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CINEMATASTIC! is a bi-monthly film series focusing on narrative shorts.  Five films for five bucks. The show will feature the work of local favorites John Szabo, Sean Kilpatrick, Mike Missiaen, and the inimitable Lev.  In addition we are pleased to present “Contingent”, a short film by Nick Peterson – a guy from Portland who Gus Van Sant says is “… one of the best young filmakers I have come across in a long time.” Sean, Mike, John, and Lev will be in attendance and there will be a Q&A session at the end of the screening.  Beverages will be available before and after the show.  

Come celebrate a year of independent community media at ATA.  Join us for
some tunes, hella booze – and television coverage of YOUR community!!!

This month’s episode will feature:
** The Year that Was: 2004 – a montage of the stories and events, the
disappointments and victories, that rocked the globe and the movement **
Newsdesk – the on-going tragedy of the people of Asia and Africa affected
by the December tsunami; the resistence in Acheh; pending housing
evictions; the war STILL raging in Iraq; California’s 11th execution since
1978; Palestine update, and more…
** Local Solidarity with Tsunami Survivors – Bay Area groups rally and
organize to send relief to Asia
** The Reality of Acheh – The remotest province of Indonesia was also the
hardest-hit by the tsunami.  Local independent reporters talk about the
political crisis in Acheh, with footage from the area before the tsunami
hit
** IrRESISTable – the 3rd annual hip-hop extravaganza sponsored by the
Naked Souls Collective and Artist’s Alliance
** Pro-Woman, Pro-Choice – Thousands of anti-choice Christians and
lobbyists descend on San Francisco to “walk for life” – see what happens
when San Francisco fights back!!
** No Inaguration Today: Jan. 20 – The Bay Area rallies once again to show
its disgust with the Bush administration and its bloody illegal war ** New
Bike Co-Op in SF
** … with special guests Matt Gonzalez and Ralph Nader, and music by
Monument to Masses

also…
back once again by popular demand: La Colectiva de Mujeres!
Meet the kick-ass ladies of the Day Labor Program’s Women’s Collective.

What starts out like a stereotypical teen coming

of age film quickly gives way to a very layered gritty

film about contemporary students in an urban high

school inAmerica. Director Lemont Wheaton’s plot

twisting film bears witness to the inventiveness and

idealism of a young African American teacher and

her students. The film deals in a very truthful way the

difficulty and  resiliency in recognizing and navigating

through gang violence, sexual molestation, domestic

violence that effect the students  in this high school on

a daily basis. The film is a revelation.