Conventional Wisdom, July Rochester IMC Screening
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The Rochester IMC July Screening will feature two half-hour documentaries dealing with People's actions against the 2000 Democratic and Republican National Conventions as well as 3 short "newsreal" style documentaries produced by members of the Rochester IMC video group. Immediately following the screening, a facilitated discussion on reactions to the videos and planning for actions at the 2004 conventions will take place.
When: Sunday July 11, 2004, 3-5pm
Where: Public Market, All Purpose Room
280 North Union Street, Rochester
allpurposeroom.org for more
detailed directions.
Protest In LA: Unmasking the 2000 Democratic Convention, a documentary by Kyle Yamada, provides an inside look at the emerging movement against corporate domination of the political process and documents the mass gathering at the 2000 Democratic Convention. The documentary probes Al Gore's connection to Occidental Petroleum's oppression of indigenous peoples in Colombia; immigrant killings at the Mexican border under Clinton's "Operation Gatekeeper"; solidarity with garment sweatshop workers; startling police repression at the protest; and alternatives to the 2-party system. Battle for Broad is a 25 minute documentary video that captures the tension and excitement of four days in the summer of 2000 leading up to the Republican National Convention. With the eyes of the world upon them, the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign gathers to take on the Philadelphia police in a battle to hold an illegal march on the Convention’s opening day. Battle for Broad is a blueprint for organizing against the Republican National Convention in New York City this summer. The three local newsreal pieces deal with the Ansar Mahmood deportation case, public responses to Micheal Moore's Fahrenheit 911, and the government attack on Critical Arts Ensemble member and SUNY Buffalo art Professor Steven Kurtz. 
