency, this film reveals the manipulation and orchestration involved in big-time political campaigning. With only a few weeks before the election, a team of consultants including James Carville work their magic, shaping Goni into the ideal candidate.
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8pm - Posada Carriles: Terrorism Made in the USA
2007, 90min. The result of two years of meticulous research by an investigative team that examined declassified documents and criminal files, and interviewed witnesses and survivors from several Latin American countries, this is a must-see film. The network of terror that the CIA established in Latin America - in which Posada was a key figure - is exposed step by step through the courageous testimonies of victims whose family members were killed by him or under his orders.
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Tuesday, April 28

6pm - Free to Fly: The US-Cuba link
& Who's Afraid of the Little School Bus?
2004, 33min. Free to Fly is the story of the efforts to maintain links between the Cuban and American people. In 1978, after 16 years of no direct travel, charter flights began between Miami and Havana. School bus documents the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba that openly disobeys the embargo to take humanitarian aid to Cuba.

8pm - Cocalero
2007, 94min. This Sundance Film Festival
entry documents Aymara Indian Evo Morales's grassroots political campaign to become the first indigenous president of Bolivia. A former president of the Chapare coca growers union, Morales solicited a groundswell of native political support during the 2002 elections, a telling response to the incumbent administration's attempts to eradicate the crop with US government backing.
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Wednesday, April 29 

6pm - Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
2004, 53min. Cuba rebuilt its quality of life following the collapse of cheap oil, supplied by the former Soviet Union. This fascinating and empowering film shows how communities pulled together, created solutions, and ultimately thrived with a decreased dependence on imported energy.
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7pm - Bloqueo: Looking at the Embargo on Cuba.
2005, 45min. Featuring voices from the streets of Havana, the countryside, and activists supporting the island, Bloqueo lets Cubans speak for themselves about how they have been affected by the blockade, and what it means to live in Cuba today.
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8pm - Who Shot My Brother?
2005, 95min. Filmmaker German Gutierrez was horrified when he received a call from Colombia, informing him there had just been an assassination attempt on his brother Oscar, an activist hated by the establishment but adored by the impoverished majority. In the film, Gutierrez recounts his quest to find the hired gunmen who tried to kill Oscar and expose the roots of violence that have taken hold of his native country.
"Essential viewing for all who wish to understand the conflict in Colombia."
-Adam Isaacson, Center for Int'l Policy
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Thursday, April 30

6pm - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003, 74min. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez was forcibly removed from office by the military. They were also present two days later when, remarkably, he was returned to power due to popular protest and rebellion.
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8pm - Gay Cuba
1996, 57min. An overview of the status of gay people at different stages in the Cuban revolution, by lesbian filmmaker Sonya DeVrees.
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9pm - Butterflies on the Scaffold
1996, 75min. This award-winning documentary is a highly unusual look at how a group of working-class drag queens became an integral part of their Havana neighborhood.
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