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PROJECTILE: A festival of anarchist film and culture

Projectile | 17.05.2006 21:13 | Culture

After the success of last year's first Projectile international festival of
anarchist film & culture the organising collective are pleased to announce
the programme for the 2006 festival

16-18 June,
Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2BB
www.projectile.org.uk


After the success of last year's first Projectile international festival of
anarchist film & culture the organising collective are pleased to announce
the programme for the 2006 festival. The full programme is below and on our
website www.projectile.org.uk. If you like what you see below, please help
make this festival a success by FORWARDING it on to folk who might be
interested.


ADMISSION & ACCOMODATION
Weekend pass: £25 waged or £5 waged
Individual films: suggested donation of £3.50, free for asylum seekers
Discussions: Free
You can order your weekend passes in advance. Otherwise all admission is on
the door.
Crash pad accommodation is available - please tell us in advance though.

For more information, contact  info@projectile.org.uk


FRIDAY 16 JUNE
 http://www.projectile.org.uk/fri16/


Call in, get your tickets or pass, and have a drink.
5:30 onwards, Friday 16 June

THE ANGRY BRIGADE
7pm, Friday 16 June
With anarchist ideals and situationist-inspired tactics, this urban guerilla
group put the ruling class on notice with a series of bloodless bombings.
The police campaign against it that drew a dragnet through the UK anarchist
community.
The Angry Brigade/Persons Unknown (dir. Gordon Carr, 1974/1980, UK, 65
mins.)

COPS
8:10pm, Friday 16 June
Buster Keaton stars as an accidental anarchist leading the filth on a merry
chase in this raucous classic short.
Cops (dir. Buster Keaton, 1922, US, 18 mins.)

TROTS, ISLAMOPHOBIA & ANARCHISM [discussion]
8:30pm, Friday 16 June
Introduced by John from Projectile: let's talk about vanguardism,
Respect...and creating real alliances

LIBERTARIAS
9:30pm, Friday 16 June
This epic melodrama follows several very different women drawn into the
Spanish Civil War. Their lives as fighters, friends and lovers are set
against a backdrop of sexism, political backstabbing, and eventually
tragedy.
Libertarias (dir. Vicente Aranda, 1996, Spain, 125 mins.)


SATURDAY 17 JUNE
 http://www.projectile.org.uk/sat17/


DURRUTI
11am, Saturday 17 June
Former railway worker Buenaventura Durruti exemplified a new kind of people'
s military "leader," one who led through inspiration, example and discussion
rather than force and orders. This film is his story.
Durruti en la Revolucion España (dir. Paco Rios, 1998, Spain, 60 mins.)

CLASS COMPOSITION AND THE NORTH EAST [discussion]
12:10pm, Saturday 17 June
with Dave Hopper (NUM) & Dave Douglas (NUM, Class War)

NESTOR MAHKNO - ANARCHY IN THE UKRAINE [talk]
2pm, Saturday 17 June
With a speaker from the Anarchist Federation

ANARCHISM AND YOUTH [discussion]
3pm, Saturday 17 June
led by Matt and other local anarchist youth

SQUATTING IN AMSTERDAM
5pm, Saturday 17 June
(dir. Hamish Campbell, 2003, Holland, 4 mins.)

WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE
5:05pm, Saturday 17 June
In the '80s, they were on the barricades together. Twenty years later, they'
ve gone their separate ways-until something unexpected brings them together
again. Packed with action, hilarity and even romance, this is an overlooked
gem.
What to Do in Case of Fire (dir. Gregor Schnitzler, 2001, Germany, 100
mins.)

MADE IN SECRET: THE STORY OF THE EAST VAN PORN COLLECTIVE
7pm, Saturday 17 June
Not a porn film, but a sexy semi-documentary about home-made erotica, sexual
expression, and collective decision-making. Lo-fi aesthetics and sweet
politics.
Made in Secret: The Story of the East Van Porn Collective (dir. One Tiny
Whale, 2004, Canada, 86 mins.)

SOCIAL, PLUS MIDNIGHT MOVIE
8:30 onwards, Saturday 17 June
In Reagan-era America, an unemployed labourer stumbles on the horrifying
truth about the ruling class. A situationist-influenced, politically savvy
horror flick.
They Live! (dir. John Carpenter, 1988, US, 93 mins.)


SUNDAY 18 JUNE
 http://www.projectile.org.uk/sun18/


REBELLION IN PATAGONIA
11am, Sunday 18 June
What happens when life becomes unbearable because of bosses and their
demands? The workers rebel. and the ruling class retaliates. This
true-to-history drama tells of an uprising of immigrant and indigenous
labourers in unforgiving, harsh Patagonia.
La Patagonia Rebelde (dir. Hector Olivera, Argentina, 1984, 109 mins.)

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY IN FILMMAKING [workshop]
1pm, Sunday 18 June
Learn with Tomas about how free software and cheap, easy to use equipment
can help you bring your own visions to the cinema screen!

SOCIAL CENTRES AND LOCAL CAMPAIGNING [discussion]
2pm, Sunday 18 June
Discussion on the social centres movement: are they "movement ghettos" or
great places to organise?

ROSSPORT SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN [talk]
3pm, Sunday 18 June
Speakers from the Rossport camp in Ireland talk about trying to stop Shell's
high-pressure gas pipeline.

DEMOCRACY ISN'T BUILT ON DEMONSTRATORS' BODIES
4pm, Sunday 18 June
Many young Israelis reject their right-wing government's efforts to separate
them from their Palestinian neighbours with laws, walls, and weapons. This
short documentary provides a glimpse into the anarchist underground in
Israel.
Democracy Isn't Built on Demonstrators' Bodies (Dir. David Massey/It's All
Lies, 2004, Israel, 32 mins.)

FEEDBACK SESSION
4:30pm, Sunday 18 June
Where do we go from here? Got any suggestions? Want to do your own festival?

WINSTANLEY
5pm, Sunday 18 June
In 1649, Gerard Winstanley tried to take back common lands for the people's
use through communal farming. This authentic and gorgeously home-made film
tells his tragic, yet inspirational story. A work of art, not just history.
Winstanley (dir. Kevin Brownlow/Andrew Mollo, 1975, UK, 95 mins.)



** As ever, the programme - and even the venue - is subject change.
Up-to-date information will be on the website **

For more information contact  info@projectile.org.uk
Financially supported by Northern Film & Media

Projectile
- e-mail: info@projectile.org.uk
- Homepage: http://www.projectile.org.uk

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