Note that all of our regular 7pm slots at the store were booked — so we decided to host this late night following an event that I know Brad would have come to. See below.

Monday, April 23rd @ 9:30PM – $5 Suggested @ Bluestockings
Screening: “Brad: We’ll Keep On Fighting”
Come join us late for a screening of “Brad Will: We’ll Keep On Fighting”

Monday, April 23rd @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Clayton Patterson “Resistance”
Patterson’s “Resistance: A Radical Political History of the Lower East
Side” documents the lives and struggles of the radicals, artists and immigrants=
that populated and politicized one of America=E2=80=99s strangest and
most beloved neighborhoods. Join us for regaling first-person tales of the batt=
les, triumphs, failures, and lives of this neighborhood.

Wednesday, February 14th
7PM-8:30PM
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue at 2nd Street
Ticket price: $5

NewFilmmakers Series, Third World Newsreel and Witness present

Global Fight for Human Rights:
Stories from Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mexico

Come join us for a special presentation of three new documentaries about contemporary human rights struggles in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Whether it is people with intellectual disabilities in Croatia, youth with HIV/AIDS in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo or public school teachers in Mexico, Global Fight for Human Rights features diverse stories about people struggling to improve their lives.

After the screening, new footage from Oaxaca, Mexico will be shown by filmmakers Tami Gold and Gerardo Renique.

For more information, please contact Third World Newsreel at (212) 947-9277 ext. 304 or at twn@twn.org.

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LIVING PROOF: THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
In Croatia, one in three people with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities live in institutions, segregated and isolated from the rest of society. Contrary to prevailing stereotypes and deeply-ingrained stigma, people with intellectual disabilities have the right and the ability to live as independently as possible and to be included in the community. By describing the daily experiences and presenting the opinions of people with intellectual disabilities, Living Proof demonstrates the importance of providing community-based programs and achieving change in the social welfare system and in society as a whole.
20 minutes, video

AWAITING TOMORROW
Awaiting Tomorrow profiles young women and men living with HIV/AIDS in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the on-going conflict has claimed some four million lives. Through their personal stories, the film explores how the effects of HIV/AIDS are compounded by the conflict and insecurity of the region. Facing stigma in their families, lacking adequate nutrition and access to health care, these young persons bravely confront the disease and “await tomorrow.”
15 minutes, video

LAND, RAIN AND FIRE: REPORT FROM OAXACA
What began as a teachers’ strike for better wages and more resources for students has erupted into a massive movement for profound social change in the state of Oaxaca. On June 14, at 4:20 AM, the police made a surprise attack. The more than fifty thousand teachers camped out with their children were awakened to tear gas, pepper spray and helicopters. But the attack backfired as public anger transformed the strike into an unprecedented democratic insurgency, demanding the resignation of Governor Ruiz. Hundreds of unions, indigenous and women’s organizations, neighborhood groups, students and professional associations came together and created The Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) and a massive campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience has brought the state government to a standstill. Part of the Call for Change Series 2007.
Tami Gold and Gerardo Renique, 30 minutes, 2006

Part 1 (You are my sunshine)

For the Love of Brad in two parts. The first part is a music video (6 min) Select Quicktime format. ALLOW VIDEOS 5min+ to load before viewing. I made this film with J’s footage, after Brad was killed on October 27, 2006 in Oaxaca Mexico, while filming. Brad was shot by a government sniper. He was there to document a popular uprising of the poor and dispossessed in Oaxaca, Mexico. “For the Love of Brad” is not so much about how he died but a glimpse of how Brad lived and who he was. Part Two (24 …More
For the Love of Brad in two parts. The first part is a music video (6 min) Select Quicktime format. ALLOW VIDEOS 5min+ to load before viewing. I made this film with J’s footage, after Brad was killed on October 27, 2006 in Oaxaca Mexico, while filming. Brad was shot by a government sniper. He was there to document a popular uprising of the poor and dispossessed in Oaxaca, Mexico. “For the Love of Brad” is not so much about how he died but a glimpse of how Brad lived and who he was. Part Two (24 min) consists of Brad speaking, and joking around and songs he plays and sings, including “Angel From Montgomery,” “Drop of Water,” “If I Had a Dollar..,” and just a little bit of “Green & Black,” the famous anarchist love song. But he didn’t really know that one too well back in 2000, when J shot this footage when we were hanging out in Amsterdam after we’d been to the World Bank riots in Prague. In Part Two, Brad is informally conversing with J about issues he cares deeply about, like climate change. (We were in the Nederlands partly to protest at the U.N climate change conference that year in Den Haag.) Brad is also pondering recent events like the uprising in Seattle, the future of dissent, the state of the world. There are some stunning, prophetic and haunting moments as he reveals the musings of his heart and feelings on life and death. When Brad is joking around or singing, its almost like having him in the room. Almost…. The loss of Brad is immeasurable. He was one of those people that was sensetive to the suffering of others and really good at cheering one up with his own joy and songs. He was one of the few who could really lift my heart which is now heavy with sorrow. Even so, watching him sing and laugh makes me feel better. I made this video so his friends and family would feel better, and so that those who didn’t know him so well could see why we loved him so goddamned much and why we will miss him forever. Brad’s death is still completely unreal, insane to me… but it is real all the same. He signed his emails “B Rad” and so we shall be… – Priya

