Native Spirit film festival screening

February 26, 2010 18:00

Date Published: February 08, 2010 14:05 by rik@peace.fm |

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SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies

Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H

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Screening of three films in the Native Spirit festival of Indigenous Films.

One from New Zealand, One from Mexico, one from US, Alcatraz Island occupation.

18.00 Meet The Prick 26mins Tuhoe-Maori People, New Zealand, Dir. Ilya Ruppeldt

Certainly a unique documentary about a unique man, this film offers a look at the clash of cultures, where one man, very openly outspoken, who would prefer to remain one of the 'children of the mist', forces the question to be asked, what is wrong with not wanting to be part of today's modern societies?

13 Pueblos, Defending Water, Air and Land. 62mins, Mexico, Dir. Francesco Yaboada Yabone

This beautiful documentary explores the actions that 13 indigenous communities in Mexico are collectively taking to defend their environments from destruction and contamination by industrial and commercial projects that are threatening the water, air and land where they live.

19.45 Alcatraz Is Not An Island. 56mins, USA, dir. James Fortier

In November 1969 a small group of native american students and activists took te stand to occupy Alcatraz Island in San Fransisco bay. They were soon joined by thousands, reclaiming 'Indian Land'. This remarkable film documents the ideals, intentions and struggles faced by these pioneers and the effects they had on the way Native Americans viewed themselves and their cultures from then on.

Entry 6 pounds, 3 pounds students/unemployed. All funds raised go to indigenous educational projects in South America.