We show two films “what would it mean to win?” and “69″, that both asks questions about how activism can succeed and what lies ahead.
Program:
18:00 Food
20:00 Films start
About the films:
“What Would It Mean To Win?”
Film: Oliver Ressler and Zanny Begg, 2008.
40 mins, German, English.
“What Would It Mean To Win?” is a film based on the recent counter-globalisation protests in Heiligendamm (June 2007). It is structured around three central questions: Who are we? What is our power? What would it mean to win? and combines documentary footage shot during the blockades against the G8 summit in Germany, interviews and animation sequences.
http://www.zannybegg.com/what%20would%20it%20mean%20to%20win.htm
“69″ ( English subtitles)
Ungdomshuset (literally “the Youth House”) was the popular name of the building formally named Folkets Hus (“House of the People”) located on
Jagtvej 69 in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, which functioned as an underground scene venue for music and rendezvous point for varying anarchist and
leftist groups from 1982 until 2007. On 1 March 2007 Ungdomshuset was cleared of its occupants by the police at about 7:00 in the morning,
sparking days of intense rioting and giving birth to a widespread social movement that fought for a new space for alternative culture.
“69″, directed and shot by first-time filmmaker Nikolaj Viborg, looks at the dramatic events leading up to the authorities clearing
Ungdomshuset on 1 March 2007 and the conflict that ensued. The film recently won the prestigious talent New Nordic Voices award at Nordisk
opens at: 18:00
price: free entrance