Part 2

Part Two is 24 min. This is our lovely Brad. When the sadness consumes so utterly that there is no space for anything else, and you can barely breathe… remember what is was that infused us with so much joy, the love that radiated… Brad was dazzling in the way he lit this world with his brightness. I will never get used to the idea of not seeing him again. We used to live together, squat together, and I went where he went or he came where I was, when we needed a roof over our heads. We even squatted the NYC Indymedia before the authoritarians took it over, or as Brad called it, “the liberal sectarian coup,” after which, we left because they were hostile to anarchists. This time, I cannot go where he has gone, and it feels really weird. I feel lost, as if I don’t really belong here either. A Greek friend told me that when they lose someone they love, at the funeral, they will chant “Z! Z!” (or some word pronounced like that) which means, “Live! Live!” as in, “we must live!” We must live as Brad did, in defiance of fascism, grief and all that tears apart the fabric of human dignity. “Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.” – Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC) Brad’s work is undone. Seems only the good die young, before their song is sung, before the day is done, before the war is won, before the bell is rung. Though sometimes grief consumes like a dark night with no stars, we must not give in to despair. We must carry on, for Brad, and for the revolution for which he gave his life. Brad, where ever you are, I hope you are warm, that your soul is free and surrounded by love. I hope the dumpsters are overflowing with unsullied organic produce in your heaven. At least you don’t have to worry about Capitalism anymore. It is the living who suffer now. The people of Oaxaca are a great example of courage and strength, for they have not given into terror, intimidation, sorrow or the weight of poverty. They hold something more important than fear in their hearts, something more important than despair. They have not given and neither must we. Our hearts are broken, but our guns are smokin… We will unleash hell on those who took our sunshine away.- Priya ..

http://warcrycinema.blip.tv/

Also, if anyone of Brad’s friends out there want to
submit something or know someone who does, or even
have a suggestion… please contact me. Wanna make a
film festival that would make Brad proud… in the
spirit of revolution and its terrible bitter beauty.

http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/14567/index.php

Barucha Calamity Peller, who has participated in anti-authoritarian collectives in Mexico for the past 4 years, has just returned from Oaxaca where there has been a widely defended popular uprising and where dozens of people have died and disappeared in this past week alone. She will give a presentation on the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO), the life at the barricades, international solidarity and the brutal repression and assassinations at the hands of paramilitaries and police throughout last month and specifically on November 25th. Her presentation and first hand accounts will also include a slideshow and recent videos from Oaxaca. Representatives from the Friends of Brad Will network will join in the discussion about local solidarity efforts.

Brutal force continues to be exerted by the Mexican state upon the people of Oaxaca. What more can we learn about the situation? And how can this knowledge inform our actions or activities here? How can individuals living in this context contribute to the rebellion that is taking place in
Oaxaca? What forms can solidarity take in this instance?

This event is hosted by the 16Beaver Group and Not An Alternative. http://www.16beavergroup.org
http://www.notanalternative.net
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Oaxaca: Un Retrato de Rebelion

Barucha Calamity Peller, quien en los ultimos 4 años ha participado en varios grupos antiautoritarios en Mexico, recien volvio de Oaxaca donde ha habido un levantamiento popular y en donde, solo en las ultimas semanas, decenas de personas han muerto o desaparecido. Ella va a dar una charla sobre la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), la vida en las barricadas, solidaridad internacional y la brutal represion y asesinatos en las manos de los paramilitares y la policia en el ultimo mes y especialmente el pasado 25 de Noviembre. Su presentacion e historias de primera mano tambien van a incluir una muestra de imagenes y videos recien filmados en Oaxaca.

Tuesday, November 28th, 7:30pm
The Change You Want To See Gallery
84 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
L to Bedford, G to Metropolitan, J/M/Z to Marcy
917-202-5479 or 646-221-7845

LAND, RAIN AND FIRE
Report from Oaxaca
30 minutes

As the people’s movements in Latin America take center stage — LAND, RAIN and FIRE is a must-see!

