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The Program:

Resistir Para Existir : La Lucha Cucapa (2007)
( Resist to Exist: the Cucapa Struggle)

+ Excerpts from “The Battle of Mexcio City” (2001)
Rage Against The Machine’s concert DVD with xtras including interviews with Zach de la Rocha, Noam Chomsky and Subcommandante Marcos.
+ current clips from the indigenous struggles in Oaxaca, Atenco, etc.
+ Alicia Garcia , Sabin Portillo with slide show and special guests to discuss the upcoming Encuentro de Pueblos Indigenas de America  ( the Gathering of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas) which will take place October 11th-14th October, 2007 in the community of Vícam, Yaqui Territory, Municipality of Guaymas, State of Sonora, Mexico.

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“Resist To Exist” is a short doc, which illustrates how the Cucapa, an indigenous people from the community of El Mayor, Baja California, struggle to survive after the Colorado River disappeared and after the Mexican govt. has taken away their right to fish in the sea. A fishing community by tradition for the thousands of years, the Cucapa now face a life without water or food. However, their decision to continue as a people, heirs of an ancient culture, has led them to find various avenues to defend their rights. The Other Campaign and the Sixth Delegation of the EZLN, have committed themselves to this struggle in defense of the life, the culture and the nature of the Cucapa and Kiliwa people with the establishment of an encampment on indigenous, Baja Californian territory ( from feb. to april 2007). Produced by The Video Commisiion of la Otra en el Otro Lado Mexico 2007,17:56min.

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” The Battle of Mexico City” is the document of Rage Against The Machine at the height of their musical and political force just prior to their initial disbanding, and now a perfect prelude to their reunion show in SF on the Rock The Bells Tour with Wu Tang Clan on Aug.18th. Directed by Joe DeMaio.
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All proceeds benefit the EZLN and La Otra Campana.

More Information:
www.encuentroindigena.org
www.stopthegenocidecampaign.blogspot.com

The Cuban documentary Montaña de Luz-produced by ICAIC (Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos)-follows Cuban doctors working in collaboration with the communities throughout Latin America and Africa.The doctors work for no pay in areas of the world where there is either no medical care available or where the few local doctors are unable to meet the enomorus need, such as the AIDS epidemic in Namibia and flood victims in Haiti.

The Cuban doctors often work alongside medical interns returning to their home country from Cuba after graduating from medical school. In Cuba, free medical training is provided for any student-the only requirement being that the student return to their home country and use their skills working within the most opporessed communities. Beyond the material aid the Cubans give, they also provide an important example that another world is possible.  A world where care replaces the drive for profit. The film carries with it a deep message of internationalism, solidarity and humanism. 2005, 53min, Spanish w/ English subtitles, Directed by Guillermo Centeno

The railroad industry in America has played an immense role in the development and progression of our modern society. Besides its most obvious role as a life line for supplies and sustenance to newly burgeoning towns and industry, it helped spawn an incredible subculture of people, the hobos and tramps of America. These hobos used the trains during the great depression in order to seek work, and a whole society of people grew around the railroads.

The National Hobo Convention, held yearly in Britt, Iowa since 1933 has celebrated this subculture by providing a meeting point and fairgrounds, and a hierarchy with elected officials. These kings and queens were designated to preside over the races, relays, and burlesque events at the festival.

Agency films has long been associated with the railways and has produced multiple short films and ..aries around the subject of train hopping and have made it their mission to preserve the history of the American train tramp. We have generated national interest due to our increasingly popular television shows, You Tube broadcasts, and the yearly Asheville Rejects Film Festival.

In cooperation with The National Hobo Convention, Agency Films is due to kick off their Hobo Film Festival mid July, 2007, and will embark on a national tour culminating in Britt, Iowa at the convention. We have brought together dozens of filmmakers who produce films around train hopping and hobo culture and are gathering more submissions to create the ultimate visual dichotomy of this colorful and truly important facet of American history.