Bioneers film charts US trends
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Bioneers Summer Film Series “Take Back the Country” Tues, July 10, 3–4pm Teatro Santa Ana Biblioteca Pública Insurgentes 25 50 pesos |
This week’s Bioneers films focus on “Take Back The Country.” In the first film, James Hillman, well-known scholar, lecturer, author, and pioneer psychologist, speaks about the struggle for the country. As a Jungian scholar and author he speaks about deep psychological, political and cultural trends in the US. As he puts it: “We need to take back the country from the nation.”
From his vast perspective, including his own “archetypal psychology,” he talks about these trends converging in a decisive battle for the very soul of the country. Of his 20 books, Hillman is probably most-known for the bestseller, The Soul’s Code.
UC Berkeley linguistics professor George Lakoff is featured in the other film, How Democrats and Progressives Can Win. Lakoff got on the political map in the 2004 election with his book, Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know your Values and Frame the Debate. He explains how conservatives use terms like “family values” and “tax relief” to frame the debate. He contends that progressives can be just as effective by understanding how to re-frame the debate in terms of progressive values. This applies to one-on-one talks, as well as to political debates. As Lakoff says, “Values win elections. Do you know yours?”
This film is the second in a series of six Bioneers & Bill Moyers film showings every Tuesday at Teatro Santa Ana.
Cartel wants all the bananas
Center for Global Justice Summer Film Series
Life and Debt
Thurs, July 12, 3pm
Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Pública
Insurgentes 25
50 pesos
The devastating effects of globalization on the island of Jamaica are vividly shown in Life and Debt, this week’s entry in the Center for Global Justice Summer Film Series
This searing documentary examines how the policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other aid organizations have changed the Jamaican economy over the past quarter of a century, leaving the local people to struggle in poverty and work in sweatshops. It shows how powdered milk from America (purchased from subsidized American dairy farmers and dumped at a loss) has destroyed the Jamaican fresh milk industry, and how even the one remaining market for Jamaican bananas—England—is threatened by the Chiquita-Dole-Del Monte forces, who think one Jamaican banana not sold by them is one too many.
New York Times film critic Stephen Holden says that Life and Debt “offers the clearest analysis of globalization and its negative effects that I’ve ever seen on a movie or television screen.”
The film has a running time of 86 minutes.
“Cinemateca Programación para la semana del 9 al 15 de Julio 2006”
José Luis Pick’n’tip:
The Picks:
Special Werner Herzog Documentary show; “30 years apart”
I dedicate this week to the living legend Werner Herzog, Two great documentaries, 30 years apart, but yet fresh and intense, just like Herzog. Here is a brief portrait of this amazing man:
Director. Writer. Producer. Has studied history, literature and theater, but hasn’t finished it. Founded his own production company in 1963. Has staged several operas, besides others in Bayreuth, Germany, and at the Milan Scala in Italy. Herzog has won numerous national and international awards for his films. Herzog is admired for being the only director who was able to work with the late and very eccentric Klaus Kinski.
He once promised to eat his shoe if a young American film student went out and actually made the film he was always only talking about. The young student was Errol Morris, who met the challenge with his off-beat 1978 pet cemetery documentary Gates of Heaven (1980) (and went on to make The Thin Blue Line (1988) and Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)). Herzog makes good on his promise in the film Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), directed by Les Blank. He used to work nights in a steel factory in 1961 to raise money for his films. In 1966 he was employed by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Educated at the University of Munich, as well as Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Herzog claims to have walked by foot from Munich, Germany to Paris, France (a distance of about 500 miles) in 1974 to prevent the very sick film historian and good friend Lotte Eisner from dying (as, applying his logic, she wouldn’t dare to die until he visited her on her deathbed). Eisner indeed went on to live for 8 more years after Herzog’s journey.
In late 2005, during an interview with journalist Mark Kermode regarding Grizzly Man (2005), a sniper opened fire with an air rifle towards them. Kermode panicked when Herzog calmly said, “someone is shooting at us.” Shortly thereafter, a bullet hit Herzog. An unmoved Herzog insisted on continuing the interview and said, “It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid.”
He was voted the 35th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
The Tip:
Important:
In order to provide the best viewing experience, the show times for some movies may be adjusted to accommodate their length, be sure to check the schedule carefully. I also want to remind you of our new ticket price; 50 pesos and discount cards 12 shows for 450 pesos.
Starting Monday, after noon, buy your tickets in advance for any movie or show of the week. If you have a discount card, collect your pass to assure you get a seat; don’t take the risk of being locked out…. Nos vemos en el Cine….
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Thank you.
The Movies:
Lost and Found in Mexico
Monday, July 9 at 5pm Q and A afterwards
Writer/ Director /Producer: Caren Cross
Documentary, English, 53 minutes.
The illusion of the American dream is challenged in this portrait of ex-pats in San Miguel de Allende who discovered that some vital things were missing in their prior lives. While many Mexicans are leaving families behind and risking their lives to cross the border to a better life, this film focuses on the Americans who have decided to cross the border in the other direction - for a simpler life. In Caren Cross’s documentary we meet expats of varying ages who have given up ‘the good life’ in the USA for a home in Mexico that provides more than money can buy. Happy to live with less, among a people they respect and admire, these ex-professionals and executives explain why they have left family and friends behind to live in a country where crowded malls and Blackberries have been replaced by books, art and casual conversations. A question and answer session with Caren Cross follows the film.
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
Monday, July 9 at 6:30pm
Tuesday, July 10 at 5pm
Social Documentaries, German with English subtitles, 88 minutes.
Viewer discretion; strong emotional content.
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Heinrich Fleischmann, Fini Straubinger, Vladimir Kokol.
Werner Herzog lenses this documentary about 56-year-old Fini Straubinger, who was blind and deaf since her late teens and confined to her bed by her mother for three decades before fighting to overcome her isolation. Included are some harrowing scenes of people who encounter a daily struggle against the confines nature has imposed on them, making the film a wonderful testament to the triumphant nature of the human spirit.
The White Diamond (2004)
Wednesday, July 11 at 5:30pm
Friday, July 13 at 2 pm
Director: Werner Herzog
Science and Nature Documentaries, English, 90 minutes
In this penetrating documentary about the nature of obsession, Dr. Graham Dorrington, a visionary scientist and aeronautics expert, has designed a helium-filled airship for the purpose of exploring the Guyanese rainforest canopy. But Dorrington’s motivations are not entirely scientific: A friend’s death—which occurred years earlier during a similar experiment—still haunts him, driving him to atonement. Werner Herzog directs.
Global Justice Special
Life and Debt (2001)
(No discount cards)
Only show Thursday, July 12 at 3pm
Political Documentaries, English, 86 minutes, discussion afterward.
Director: Stephanie Black
Cast: Jamaica Kincaid, Belinda Becker, Bob and Ziggy Marley, Mutubaruka, Peter Tosh.
This searing documentary examines how the policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other aid organizations have changed the Jamaican economy over the past quarter of a century, leaving the local people to struggle in poverty and work in sweatshops. Author Jamaica Kincaid narrates with Belinda Becker to a reggae soundtrack that includes songs by Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Mutubaruka and Peter Tosh.
Kids Movies: Vintage Cartoons
Saturday July 14 at noon
Free entrance, theater capacity.
Musical Saturdays:
Will resume in winter