GENOA REDZONE SCREENING IN LIVERPOOL
People Not Profit | 18.07.2002 20:24
Genoa Red Zone - on the big screen
The Casa, Hope Street
7.30pm. Monday 22nd July
£2 all proceeds go towards trying to esablish Merseyside indymedia Site
The Casa, Hope Street
7.30pm. Monday 22nd July
£2 all proceeds go towards trying to esablish Merseyside indymedia Site
'Genoa: Red Zone' The Film
a hard-hitting film which presents the real story of those brutal Italian days of protest.
The Premier – The Anniversary
Monday 22nd July 7.30pm at The Casa,(Dockers Club),Hope Street
£2 all profits going to setting up a Merseyside Indymedia
July 19-24 marks a year since the bloody anti-G8 demonstrations took place in Italy. 17 from Liverpool People Not Profit were present. 'Genoa: Red Zone' – is a hard-hitting film which presents the real story of those brutal Italian days of protest.
Eight months in the making with a cast of thousands this hour-long documentary does not shy from the truth. It draws on over 160 hours of protest-based footage and includes much unseen material which gets behind the scenes helping to explain the brutality witnessed on the streets of the medieval Italian port city. One protester was shot dead by police during clashes between security forces and demonstrators which lasted several days.
The film took eight months to complete with much of the time spent translating interviews from Italian into English, conducting new interviews with groups including Corporate Watch, Statewatch and Amnestry International and verfiying information for inclusion in the film.
"We are happy with the final product" explained one the DIY editing team. "Yeah, there are bits which could be tweaked but in essence it works. I was personally in Genova and I saw a lot of the carnage but I also witnessed incredible things like free food donations, street theatre, people from around the world, all-night discussions. Wierdly enough it was one of the most creative times of my life. We have tried to really convey that paradox and to utilise journalistic skills in the film-making process. We set out to make a film which would bring important issues to a new audience outside the 'activist ghetto' - we made a very consious effort not to create a piece of propaganda but allow the facts to speak for themselves. Nowadays, reality is radical because there's so much shit happening".
People Not Profit say its time to
‘Raise your voice before you lose your soul’
a hard-hitting film which presents the real story of those brutal Italian days of protest.
The Premier – The Anniversary
Monday 22nd July 7.30pm at The Casa,(Dockers Club),Hope Street
£2 all profits going to setting up a Merseyside Indymedia
July 19-24 marks a year since the bloody anti-G8 demonstrations took place in Italy. 17 from Liverpool People Not Profit were present. 'Genoa: Red Zone' – is a hard-hitting film which presents the real story of those brutal Italian days of protest.
Eight months in the making with a cast of thousands this hour-long documentary does not shy from the truth. It draws on over 160 hours of protest-based footage and includes much unseen material which gets behind the scenes helping to explain the brutality witnessed on the streets of the medieval Italian port city. One protester was shot dead by police during clashes between security forces and demonstrators which lasted several days.
The film took eight months to complete with much of the time spent translating interviews from Italian into English, conducting new interviews with groups including Corporate Watch, Statewatch and Amnestry International and verfiying information for inclusion in the film.
"We are happy with the final product" explained one the DIY editing team. "Yeah, there are bits which could be tweaked but in essence it works. I was personally in Genova and I saw a lot of the carnage but I also witnessed incredible things like free food donations, street theatre, people from around the world, all-night discussions. Wierdly enough it was one of the most creative times of my life. We have tried to really convey that paradox and to utilise journalistic skills in the film-making process. We set out to make a film which would bring important issues to a new audience outside the 'activist ghetto' - we made a very consious effort not to create a piece of propaganda but allow the facts to speak for themselves. Nowadays, reality is radical because there's so much shit happening".
People Not Profit say its time to
‘Raise your voice before you lose your soul’
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