Movie

There will be a pedal-in film festival in Monkey Wrench's backyard. This is a benefit for Skillshare Austin, a new organization raising money to throw a weekend skillsharing event. The film festival is free but Skillshare Austin will be accepting donations for popcorn and beer. The films that will be shown are independent movies about bikes (that you have not already seen!) Skillshare Austin volunteers will be signing up teachers for workshops, as well as selling patches, t-shirts, and other *exciting* items to raise money. Pedal on down, have fun, and help raise money for an exciting radical event!

La Estrategia del Caracol (1993, 105 min., Colombia, IN SPANISH NO SUBTITLES)

Sergio Cabrera directs this film about a group of people renting apartments in a building in Bogota. When the neighbors receive news that they are to be evicted to make way for gentrification things get interesting.

The neighbors band together with an old anarchist Spanish revolutionary war vet and resist in progressively more unconventional and at times hilarious ways. This is a great flick about resistance with a sense of humor.
IN SPANISH NO SUBTITLES

Monday, April 28th
8:00 pm
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop (53rd St. at Ave. F)
for info or directions call 512-407-6925

Fraude: México 2006 (105 min.)
IN SPANISH. NO SUBTITLES. SORRY ABOUT THIS

This documentary was directed by Luis Mandoki as a response by
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the declared loser in the 2006
Mexican presidential elections. El Fraude covers Mexico's illustrious
history/tradition of electoral fraud, the illegal media attacks orchestrated
by the elite, atttemps to disqualify López Obrador, cheating on election
day, and López Obrador's post-election response.

Tuesday, May 13th
8 PM.

Spanish Language Film Night
El Violin (Mexico, 2005, 98 min) (In Spanish--no subtitles available--sorry!)

The quietly dignified Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio make a humble living as travelling musicians. They also collect supplies and ammunition for the guerrilla movement that has arisen in response to the tyrannical regime. Upon returning to their hometown after one journey, they find it has been occupied by the army and their fellow villagers have been forced into hiding. Genaro leaves to find a way to salvage the supplies. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to his son, Plutarco attempts to recover the ammunition himself and courageously approaches the squad captain.

Thursday March 27th
8:00pm

MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop
512-407-6925 for more information or directions

This Academy Award nominated political thriller from 2005 covers the mayoral campaign of Cory Booker against the entrenched political machine & strong arm tactics of Mayor Sharpe James in Newark, NJ.
$5 donation suggested.

Austin continues its monthly Amnesty International film night on Sun., Jan. 13, at Monkeywrench Books, with "The Letter" (2003, d. Ziad Hamzeh, 76 min.). In this film, a firestorm erupts when 1,100 Somali refugees relocate to economically depressed Lewiston, Maine and the mayor attempts to deter more from coming.
$5 suggested donation.

The Rainforest Action Network will screen the movie Black Diamonds and discuss the effects of coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains.

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On the 38th anniversary of the assassination of Fred Hampton, the MonkeyWrench Film Series presents:

The Murder Of Fred Hampton ( 1971, 91 min.)

An unprecedented documentary on the slain leader of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, killed on December 4th, 1969 by Chicago police while he slept in his apartment.
Filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk were filming a documentary portrait of this charismatic speaker and community organizer when his murder occurred. Arriving at the crime scene only a few hours after the police raid, the unsettling footage they captured was later used to contradict news reports and police testimony in what many believe to be Hampton's assassination.

Thursday, December 6th
8:00pm
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop
call 512-407-6925 for more info

There will be a film screening of Tongues Untied a 1989 semi-documentary by Marlon Riggs focusing on race and sexuality as presented by grad students from UT. Hated by Pat Buchanan and controversial at the time of its initial release, it is a must see film. Vegan snacks provided.

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