Kick-starting our Scritti Politti specials, 2 Saturdays straddling the US election: the West Coast theatrical premiere of Johan (Dial HISTORY) Grimonprez‘ searing indictment of the sleeeazy underworld of global weapons dealers, and the corrupt political/military leaders awash in their slush-funded kick-backs and call-girls! Based on Andrew Feinstein‘s book and with help from Eduardo Galeano, Seymour Hersch, Chris Hedges, and Jeremy Scahill, this archive-heavy assemblage is preceded by a brill rally of feisty political satire, crystallizing our collective anxiety on the eve of this Presidential fiasco: Bryan Boyce‘s Stupidity and WrestleMania Inauguration, Martha Colburn’s Drumpf and Hillary Hip-Hop, Mark Boswell’s Trust But Verify, and Hoover/Scantlebury’s Survival Oblivious. Early show-time to smash the Trump piñata !
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