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Summer 2017 Political Film Series- Sundays at Loyola downtown
Summer 2017 Political Film Series
Sundays, 2pm
Loyola University (downtown)
Corboy Law Center, room 301, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago
(one block north of Chicago & State Red line L stop)
July 9 Battleship Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein 1925 66min
This Soviet silent film by Eisenstein was produced by Mosfilm for the 20th anniversary of the 1905 revolution. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers. Battleship Potemkin was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.
July 16 Land and Freedom Ken Loach 1995 109 min
The film narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who decides to fight for the republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of Socialists, Communists and Anarchists. The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
July 23 Che Part 1 2008
Benicio del Toro plays Che Guevara and won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. Part One recounts Che’s life from his first meeting with Fidel castro to the victory of the Cuban revolution. It's an intelligent, fast-moving, well-researched film, based in part on Che’s Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, offering both a convincing account of the bitter, hard-fought struggle.
July 30 Clandestinos Fernando Pérez 1987 98 min
This classic Cuban film centers on two Cuban youth and their struggle in the urban underground movement against dictator Fulgencio Batista in the late 1950s. Suspenseful and inspiring, it portrays the heroism of the Cuban youth and their sacrifices against the brutal dictatorship that brought the Revolution to fruition.
August 6 The Wind that Shakes the Barley Ken Loach 2006 127 min
set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923).In Ireland after World War I workers from field and country unite to form guerrilla armies to face the ruthless 'Black and Tan' squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland's bid for independence.. As the freedom fighters' bold tactics bring the British to breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and the families, who fought side by side, find themselves pitted against one another as sworn enemies, putting their loyalties to the ultimate test.The film won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.
August 13 Égalité for All: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution 2009 60 min
The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave rebellion in historical record and its radical implications sent a wave of fear throughout the slaveholding Western hemisphere during the nineteenth century. At the center of the revolt is Toussaint L’Ouverture, a former slave turned leader, considered the George Washington of Haiti. Égalité for All investigates L’Ouverture’s legacy to the Haitian experience, as well as the unfolding of the Haitian Revolution from both a religious and political stance.
August 27 Cuba: The Accidental Revolution 2006 92 min This documentary celebrates the country's success in providing for itself in the face of a massive economic crisis, and how its latest revolutions, an agricultural revolution and a revolution in science and medicine are having repercussions around the world. (However, the film is marred by some standard Western propaganda that Cuba is a police state) Part One examines Cuba's response to the food crisis created by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989. Without fertilizer and pesticides, Cubans turned to organic methods. Without fuel to transport food, Cubans started to grow food in the cities where it is consumed. Urban gardens were established in vacant lots, school playgrounds, patios and back yards. As a result Cuba created the largest program in sustainable agriculture ever undertaken. Part 2: With the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, Cuba lost the foreign exchange needed to pay for expensive drugs and medicines. As a result, much of Cuba's medicine today is based on medicinal plants. There are 25,000 Cuba doctors serving in 68 poor countries around the world.
Sponsors: Loyola University Department of Sociology, Chicago ALBA Solidarity Committee
For more information: [email protected], Stan Smith 773-322-3168
ChicagoALBASolidarity.wordpress.com
Summer 2017 Political Film Series
Sundays, 2pm
Loyola University (downtown)
Corboy Law Center, room 301, 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago
(one block north of Chicago & State Red line L stop)
July 9 Battleship Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein 1925 66min
This Soviet silent film by Eisenstein was produced by Mosfilm for the 20th anniversary of the 1905 revolution. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against their officers. Battleship Potemkin was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.
July 16 Land and Freedom Ken Loach 1995 109 min
The film narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who decides to fight for the republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of Socialists, Communists and Anarchists. The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
July 23 Che Part 1 2008
Benicio del Toro plays Che Guevara and won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. Part One recounts Che’s life from his first meeting with Fidel castro to the victory of the Cuban revolution. It's an intelligent, fast-moving, well-researched film, based in part on Che’s Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, offering both a convincing account of the bitter, hard-fought struggle.
July 30 Clandestinos Fernando Pérez 1987 98 min
This classic Cuban film centers on two Cuban youth and their struggle in the urban underground movement against dictator Fulgencio Batista in the late 1950s. Suspenseful and inspiring, it portrays the heroism of the Cuban youth and their sacrifices against the brutal dictatorship that brought the Revolution to fruition.
August 6 The Wind that Shakes the Barley Ken Loach 2006 127 min
set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923).In Ireland after World War I workers from field and country unite to form guerrilla armies to face the ruthless 'Black and Tan' squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland's bid for independence.. As the freedom fighters' bold tactics bring the British to breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and the families, who fought side by side, find themselves pitted against one another as sworn enemies, putting their loyalties to the ultimate test.The film won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.
August 13 Égalité for All: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution 2009 60 min
The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave rebellion in historical record and its radical implications sent a wave of fear throughout the slaveholding Western hemisphere during the nineteenth century. At the center of the revolt is Toussaint L’Ouverture, a former slave turned leader, considered the George Washington of Haiti. Égalité for All investigates L’Ouverture’s legacy to the Haitian experience, as well as the unfolding of the Haitian Revolution from both a religious and political stance.
August 27 Cuba: The Accidental Revolution 2006 92 min This documentary celebrates the country's success in providing for itself in the face of a massive economic crisis, and how its latest revolutions, an agricultural revolution and a revolution in science and medicine are having repercussions around the world. (However, the film is marred by some standard Western propaganda that Cuba is a police state) Part One examines Cuba's response to the food crisis created by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989. Without fertilizer and pesticides, Cubans turned to organic methods. Without fuel to transport food, Cubans started to grow food in the cities where it is consumed. Urban gardens were established in vacant lots, school playgrounds, patios and back yards. As a result Cuba created the largest program in sustainable agriculture ever undertaken. Part 2: With the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, Cuba lost the foreign exchange needed to pay for expensive drugs and medicines. As a result, much of Cuba's medicine today is based on medicinal plants. There are 25,000 Cuba doctors serving in 68 poor countries around the world.
Sponsors: Loyola University Department of Sociology, Chicago ALBA Solidarity Committee
For more information: [email protected], Stan Smith 773-322-3168
ChicagoALBASolidarity.wordpress.com