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“Guerreros del Arcoiris” documents the struggle in Bolivia that erupted in Dec. 2007 around the vote of Constituent Assembly on the new Constitution. The majority population supports the Morales government while the minority oligarchy want to retain control. Through violence and intimidation, the rich landowners and corporate owners try to undermine the process with U.S. backing and rally support for secession of the resource-rich areas of Bolivia.

The film show the process of real change where for the first time in Bolivia’s history, Indigenous people are granted rights under the
Constitution. “Guerreros del Arcoiris” shows the two forces that exist in Bolivia, the majority fighting for revolutionary change and the reactionary minority, that can’t accept that history has changed. 2008, 54min.

The Lost Media Archive and the FFFF team up again to bring you a very rare screening of the universally loathed STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL.  This two-hour disaster will be preceded by:
VIDEOS:
Control This – Paul Baker (Austin TX)
Deuteronomy – Dewan (NY)
Hulk Smash – Jared Clark and Chris Coy (NYC,SLC)
Cakestain! – Tyrone Davies (SF)
Polygon Sun – Johnny Rogers (Baltimore)
Exxtra Lives – Chris coy (SLC)

The State of Nebraska’s refusal to halt alcohol sales to the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from its border town of Whiteclay gets an in-depth look in this documentary about a century-old problem. Four off-sale beer stores in this 14-person hamlet sell over 11,000 cans of beer a day to an Indian clientele with virtually no legal place to drink it. Struggling with crippling poverty and epidemic alcohol abuse that afflicts 4 out of 5 families, the Oglala Sioux Tribe has for decades banned the sale and possession of alcohol on their reservation.

The Battle for Whiteclay follows Indian activists through the streets of Whiteclay to the halls of Nebraska’s State Capitol in their efforts to end alcohol sales in the place many have dubbed “skid row on the prairie.” Here is an inside look at an important contemporary conflict pitting American Indian rights against state and local governments in the United States. 2008, 113min.