An extraordinary film/slideshow/discussion celebrating bioregional beauty of one the most biodiverse regions in the world. Enjoy stunning photographs, and a breath-taking film of very unusual natural features, creating a complex mosaic of fascinating plant and animal habitats. Stay and chat about the Shasta Bio-region, as well as the Klamath-Siskiyou Bio-region.
Bio-regional Education is the New Direction in Ecology!
“Many consider the U.S.-Mexico border to be ‘the laboratory of the future.’ In Maquilapolis the border is also the site where global capitalism is facing profound resistance. The maquiladora workers are neither helpless victims nor dupes of neo-liberal capitalism, but rather social actors in the full sense of the word” Rosa-Linda Fregoso, UCSC
Carmen Durán works the graveyard shift at one of Tijuana’s 800 maquiladoras; she is one of millions of women around the world who labor for poverty level wages in the factories of transnational corporations. When the plant where Carmen worked for six years moved to Indonesia, they try to avoid paying the legally mandated severance pay to which they were entitled by law. Carmen becomes a promotora, a grassroots activist, challenging the usual illegal tactics of the powerful transnationals.
The filmmakers gave several women workers in Tijuana video cameras to make a record of their lives, giving the documentary the intimate feel of video diaries. Lourdes Lujan takes us on a tour of her colonia, Chilpancingo, which has the bad fortune to be located under a bluff from which dozens of factories expel hazardous wastes. But Lourdes and her compañeras successfully pressure the Mexican and American governments to clean up a toxic waste site left behind by a departing battery recycling plant. 68min., 2006
Eddie Hinton’s cadre of secret fans know what the world is about to find out; Eddie Hinton may be the greatest unknown musician you’ve never heard. Moisés Gonzalez and Deryle Perryman’s documentary traces the southern soulman through archival footage, and interviews with Jerry Wexler, Donnie Fritts, Dick Cooper, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, the Drive-By Truckers Patterson Hood, Bill Blackburn and many others. Hinton, widely regarded in the industry as the finest blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter-guitarist, played on more than 200 albums (Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, many more) and wrote hundreds of songs that were covered by Aretha Franklin, UB40 and countless others. 75 min., USA.
Preceded by a short documentary about Oklahoma prison rodeos directed by Noise Pop Film standby Bradley Beesley. It just wouldn’t bea Noise Pop Film Festival without him.
Filmmakers Deryle Perryman and Moisés Gonzalez present at screening
Post-film reception at Annies Social Club A tribute to Eddie Hinton with live performances by Mike Therieau, Bart Davenport, and surprises.(917 Folsom @ 5th Street )