Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
8 p.m.
New Nothing Cinema
16 Sherman Street
(Near 7th and Folsom, Sherman runs parallel to 7th between Folsom and Harrison)
Free and open to the public.
Please bring drinks & ideas to share.

In light of recent events, we at the Central Cinema Committee of the Anonymous Occupying Organization have decided to present some high-quality films about protesting and... [read more]

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
8 p.m.
New Nothing Cinema
16 Sherman Street
(Near 7th and Folsom, Sherman runs parallel to 7th between Folsom and Harrison)
Free and open to the public.
Please bring drinks & ideas to share.

In light of recent events, we at the Central Cinema Committee of the Anonymous Occupying Organization have decided to present some high-quality films about protesting and media. Call it Riot Erotica.

We start with "The Sixth Side Of The Pentagon" by Chris Marker, a brilliant piece detailing the October 21st, 1967 protest at the Pentagon, which was an escalation of the anti-war movement: from merely marching to taking direct action to shut down the war machine. Also, observers say the building actually WAS levitated three feet off of the ground by chanting hippies.

Then we move to Chile in the 1980's, where a motley group of photographers set about recording the crimes and eventual fall of Pinochet's bloody regime. Through riots and water-cannons these folks shot the social upheaval that eventually did in the old murderous bastard. "City Of Photographers" is a film about the time when Pinochet fell, seen through the eyes of the photojournalists who covered it. It's also a movie about a country trying to come to grips with the aftermath of a brutal dictatorship.

Further descriptions:

"The Sixth Side Of The Pentagon" (26 minutes) On October 21, 1967, over 100,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam. It was the largest protest gathering yet, and it brought together a wide cross-section of liberals, radicals, hippies, and Yippies. Che Guevara had been killed in Bolivia only two weeks previously, and, for many, it was the transition from simply marching against the war, to taking direct action to try to stop the 'American war machine.' Norman Mailer wrote about the events in Armies of the Night. French filmmaker Chris Marker, leading a team of filmmakers, was also there, and made THE SIXTH SIDE OF THE PENTAGON. From young men burning their draft cards, to the Yippies chanting "Out, demons, out!" while trying to levitate the Pentagon, to thousands of protestors rushing the steps of the Pentagon itself and some actually getting into the building, THE SIXTH SIDE OF THE PENTAGON, by contemporaneously putting us in the midst of the action yet combining the experience with a wry and reflective commentary, is a remarkable time capsule and reminder of events from forty years ago, 1967-the turning point of opposition to a long and unpopular war.

"City Of Photographers" (80 minutes) During Pinochet's long regime, a motley crew of photojournalists shot and framed Chile's people and turmoil from many points of view. In the streets, in the middle of bloody riots and protests, these fearless photographers learned their craft and created many of the now legendary images which helped focus world attention on the Pinochet regime's repressive tactics. For them, taking pictures was a form of involvement, even resistance, a way of being more than mere spectators but vital actors. Pinochet had the power and the guns, but these photographers had the camera - the people's weapon. They lived dangerously and they lived to tell. This is their story.