Archive for October, 2008

Ground Noise And Static

Published
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stimulator
on October 6, 2008
in the fuckin show
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In November, one or the other of the corporate candidates will win, and then, as always, it will be what the people do, not the politicians, that counts.

A video report on the protests that occurred in connection with the Democrat and Republican National Conventions, Ground Noise & Static is a manifesto. We went to Denver and St. Paul to take the pulse of the movement. Corporate media would cover the platitudes and posturing of the politicians, we were interested in something else, a story hidden in plain sight, captured in the now-classic street chant, “This is what democracy looks like.”

Ground Noise & Static is a joint effort of Franklin López of subMedia.TV and PepperSpray Productions. It is the direct result of a wonderful collaboration with many indymedia-style activists and journalists who all pitched in for the common good and success of their various efforts to tell their “Unconventional” stories.

Want to book a screening. Simply download or buy the DVD and list here. If you would like to host the filmmakers as speakers send a message to the email address below.

Get “Ground Noise & Static” on DVD for $15 US (postage paid) and screen in your community.


Screening Dates

2009

April 22nd - 8:00 pm - Saint Petersburg FL
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave
Sponsored by St. Pete for Peace

April 25 - 5:00 pm - Seattle
The Social Justice Film Festival
Grand Illusion Cinema

2008

October 14th - 7:00 pm Bellingham - FREE*
Western Washington University VU 565 a/b/c

October 18th - 7:30 pm Montreal - $5.00 (suggested)**
Montreal Independent Media Center,
2035 St-Laurent, 2nd floor (metro St-Laurent)

October 20th - 8:00 pm Atlanta - FREE**
Eyedrum - 290 MLK Jr. Dr. SE

October 23rd - 7:00 pm Los Angeles
L.A. Indymedia Event
KIWA Cultural Education Center (map)

October 25th - 9:00 pm Vancouver - $5-$20 slding scale ***
Media Democracy Day Benefit Show
VIVO Media Arts (map)

October 29th - 8:30 pm Toronto **
Studio 404 - Not Found
263 Adelaide S. W. studio 404 (map)

November 1st - 7:30 pm Kingston **
AKA Autonomous Social Centre
75 Queen St (map)

November 3rd - 7:00pm Tacoma ****
University of Puget Sound

November 5th -  7:00pm Tacoma ****
Tacoma Main Branch Library

December 1st 7:00pm Ithaca**
GhostCat co-op 514 N. Aurora St.
Free admission, donations accepted

December 2nd 6:00pm Rochester**
310 Arnett Blvd. (Arnett Branch of the Rochester Public Library)
Sponsored by Rochester Indymedia
Free admission, donations accepted, refreshments provided

December 3rd - 7:00pm Troy, NY **
The Sanctuary for Independent Media (FLIER)
3361 6th Avenue in North Troy
$10 suggested donation

Dec 4th - 7:30pm  Brooklyn **
The Change You Want to See Gallery
84 Havemeyer St, at Metropolitan Ave
L to Bedford, G to Metropolitan, J/M/Z to Marcy
Complete directions: http://www.hopstop.com

December 5th - 7:00pm Tacoma ****
King’s Bookstore

December 6th -  7:00pm Houston
Rice Cinema
Rice University, Entrance #8 (University & Stockton)
Sponsored by Houston Indymedia
Donations apprecited.

* Franklin López of subMedia and Lambert Rochfort and Ariel Wetzelf of Pepperspray Productions present for Q and A
** Franklin López of subMedia present for Q and A
*** Joe LaSac, Lambert Rochfort and Ariel Wetzelf of Pepperspray Productions present for Q and A
**** Joe LaSac of Pepperspray Productions present for Q and A

Ground Noise & Static Music by:

Maciej Miskiewicz

Music for Paranoid People

Hammer Klavier

John Sheehy
“Unstopabble” MP3 Download
“End of the Road” MP3 Download

Omar Torres

Denki

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GROUND NOISE AND STATIC: Free Speech Under Attack at the RNC

Published
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stimulator
on October 1, 2008
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A community reportback on protests, police and arrested journalists at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Sun Oct. 5 4-6pm at Central Cinema (21st and Union, Seattle)

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Featuring on-the-scene video coverage of protests and arrests from PepperSpray Productions (Seattle) and Submedia (Vancouver), followed by critical discussion.

Speakers include: Susan Gleason (Reclaim the Media), Larry Hildes (National Lawyers Guild), Doug Honig (ACLU-WA), and local journalists arrested at the RNC.

Cosponsored by Pepperspray Productions, Reclaim the Media,
ACLU-WA and KBCS 91.3fm Community Radio.

When PepperSpray reporters ran into Cindy Sheehan outside the Democratic National Convention they asked for her prediction of what will happen in November. Cindy said "One of the corporate candidates will win, and the question then, as always, will be what will the people do, not what will the politicians do."

It was exactly for this reason that Seattle’s PepperSpray collective sent 2 reporters to the democratic and republican national conventions, not to gain access to the convention floors, but to cover the movement in the streets. We weren’t there to document either party, nor the crimes they have committed. The list is so long and the crimes so bad even corporate media has been reporting that for some time now. What corporate media overlooks is the story hidden in plain sight, of the movement, larger, more diverse, and more creative than anything happening inside the conventions. The corporate media would ignore, sensationalize, or insult those gathered in the streets, but indymedia was there to cover the action, and to find out what motivates the movement and to give both strategic and tactical reports of the battle for the future of humanity. Meanwhile the two major parties spent millions on riot gear and more millions to buy "demonstration insurance" that would cover the lawsuits police might incur while doing whatever it took to keep the people down. Apparently in modern America the Bill of Rights applies unless somebody gives the cops insurance money.

PepperSpray reporters went bravely into the melee, collaborating
with Vancouver’s Franklin Lopez to issue a daily video report from the streets. Both PepperSpray reporters were arrested, as were so many other media workers, but now they are back, with a terabyte of video clips. Continuing the collaboration with Submedia’s Franklin Lopez, we have prepared a report-back from what Republican nominee McCain dismissed as the "Ground-noise and static."

Location:

Central Cinema (21st and Union, Central District Seattle) MAP

Oh yeah, and there’s an after party playa!

7pm at the Metal Arts Collective 4710 Ballard St MAP. Live music by the Staxx Brothers, bottomless beer cup and more!

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