The program:

Video Session #1

Saturday 11/27 6:30 PM

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"This is what democracy looks like"

(Seattle Independent Media Center and Big Noise Films)

Indymedia, like a lot of other initiatives, was born out of the wildly successful mass mobilizations in November of 1999 against the World Trade Organization in Seattle. We'll be starting at the beginning, screening the first Indymedia documentary film, which offers a street level perspective on the organization, execution , and attempted repression of one of the most successful and surprising collective acts of civil disobedience and refusal in recent American history.

"Fuck the corporate media"

(Portland Independent Media Center)

This short video dissects an example of mainstream coverage of popular protest(in this case an anti-war rally), exposing the lies and manipulations the corporate press specializes in, and makes a strong case for activists to take the production of media into their own hands.

"The Land, The Street, The Square"

(Argentina Centro de Medios Independientes and Indymedia Italy)

This film traces elements of popular Argentine resistance to neoliberalism and the local articulation of alternative means of self-government and economic survival in the wake of the country's economic collapse. Through the use of footage from, among other places, the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the Argentinian experience is situated in the context of the broaded contours of the new global "movement of movements".

Media Skillshare

Sunday 11/28 1:00 PM

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An afternoon of media training and information sharing. Come to learn (and teach others!) about the Indymedia network, recent government attacks on free speech online, open publishing, basic web content authoring skills, open source software, or how to get involved with Baltimore's Independent Media Center. The format for the afternoon is still (somewhat) open, so if you'd like to suggest a small workshop, please let us know at info@redemmas.org.

Video Session #2

Sunday 11/28 5:00 PM

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"Prague 2000: Rebel Colors"

(Prague Independent Media Center)

Documents the convergence in Prague against the September 2000 meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. See the full range of European activism's tactical diversity focused on a single institutional target, from the samba-fueled machinations of the pink block, to the rock-throwing militants of the trans-european black block, to the amazing innertube-armored hijinks of Italy's TutteBianchi (White Overalls).

"Release #1: Genoa"

(Indymedia Italy)

Records the tragic events during the anti-G8 mobilization in Genoa, which resulted in the death of protestor Carlo Giuliani as well as the infamous bloody raid by Italian police on the sleeping, unarmed protestors in the Diaz School.

"Woomera 2002"

(Ska TV/Desert Indymedia)

In April 2002, Australian activists converged in the middle of the desert at the Woomera detention center to protest the Australian government's policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. Watch in amazement and joy as the police guarding the camp lose control of the situation and the fences start coming down....

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