MID EAST REVOLT-revolutionary prospects in Middle East

place: Tűzraktér(back room of Café)
Hegedű street 3
Budapest VI. district
time: 31 January, 19.00


discussion with Yana Ziferblat(former general coordinator of Coalition of Women for Peace- http://coalitionofwomen.org/home/english) about the reasons, circumstances and expectable consequences of revolutionary events and the chain of uprising in Tunisia, Egypt and other Northern African/Middle Eastern countries. Might the revolution in Middle East bring closer the definitive fall of imperialism and/or all the forms of capitalistic oppression?

After the discussion-if we have still energy and mood for it-will screen an amazing Finnish documentary about hypocrisy of western based companies and governments supporting an cruel/tragicomic dictatorship at one Central-Asian country:

place: Tűzraktér(Aprótér room-downstairs of building A)
Hegedű street 3
Budapest VI. district

time: 31 January about 21.30

The Shadow of the Holy Book(Arto Halonen. 2007, 90')

A look at how multinational corporations curried favor with Saparmurat Niyazov (1940-2006), the despot of oil- and gas-rich Turkmenistan, primarily through translating "Ruhnama," his autobiographical book of cultural musings, into many languages and providing testimonials that legitimized his murderous dictatorship. Two European journalists interview Turkman dissidents and try, without success, to get statements from multinationals such as Çalik Holdings, Siemens, Daimler-Chrysler, John Deere, Caterpillar, and Bouygues Construction as to why they put business interests ahead of human rights. A Finnish CEO provides the solitary moral compass.

Morze Infoshop Program, February

February 7 Aprótér Room 21.00

Sisters in Law (Florence Aisi, Kim Longinotto 2005, 104')

Sisiters in Law: Stories from a Cameroon Court is a documentary portraying aspects of women's lives and work in the judicial system in Cameroon, West Africa. The film centres around four cases involving violence against women. It shows women seeking justice and effecting change on [universal] human interests issues. It also shows strong and positive images of women and children in Cameroon.






February 14 Aprótér Room 21.00

No more tears sister ( Helene Klodawski 2005, 78')

Set during the violent ethnic conflict that has enveloped Sri Lanka over decades, the documentary recreates the courageous and vibrant life of renowned human rights activist,, feminist and revolutionary Dr. Rajani Thiranagama. Mother, anatomy professor, and symbol of hope, Rajani was assassinated at the age of thirty-five. Stunningly photographed, using rare archival footage, intimate correspondence and poetic recreations, the story of Rajani and her family delves into rarely explored themes - revolutionary women and their dangerous pursuit of justice.

February 21 Aprótér Room 21.00



Psychoanalysis and Matrixal Borderspace (screening of Bracha L. Ettinger's public open lecture for the students of the European Graduate School EGS, Media and Communication Studies department program, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, about 120')

Bracha L. Ettinger, Israeli-French psychoanalyst, painter, artist and feminist theorist, discussing her paintings, notebooks and work on the matrixial borderspace, trans-subjectivity, co-poiesis and trauma. She describes the relation between her artistic practice and psychoanalytic practice. Bracha L. Ettinger at a public open lecture for the students of the European Graduate School EGS, Media and Communication Studies department program, Saas-Fee, Switzerland

http://brachaettingermatrixialborderspace.blogspot.com/

February 28 Tuzrakter Cafe 18.00


To see if i 'm smiling ( Tamar Yarom 2007, 59')

Six Israeli women give a personal account about their life in the Israeli Army, in the Occupied Territories. A female point of view on the drama of an unending war, on the moral challenges the soldiers faced at the encounter with the Palestinian population. The women look back critically at the way they handled the power that was placed in their hands at the young age of eighteen.




Lullaby ( Adi Arbel 2004, 52')


More than 60 babies were killed during the last intifada in Israel and in the Palestinian Authority territories. “My daughter was born on the day the intifada set off, when she turned 6 months, an Israeli baby was shot in the head; a month later, a Palestinian baby was shot. This for me was quite intolerable.” (Director Adi Arbel) Palestinian and Israeli Mothers talk about the essence of motherhood that had taken a fatal blow, and the unbearable lightness of killing of children in the region. Intimate confessions turn into one conversation about motherhood, bereavement, new pregnancies.Arabic, Hebrew and heart-beats join together into one voice, full of hope of mothers - the hope from which new babies are born.

Evicted-docu screening today@Tuz

Evicted(Brian Woods, 2008')

time: January 17, Monday, 21.00
place: Tűzraktér, Aprótér Room
Hegedű utca 3, Budapest VI.district

Every day families all across Britain are forced to leave their homes. This film is a damning indictment of the fate which awaits them. It follows three young girls and their families into the nightmare of homelessness - a frightening and rarely seen world of dingy hotel rooms and temporary accommodation hostels. Part of the No Home initiative highlighting poverty and homelessness in Britain today.

The Murder of Fred Hampton-docu screening today@Tuz

The Murder of Fred Hampton
(documentary screening)


time : Thursday, 13 January, 22.00
place: Tűzraktér, Aprótér Room
Hegedű street 3, Budapest VI. district


Fred Hampton was the leader of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. This film depicts his brutal murder by the Chicago police and its subsequent investigation, but also documents his activities in organizing the Chapter, his public speeches, and the programs he founded for children during the last eighteen months of his life.