[Sfbay-video] Granito de Arena - Documentary Film Premiere in San Francisco on Feb. 8

[a. mark liiv]

Documentary Film Premiere in San Francisco
Wednesday, February 8
7:30 p.m.
Brava Theater
2781 24th Street
San Francisco
Benefit Screening for CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival
http://www.countercorp.org/countercorp-events.htm

Granito de Arena (Grain of Sand) is the inspiring, and sometimes 
unsettling, story of the Mexican teachers' movement and their 
grassroots, non-violent struggle to defend public education from the 
devastating impacts of economic globalization.

"An essential, resounding, overwhelming story.  The film is a cry of 
outrage; the message, a cry of hope."
Pablo Gentili, Public Policy Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro

Award-winning filmmaker Jill Freidberg (This is What Democracy Looks 
Like) spent almost two years in southern Mexico documenting the 
strikes, marches, and direct actions of over 100,000 teachers, 
parents, and students fighting the privatization of Mexico's public 
schools.

Nominated for the Intl. Documentary Association's 2005 Pare Lorentz Award

Winner Best Documentary, Intl. Documentary Festival "Tres 
Continentes," Caracas, Venezuela

Interviews with internationally-recognized figures, such as Eduardo 
Galeano and Maude Barlow, place the Mexican teachers' struggle in a 
global context, clearly spelling out the relationship between 
economic globalization and the worldwide public education crisis.

"Important...disturbing...a film that views education from below, 
from the classroom and the community.  Anyone concerned about 
education, human rights, labor unions, Latin America, and 
globalization will want to see this inspiring film."
Mexican Labor News and Analysis

A sixty-minute documentary, Granito de Arena also gives voice to the 
increasing number of teachers within the movement who believe the 
movement itself is in crisis and who are exploring community-based 
alternatives in their struggle to defend public education. Featuring 
a driving soundtrack by DJ Food, Slowrider, Correo Aereo, and Los 
Mocosos, Granito de Arena fuels indignation, inspires action, and 
raises important questions about democracy, sovereignty, and the 
universal right to public education.

More info at www.corrugate.org