[Translation] ¡Gigante: Despierta! (Giant: Awake!) DVD compilación

Anna anna at mail.nadir.org
Mon Mar 5 10:28:33 PST 2007


hi,

this is about something that happened in the US? (pure curiousity from
my side).

could you specify what you need exactly? like what language, how much
material etc?

greetz
Anna

subMedia schrieb:
> Greetings,
> 
> My name is Franklin López and I am working with Indymedia.org on a DVD
> about the MayDay 2006 immigration marches. We have a great compilation
> of films and we are trying to get this out before MayDay this year!
> 
> So I am looking for a few good hands to help with the transcripts and
> the translation ASAP.
> 
> Below is an abstract of the project.
> 
> thanks//frank
> 
> *Franklin López*
> *Director/Producer*
> *subMedia*
> *604.630.2441*
> *http://submedia.tv* <http://submedia.tv/>
> 
> ¡Gigante: Despierta! (Giant: Awake!) DVD compilación
> 
> More about the project: HR 4437, the draconian anti-immigrant
> legislation passed by the US House of Representatives on December 16,
> 2005, ignited a massive wave of immigrant rights mobilizations that
> spread rapidly across the country. Millions of people took to the
> streets across all major cities and many smaller urban areas, with
> notable and highly visible actions in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York,
> and elsewhere. In many places, these marches were larger than any in
> history.
> 
> Predictably, the mass media covered the marches with a mix of surprise,
> ignorance, and racism. They gave plenty of airtime to anti-immigrant
> spokespeople and fringe white supremacist organizations like the
> Minutemen. They failed almost entirely to do either in depth analysis or
> to convey the voices of the millions who marched.
> 
> Yet grassroots video activists, immigrant rights organizers, and
> everyday people participating in the mobilizations documented everything
> with video, audio, photography and texts. This DVD brings together some
> of the most compelling material from the 2006 migrant rights
> mobilization wave, and brings it to the streets just in time to energize
> people for Mayday 2007. This is a not-for-profit project. any proceeds
> from DVD sales after the costs of production are paid off will be split
> 50-50 between you (the videomakers) and grassroots immigrant rights
> organizations around the country.
> 
> 
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