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Come and celebrate Global Super 8 Day!  Events are being held in forty cities around the world and ATA is proud to represent San Francisco on this momentous occasion.  We will be screening nearly twenty pieces from four decades of work by Bay Area filmmakers.  These fascinating pieces showcase the medium’s evolution and many different faces.  This is great stuff you won’t see anywhere else.

Films by:

 

Anne Robertson

Christian Bruno

Danny Plotnick

Gilbert Guerrero

Hugo Kobayashi

John Word

Kim Miskowicz

Kirk Janes

Lucas Ketelle

Mike Missiaen 

Mike Okum

Rebecca A. Devlin

rk howie

The Super 8 Militia

 

http://www.super8.ch/globalsuper8day/index.html

 

This film documents the coal miners’ strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract—when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America—led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supporters. Director
Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective—giving some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA.1976, 103 min.

May Day, May Day, May Day!!!  .  In an age where even the Democrats are pulling out all the stops to create new MTV-like “fadical” broadcast networks, truly independent media is still struggling to keep the attention focused on the real issues.  Come join SLTV for a night of some truly grassroots community media!!

This month on SLTV:
*Sunny Angulo brings you the news from around the world and around the
block in your local neighborhood
*Lisa Sousa brings you a blunt interview with Aiden Delgado, a
concientious objector recently discharged from the Army after serving in
Iraq and at the infamous Abu-Ghraib prison; he talks about the realities
of war and military recruiting in schools
*Greg Rodgers brings you a look at the fight to hold Comcast accountable
to workers and the wider community
*Mia Rovegno brings you a piece on stencil warriors Josh MacPhee and
Russel H., including a guided tour through the City, rich with a history
of public art
*Lisa Sousa brings you continued coverage on the fight to keep Oakland’s
schools afloat under the new “restructuring” being implemented by Randy
Ward
*Joe Liesner brings you a moving segment about the “Eyes Wide Open”
memorial, and the stories of families who have lost a child to the
senseless War in Iraq
….
plus shorts and much more!!!

Pre-Screening Treat:
A reprise of “Philz Coffee” – for all those Mission afficionados out
there, you will no doubt recognize Phil from his savory, quirky and wildly
passionate ways!  Let him make love to your coffee!!!

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http://www.videoactivism.org/show
or email:
show@videoactivism.org