Invisible Revolution (NY Premiere)
Beverly Peterson, US, 2000, 55m (video, doc)
Peterson's extraordinary access to skinheads, gutter punks, and mainstream kids drops the viewer into the front lines of a powerful, passionate and very raw youth subculture. She documents not only the young people involved in the pro-white movement, but also the counter-movement that demonstrates against and often clashes with them: Anti-Racist Action (ARA). After a decade of going unheard, these voices create a stirring and unique look at urgent and timely issues that can be conveyed only by actually viewing the physical confrontations between the two groups as they collide in a war of ideas. Viewers will also become aware of the extreme danger that ARA members expose themselves to - in 1998 two members of ARA were murdered in the Las Vegas desert. Leonard, a 21-year-old neo-Nazi skinhead sums up: "We are two separate groups.... There's always going to be racism. There's always going to be hate. We're going to do whatever it takes to get the other one out of the way...."
Followed by:
Co-presented with AIVF
Showdown in Seattle: Five Days That Shook the WTO (World Premiere)
Collaborative effort (see below), US, 2000, 60m (video, doc)
With startling footage of flagrant police brutality, total disregard for First and Fourth Amendment rights by the authorities and the repressive tactics of a police-state type curfew, Showdown in Seattle lays out a visceral indictment of the Seattle police, local politicians and the entire global market power structure. Following the course of the five-day WTO summit and the peaceful protests that paralleled those meetings, the film moves into the streets of Seattle to witness firsthand what happened during those momentous days. The slanted coverage of the mass media, particularly television news coverage, is exposed in depth. Including footage from a vast array of videomakers covering the events, Showdown in Seattle was produced for the Independent Media Center and Deep Dish TV by an unprecedented collaboration of video producers from around the US: Big Noise Productions, Changing America, Headwaters Action Video Collective, Paper Tiger TV, VideoActive and Whispered Media.
Wed June 14, 1:00;
Thurs June 15, 6:15;
Sat June 17, 1:00