• free FILM NIGHTS • see links below!

CAMBERWELL SQUATTED CENTRE 192 Warham St, off Camberwell New Rd, Camberwell SE5
bus: 36, 436 - tube: oval

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OUR PREVIOUS FILM NIGHTS: The films, links and resources

March 28th: re:HOUSING
A series of international short films about people housing themselves be they shack dwellers in South Africa, homeless persons in Toronto or displaced New Orleans residents battling gentrification and public housing sell-offs to return to their homes.
• >>>Pope Squat - Toronto, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Locals march to open up a long abandoned building for housing and community centre. 5 mins.
Further Info: http://www.ocap.ca. Also see Ghost Squat OCAP film.
• >>>Breyani and The Councillor - by Giles and Khan. From Durban, South Africa
A film from one of the struggles of the Durban Shack Dwellers Movement. This film shows their opposition to a useless local councillor. 25 mins Further Info: www.abahlali.org. Lots on S. African reistance - www.nu.ac.za/ccs (go to Research Reports) Excellent overview article on Durban shanty town resistance:
• Black Panther history in the >>>B.W Projects with Malik Rahim, New Orleans
Malik Rahim, ex-Black Panther and now Co-ordinator of Common Ground talks about the history of how local community was strengthened by the Panthers in 70's and what's going on, Post-Katrina with the area. 8 mins
• >>>St Bernard Resident Re-occupy Their Homes, New Orleans
Local people tired of the local government keeping their former homes empty and behind secured fencing march to the homes and confront the situation. 22 mins. Further Info: www.commongroundrelief.org - for a complete history and news of the amazing local post-Katrina autonomous struggles that Common Ground have initiated. Plus details of the continuing efforts and evictions of St Bernard parish residents in fighting the systematic removal of poor black people from New Orleans.

April 4th: re:RECENT ITALIAN STRUGGLES
NO T.A.V Stop That Train (large mpeg video here)
+ Dal Molin, Vicenza (hopefully)
+ Bruno Social Centre eviction Trento (small presentation)

April 11th: BRIXTON UPRISINGS

April 18th :DIRECT ACTION + NETWORK STRUGGLES
'Raise The Rates' - O.C.A.P
+ 'Solidarity Not Charity' Common Ground, New Orleans

April 24th :REFUSAL OF WORK
nothing worked!! technological meltdown..!!
we will show the awesome 'WORK SLOWER: Radio Alice' (2004) when we find a copy that plays and that is subtitled.

May 2nd :COMMUNITY STRUGGLES
'A Tornallom' - Enric Peris, Miguel Castro, 45', Spain, 2005, dvd 293.
A tornallom is a documentary about the struggle to defend the irrigated area used for cultivation known as “La Huerta de Valencia”. It shows us images and testimonies of the events that occurred between September 2002 and March 2003, when more than 200 residents of La Punta (in the Huerta area) were evicted from their houses. “A Tornallom” is what the agricultural workers call the way they swap work amongst themselves. For heavy agricultural tasks workers usually help each other, pooling their efforts to do the work on one person’s field and going on to another the next day until all the work is done. That´s working “a tornallom”: work in exchange for work.

Wed May 9th: OAXACA films
Oaxaca Vive (2007) the incredible uprisings June - Dec 2006 and beyond...
+ Plan Puebla Panama a multi-billion dollar development plan that threatens the Oaxacan struggles 7.30pm

Wed May 15th: THE GLEANERS
Agnes Varda's amazing film of the lives of the modern day French gleaners, those who source their daily bread from the leftovers of the harvests and the streets of the cities. Beuatiful.7.30pm

Sun May 20th: Inglan is a Bitch
Step Forward Youth Day of Film and Discussions: A tribute to John La Rose
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song USA 1971
Burning an Illusion UK 1981
Babylon UK/Italy 1980
Blood Ah Goh Run (1982)
The Dream To Change The World

Wed May 22th: STEAL THIS FILM
'Steal This Film' is a film series documenting the movement against intellectual property and takes account of the prominent players in the Swedish piracy culture: The Pirate Bay, Piratbyrån, and the Pirate Party.intellectual property. Check here...
and the film 'Copyright This' -- interesting film from bangalore, india about piracy

Wed May 30th: COCONUT REVOLUTION and FIRST CONTACT. South Pacific struggles

Wed June 6th: WORK SLOWLY: Radio Alice

Wed June 13th: TERRORISTS (Lukas Moodyson)