What began as a teachers’ strike on May 22, 2006 for better wages and more resources for students has erupted into a massive movement for profound social change in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. LAND, RAIN and FIRE tells the story of the police attack on the morning of June 14th when more than fifty thousand teachers were camped out with their children. Dozens were
hospitalized. But the attack backfired as public anger transformed the strike into an unprecedented democratic insurgency, demanding the resignation of the Governor and the creation of a new constitution.

Hundreds of unions, indigenous and women’s organizations, neighborhood groups, students and professional associations came together and created APPO – The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca and a massive campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience has brought the state government to a standstill.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Tami Gold launched her carer in the Newsreel Film Collective of the anti-Vietnam War movement at the age of 20, and has since produced and directed over 20 films about controversial or often ignored subjects. Her work has appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, the New York Film
Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, the American Film Institute’s International Film Festival, and the Whitney Museum among other venues.

Her most recent film, EVERY MOTHERS SON, won an award at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival in New York and was shown on POVon PBS. The film also received an Emmy Nomination in 2005.

In 2001, Tami produced, directed (with Kelly Anderson) MAKING A KILLING, a documentary about the tobacco giant Philip Morris and their efforts to build their customer base by targeting children throughout the world. This documentary was presented at the Slamdance Film Festival and the
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Outstanding Documentaries of the Year Film Series. In 1999, Tami produced and directed ANOTHER BROTHER, about an African American Vietnam veteran, which premiered at the Urban World Film Festival, won a Gold Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival, a CINE Golden Eagle Award, a Gold World Medal at the New York Festivals International Competition, 1st Place at The Athens International Film & Video Festival and had a national PBS broadcast in 1999 and 2002.

In 1997, she produced and directed OUT AT WORK: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN ON THE JOB (with Kelly Anderson) which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won many awards internationally and had televised in France, Italy, Poland, and Germany. She then remade the film for an HBO special – OUT AT WORK: AMERICA UNDERCOVER which won a CINE Golden Eagle Award and
was selected Most Outstanding Documentary at the GLAAD Media Awards 2000. Some of her other works include SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED, PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE, FROM BEDSIDE TO BARGAINING TABLE, LOOKING FOR LOVE: TEENAGE MOTHERS and JUGGLING GENDER which premiered at the New York Film Festival’s video showcase.

She is the recipient of fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the American Film Institute (NEA), and she received the Excellence in the Arts award from the Manhattan Borough President. She is a Professor of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College (City University of New York).

http://www.andersongoldfilms.com

Gerardo Renique is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the City College of the City University of New York. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Universidad Nacional Agraria, Lima, Peru where he obtained a B.S. in agronomy. He received a M.A. and a Ph.D in history from Columbia University in 1983 and 1990 respectively.

Professor Rénique’s research has focused on the modern and contemporary history of Peru and Mexico. His book Peru Time of Fear (Latin America Bureau: London, 1992) [co-authored] examines the political and social history of the Andean country from the 1960s to the 1990s. His current research on Peru examines the nature of Fujimori’s state formation and the political and cultural dynamics of the popular and antisystemic movements and political organizations that fueled the resistance and mobilization responsible for its recent fall. The main ideas and hypothesis guiding this research are presented in the recently published Popular Movements, the Legacy of the Left, and the Fall of Fujimori in Socialism and Democracy, # 28 (vol. 14, n.2, Fall/Winter, 2000).

His other of research concentrates of the Mexican border state of Sonora. Professor Rénique’s unpublished dissertation examines Sonora’s economic and social history between the 1850s and the advent of the 1910 revolution. At the moment he is completing a manuscript, provisionally titled Race, Region and Nation. Sonora’s Anti-Chinese Movement in the Formation of México’s Nation-State, on the relatively unknown anti-Chinese movement that during the 1920s and 1930s spread from the state of Sonora into the rest of the country. This book focuses on the relationship between this movement to the racial understandings and nationalist projects of the Sonoran revolutionary fraction that laid the foundations of México’s national state, governing party, cultural institutions and nationalist ideology during the 1920s and 1930s. Parts of this manuscript have been recently published as Anti-Chinese Racism, Nationalism and State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, Political Power and Social Theory, Vol. 14, 89-137, 2001; and as “Race, Region and Nation. Sonora’s Anti-Chinese Racism and México’s Post-Revolutionary Nationalism,” in Nancy Applebaum, Anne MacPherson, and Karin Alexandra (eds.) Race and Nation in Modern Latin America (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, forthcoming).