[Nettime-nl] [VMC] 7 november filmavond - Indian Activism

[Suzanne Hogendoorn <suzanne@vrijmediacollectief.org>]

Aankomende dinsdag 7 november om 20.15 nieuw filmavond in de Overtoom 
301.

Deze maand hebben we twee documentaires over Indian activism als thema.
De avond begint met de documentaire Bullshit (vorig jaar IDFA) met 
milieu activiste Vandana Shiva
De tweede film van de avond is Drowned uit van Bullfrog films.

Dinsdag 7 november
starting 20.15
Overtoom 301, Amsterdam

BULLSHIT

Directed by Pea Holmquist + Suzanne Khardalian, Sweden, 2005.

Film about Vandana Shiva, Indian environmental activist and nuclear 
physicist, who was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1993. It's a 
film on globalisation and patenting, on genetic engineering, bio-piracy 
and indigenous knowledge.
In this documentary, the filmmakers follow Vandana Shiva over a 
two-year period, from her organic farm at the foot of the Himalayas to 
institutions of power all over the world. Here Vandana Shiva does 
battle with one of her toughest opponents, Monsanto, a huge American 
biotech company, when they try to patent an ancient Indian strain of 
wheat. Together with Dalits she tries to close down a Coca-Cola plant 
in Kerala, in a conflict involving groundwater pollution. In this film 
Vandana Shiva also tackles the question of farmers? suicide, a backlash 
of the globalisation

www.peaholmquist.com/bullshit/

DROWNED OUT
Directed by Franny Armstrong, UK, 2002.

Three choices. Move to the slums in the city, accept a place at a 
resettlement site or stay at home and drown. The people of Jalsindhi in 
central India must make a decision fast. In the next few weeks, their 
village will disappear underwater as the giant Narmada Dam fills. A 
tragic story that will inspire, disturb and anger you at the same time. 
Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel, continues the resistance against 
global iniquity with a story of individuals forcing ruthless greedy 
bureaucrat's to consider the humanity behind dollar signs and 
statistics.

http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/dout.html

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