Offsite: Occupy Wall Street Film Shorts at the Academy of Music

Food For Thought Books is excited to be selling books at this exciting event!

Come to the Academy of Music in Northampton on Wed., Feb. 1st, to experience a unique selection of independent films from Occupy Wall Street and learn about the increasingly important role that crowdsourced media plays in social justice movements. An hour of film shorts will be followed by a facilitated conversation with OWS organizers and representatives of community and activist groups in Western MA, who will be joined by filmmaker Messiah Rhodes and curator Nick Shimkin.

Films to be screened will include short work from: "Right Here All Over" (Alex Mallis), "Occupy the Hood" (Adele Pham), "Consensus" (Meerkat Media), "Occupy Bat Signal for the 99%" (Mark Read), "Why Occupy Portland?" (Softbox Digital), "The Council of Elders Stand in Solidarity With OWS" (Beloved Community Center), "Feed the Movement: Next Barn Over Farm" (Chris Landry), "Homeowners Speak Out" (Messiah Rhodes) ... plus clips from Barcelona and Occupy London Stock Exchange

This impressive and thoughtfully chosen program of indie grassroots political cinema totals about 80 minutes, followed by an hour-long discussion. We will happily be accepting donations at the door to cover costs for this FREE screening.

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Sponsored by: Western Mass Jobs With Justice, UMass STPEC Department, UMass Economics Department, Law Offices of Lesser, Newman & Nasser, LLP, The Media Education Foundation, Dean of Faculty Hampshire College, Hampshire Franklin Central Labor Council, Hampshire College School of Critical Social Inquiry

Academy of Music is located at 274 Main Street, Northampton, MA