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What is Democracy? Beyond Elections Documentary coming to the East Coast this we
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Michael Fox
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Oct 23, 2008 08:46 PDT
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Hi Folks,
Please help us get the word out and pass our schedule on to anyone you think
might be interested. Thanks!
-Mike Fox
Co-director, Beyond Elections
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Beyond Elections Documentary Coming to the East Coast This Week
Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Amherst, Boston and back to DC
"Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the
Americas"<http://www.beyondelections.com>
Just weeks away from one of the most important elections in US history,
everyone is talking about elections, but few are talking about democracy. To
fill the void, Beyond Elections is coming to the East Coast. This
documentary takes us across the Americas -from Venezuela's Communal
Councils, to Brazil's Participatory Budgeting, from Constitutional
Assemblies to grassroots movements, recuperated factories and cooperatives-
to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What
is Democracy?
Beyond Elections is independently directed, filmed and produced by Latin
America-based filmmakers and journalists, Michael Fox & Silvia Leindecker.
When & Where:
A Q&A with filmmakers & democracy discussion will follow all events
Washington DC, Thursday, Oct. 23, 7:30pm, The People's MEDIA Center, (3142
Georgia Ave., NW)
Philadelphia, PA, Friday, Oct. 24, 7pm, Prometheus Radio
Project<http://www.prometheusradio.org/>(Calvary Church, 48th &
Baltimore Ave. West Philly)
New York City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 7pm, The IRT Theater
<http://www.irttheater.org/>(154 Christopher St #3B, btw Washington &
Greenwich Streets)
New Paltz, NY, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 5pm, SUNY, New
Paltz,<http://www.newpaltz.edu/> (CSB
Auditorium, click for directions<http://www.newpaltz.edu/about/directions.html>
)
Amherst, Mass., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 7:30pm, Hampshire
College<http://www.hampshire.edu/>(Franklin Paterson Hall in the East
lecture Hall)
Boston, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 30, 7pm, MIT <http://web.mit.edu/> (Building
7, 4th floor, Audio Visual Lab, 77 Mass. Ave)
Washington DC, Saturday, November 1, 11 pm, Busboys &
Poets<http://www.busboysandpoets.com/events.php>,
(1025 5th St., NW)
Some Background:
In 1989, the Brazilian Worker's Party altered the concept of local
government when they installed participatory budgeting in Porto
Alegre, allowing residents to participate directly in the allocation
of city funds. Ten years later, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was
swept into power with the promise of granting direct participation to
the Venezuelan people; who have now formed tens of thousands of
self-organized communal councils. In the Southern Cone, cooperative
and recuperated factory numbers have grown, and across the Americas
social movements and constitutional assemblies are taking authority
away from the ruling elites and putting power into the hands of their
members and citizens.
Featuring interviews with: Eduardo Galeano, Amy Goodman, Emir Sader,
Martha Harnecker, Ward Churchill, and Leonardo Avritzer as well as
cooperative and community members, elected representatives, academics,
and activists from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, United
States, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, and more.
Beyond Elections is a journey that takes us across the Americas to
attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time:
What is Democracy?
Documentarians:
Sílvia Leindecker is a Brazilian documentary film maker who has shot
for the Spanish news agency EFE, Germany's Politik magazine, and
numerous independent projects, advertisement and film productions.
Michael Fox is a freelance journalist, translator, reporter and
documentary filmmaker based in South America. He is a former staff
reporter for Venezuelanlaysis, a radio correspondant for Free Speech
Radio News, and his articles have been published with Yes Magazine,
Earth Island Journal, NACLA and The Nation online.
www.beyondelections.com
www.pmpress.org <https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=59>
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