Films
Lineup subject
to change.
Schedule to come.
4:30pm—Beyond
the Screams
(by Martín Sorrondeguy, 1999, 30 min)
Punk's not dead. A far reaching documentary on Latino punk rock,
a "culture within a subculture". Interviews and live footage
show the breadth of Latinos in punk and reveal the history of the space
that they made for themselves. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll pogo.
2000 Chicago Anarchist Film Festival.
5pm—Frog
in the Well
(by Cervando David Martinez, 2001, 30 min)
The biography of Ho-Kun Yuen, a Chinese immigrant to San Francisco
in 1949. Yuen thoroughly documented the social movements of the Bay
Area for over three decades. His archive and the philosophy behind it
remained almost unknown until his death in 1997.
2001 Chicago Anarchist Film Festival.
15min
break
5:45pm—Paint
It Black: Anarchism, Urban Uprising and The Mainstream News Media
(by Jessica Lawless, 2002, 50 min)
Film about the portrayal of anarchists in the corporate media. 2002
Chicago Anarchist Film Festival.
6:40pm—Radio
Campesino
(by Victoria Cervantes, 2003, 12 min)
An video about setting up a radio station in Honduras by local
filmmaker.
2003 Chicago Anarchist Film Festival.
6:55pm—Selected Satan
MacNuggit Short(s)
(Captain
Do-Gooder, 6min, P Grrrl, 5 min, Death mask. 5min,)
Satan McNuggit has contributed many films to the
festival over the years, both feature length and shorts —
CAFF is highlighting some shorts at the Free Film Night. 2005
Chicago Anarchist Film Festival.
15min
break
7:15pm—Preacher
With an Unknown God
(by Rob Van Alkemade, 2005, 18 min) This Sundance 2006 award-winner
follows anti-corporate activist/performance artist Reverend Billy and
his Church-of-Stop-Shopping as they exorcize big box stores and cash
registers across the country. 2006 Chicago Anarchist Film Festival
7:40pm—Gender
Play
(by Philipe Lonestar,
2004, 10 min) a spirited
Compilation on what gender and sexuality mean to those who challenge
it’s social constructs. 2007
Chicago Anarchist Film Festival.
7:40pm—
a selection from Gunpowder Plot
doc in honor of the 5th of November (Offers some background on Guy Fawkes
day). 10 min.
15min
break
8:00pm—Table
Bed Chair
(by
Robert Hack and Jakob Proyer, 30 min)
English and Dutch with English Subtitles
The film combines insights into the history of the squatter movement
and its particularly well-developed autonomous structures and practices
with a focus on the extraordinary legal situation in the Netherlands.
8:30pm—Rise
Up!
(by local artists Jenny Kendler & Molly Schafer, 3
min) Animals fight back!
8:33pm— Torture is Us
(by
Scooter Twomey, 2007, 30 min)
Scooter Twomey endeavours to set up his own independent torture company
in lieu of the CIA being banned from Europe for extraordinary rendition.
Seriously Funny. Premiered at the 2008 Chicago Anarchist
Film Festival and voted best of the fest!.
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