OCCUPY WALL STREET FILM SHORTS AND DISCUSSION

NO ONE CAN PREDICT THE MOMENT OF REVOLUTION: FILMS FROM #OWS

Wednesday February 1, 6:00 pm, Academy of Music, 274 Main St, Northampton MA

Occupy Wall Street bus riders are teaming up with Occupy Northampton to screen a unique selection of short independent films that have been produced by activists in the #Occupy movement. The film shorts will be followed by a facilitated discussion and Q & A session with OWS organizers along with representatives of community and activist groups in Western Massachusetts. The curator Nick Shimkin, of No One Can Predict the Moment of Revolution: Films From #OWS, and New York City filmmaker Messiah Rhodes will discuss the increasingly important role that “crowd sourced media” plays in social justice movements. 

The screening is free. The organizers will happily accept donations at the door to cover costs.Food For Thought Books will be selling relevant literature in the lobby.

This impressive and thoughtfully curated program of politically au courant grassroots indie cinema totals about 60 minutes, followed by an hour-long discussion. Films include short work from NYC's Meerkat Media Collective ("Occupy the DOE"), Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective ("Right Here All Over"), Rhodes Pictures ("#Occupy Our Homes: Homeowners Speak Out"), Rumur Films ("Month One"), Laura Newman ("The Eviction of Zuccotti Park"), Martha Colburn ("Occupy Wall St. 2011") and documentaries from Occupy Oakland, Occupy Portland, and Occupy London Stock Exchange.

Sponsored By: Occupy Northampton, Western Mass. Jobs With Justice, Occupy Wall Street Direct Action. Media Education Foundation, UMass Economics Department, Hampshire College, UMass STPEC, Occupy Amherst