[Peace] FRIDAY Film Fest: Cuba's literacy project; metaphor in health care

[Susan Parenti via Peace]

Hello friends—I’m so glad to report that the opening went well. A good number of interested/interesting people populated tonight’s opening Film Fest. Film maker Roberta Bennett was present, and answered questions. 
And---lots of ideas were posted for ‘films-I-wish-someone-would-make’.

We exist!

Friday, Day 2 of the Film Fest, offers the short film, Maestra, by Catherine Murphy—this thirty minute documentary presents a waft of political-emotional energy in reporting how thousands of (mainly women)Cuban  people in 1959 went out to the rural areas to teach reaching and writing. Alice Walkers reads the narration. 

And, on Friiday, there will be the feature filmoHealth Care in All the Wrong Places— which, though it seems to be about health care, is really about the capacities of metaphor.

See you there! 

You are invited to the First Annual Interdependent Film Festival: Women Make Movies
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This ground-breaking, three-day festival (31 July - 2 August 2014) presents experimental and documentary films by women filmmakers from the  Champaign-Urbana area who explore the interconnections between art & immigration, language & health care, and ecofeminism & solidarity between people around the world. Besides great films, it also features gala opening and closing ceremonies, Q&A interdependency panels with filmmakers and community members, and food donated by local groups making a global difference in the south Central Illinois region.

Sponsored by the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center and the School for Designing a Society, you can see the film schedule here and below. Most events are 7:00pm with a noon matinee on 2 August.

Tickets and festival passes may be purchased here (seating will be limited; order early). Or you may donate to or help sponsor the event by contributinghere. Tickets are $15 ($7 low-income), with special laminated festival passes for $35.

Food as well as critical discussions with community members and filmmakers also provided. Don't miss out on this unique summer event for Champaign-Urbana.


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