From: Jason Cortlund (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2006 - 15:55:56 PDT
Hello Frameworkers--
I¹m posting this on behalf of Cinematexas¹ Parallax View program‹which is
free and open to the public. Feel free to repost, forward, etc.
Thanks,
Jason Cortlund
Austin, TX, US
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short blurb for announcement posting:
PARALLAX VIEW: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IMAGES Austin, Texas September
22-24, 2006 (at The Victory Grill 1104 E. 11th street). This year, Parallax
View looks at modern conflict from an on-the-ground perspective, seeking to
provide practical ways to become a part of the solution. There will be
three days of insightful and intense programs. The Sept 22nd program
APOCALYPSE NIGH: DEATH AND TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST includes recent footage
and photos from Lebanon. Sept. 23rd program REMAKING NEW ORLEANS FROM BELOW
will be a full day of films, speakers, food and music from the region. Sept
24th's TORTURE EXPRESS: THE RISING COST OF "FREEDOM" features Muckraking for
the Masses, an investigative journalism workshop, and a multimedia
presentation documenting the CIA extraordinary rendition flights aka
"torture taxis."
(for a detailed schedule of events, visit
http://blog.myspace.com/cinematexasparallax. All events are free and open
to the public)
for questions or concerns, please contact email suppressed
press release:
The mass media focuses on global issues and problems in a superficial way,
often glossing over causes and potential resolutions. This year, Parallax
View looks at modern conflict from an on-the-ground perspective, seeking to
provide practical ways to become a part of the solution. Some of the
highlights this year:
Award-winning photojournalist Andrew Stern has just returned from Lebanon to
premier Samidoun: A Multimedia Journey Through the 34-Day War in Lebanon and
Its Aftermath at Cinematexas' Parallax View. The following day, we'll turn
to our own gulf's disaster by showcasing a full day of films, speakers,
food, and music from New Orleans including: Robert King Wilkerson who spent
32 incarcerated, 29 of those in solitary confinement in Angola Prison, for a
crime of which he was exonerated in 2001, and Common Ground organizers Malik
Rahim, Scott Crow, and Lisa Fithian. The Nubian Queen Lola will be serving
gumbo, while Big Chief Kevin Goodman and The Flaming Arrows play traditional
New Orleans second-line funk.
On the final day of Parallax, we'll top it all off with Muckraking for the
Masses, a workshop with renown investigative reporter A.C. Thompson,
accompanied by the investigative artist, journalist, geographer Trevor
Paglen who will reveal his findings from spying on the CIA. This duo will
also highlight the materials covered in their soon to be released book
Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights.
Parallax View brings film, artwork, music, interventions, activism,
journalism, and their respective creators to challenge this regime's
hegemony and skillfully escape their stranglehold on the media.
full schedule:
PARALLAX VIEW: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IMAGES
(free and open to the public)
Austin, Texas September 22-24, 2006 (at The Victory Grill 1104 E. 11th
street)
APOCALYPSE NIGH: DEATH AND TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Friday September 22nd
6:30-8:30pm
Palestine Blues dir. Nida Sinnokrot 80 min. (followed by Q&A with filmmaker)
9:00-10pm
Samidoun: A Multimedia Journey Through the 34-Day War in Lebanon and Its
Aftermath
with Andrew Stern which interweaves his video and still photography and
audio collected in the field with video by Democracy Now!'s Ana Nogueira
REMAKING NEW ORLEANS FROM BELOW
Saturday September 23rd
1:00-1:30pm
Local Anti-Racist Organizing and the History of the Victory Grill presented
by Eva Lindsey (venue's manager and long-time community activist)
1:30-2:30pm
Three Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation (trailer) 5 min
Robert King Wilkerson speaks about the history of classism and racism in
Louisiana including his personal history of spending 32 incarcerated, 29 of
those in solitary confinement in Angola Prison, for a crime of which he was
exonerated in 2001.
2:30-4:00pm
South of Ten dir. Liza Johnson 10 min.
Cataclysm In New Orleans dir. Ralph Klein / Elias Scheideler 59 min.
Solidarity Not Charity dir. Common Ground Collective 21min.
4:00-5:00pm
Common Ground Relief organizers Malik Rahim, Scott Crow, and Lisa Fithian
will speak about the collectives history and relief efforts in New Orleans
5:30-7pm
Food and Activism
Nubian Queen Lola will speak about the power of food to gather organizers
and conjure solidarity
followed by a Parallax dinner catered by Nubian Queen Lola's Cajun, Soul
Food Kitchen.
6:30-8pm
Music by Big Chief Kevin Goodman and The Flaming Arrows
Experts at second-line New Orleans funk
TORTURE EXPRESS: THE RISING COST OF "FREEDOM"
Sunday September 24th
1:00-1:30pm
It's Not My Memory of It by Speculative Archive/Julia Meltzer and David
Thorne 25 min.
1:30-3:00pm
Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the 'War on
Terror' by WITNESS
3:00-4:00pm
Muckraking for the Masses a workshop with A.C. Thompson
4:00-5:00pm
N4467S: On the Trail of the CIA's Torture Planes a multimedia presentation
with Trevor Paglen exhibiting his investigative art/geography/journalism
project in which he spies on the CIA.
followed by a discussion between A.C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen about their
soon to be released book Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition
Flights
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