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KinoWatt Film Screening: CULTURES OF RESISTANCE

About February's Feature Film:

CULTURES OF RESISTANCE
http://www.culturesofresistance.org/

Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction. After several years, travelling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who committed their lives to promoting change. This is their story.

From IRAN, where graffiti and rap became tools in fighting government repression, to BURMA, where monks acting in the tradition of Gandhi take on a dictatorship, moving on to BRAZIL, where musicians reach out to slum kids and transform guns into guitars, and ending in PALESTINIAN refugee camps in LEBANON, where photography, music, and film have given a voice to those rarely heard, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE explores how art and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and justice.

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KinoWatt is a monthly film series curated by Maori Karmael Holmes and Sara Zia Ebrahimi and hosted by Asian Arts Initiative on first fridays through May 2012. KinoWatt features documentary and narrative films that seek to illuminate injustice, spark debate, and incite action!