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  • Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord

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    Guy Debord’s fourth film still stirs debate today, It uses a soundtrack of excerpts from his most renowned Situationist text “Society of the Spectacle” and a collage of documentary, still image and detourned movie clips.

    The English-subtitled version that has previously circulated is so dense that one cannot attend to the delicate, blasphemous and ironic montage at all.  Tonight’s English version of the film  uses Ken Knabb’s authorized translation of the script, read as voiceover by Dore Bowen and with video ripped, edited and produced by Hugo Ball Room Labs. Now you can watch and hear the whole film. 

    The Society of the Spectacle will be preceded by Debord’s short, Refutation of All the Judgments, Pro or Con, Thus Far Rendered on the Film ‘The Society of the Spectacle’ (subtitles by Keith Sanborn). Refutation will show at 8:00 PM sharp. The Society of the Spectacle will show at 8:30 PM, followed by questions and discussion.

  • Bootleg series

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    “Commandante” by Oliver Stone. This documentary Of Fidel Castro offers an illuminating insight into one of the world’s most important leaders of the latter part of the 20th century. A candid, direct and uncut portrait that touches on major historical twentieth century events.

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  • My Daughter the Terrorist (US Premiere)

    What makes anyone want to blow themselves up for a cause? Dharsika and Puhalchudar belong to the suicide brigade of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), fighting for recognition by the Sri Lankan government. The girls are close friends. They have been eating, sleeping, training and fighting side by side for seven years. They can survive for weeks in the jungle without supplies and they don’t know exactly how many enemies they’ve killed in ordinary battle.They now strap themselves to an American-made Claymore mine. My Daughter the Terrorist looks at what life is like inside a guerrilla organization, and the way the world appears in the eyes of the alleged terrorist. It’s about unthinkable terrorist acts, and about beginning to understand people who are firmly committed to doing the unthinkable. Beate Arnestad, 2006 • 52 min • Color • Mini DV • Norway andIndia

    For a completee MadCat program go to www.madcatfilmfestival.org