Tacoma SDS

American Blackout (Documentary Film Showing)
Presented by Tacoma Socialist Alternative
Saturday April 5th @ Noon
Tacoma Community College Building #15

Come out and see how Republicans and complacent Democrats have systematically disenfranchised largest and most consistently progressive voting block in the country.

Radical Film Night will be canceled til January due to scheduling difficulties and an unusual amount of other organizing opportunities in the area.

Showing November 16: The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

Based on the youth of revolutionary Che Guavara, the film follows Che and his friend Ernesto as they travel across Latin America on a rickety motorcycle, conning their way from one town to another and unexpectedly finding truth too powerful to ignore. This film is unique among many portrayals of the young Che, describing him as a person and not a caricature.

CANCELED DUE TO PROTESTS AT THE PORT OF OLYMPIA.

Please come down to the Port if you can. We're containing Stryker vehicles and disallowing them from moving from the Port to Fort Lewis.

Actions happening at 7 or 8 PM and lasting all night and into the morning. We want to maintain a 24 hour presence.

Showing November 9: The Weather Underground (2003)

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing November 2: Malcolm X: His Own Story as it Really Happened (1972)

One of the best films on Malcolm X, structured by the autobiography he wrote with Alex Haley. This documentary is made up almost entirely of Malcolm X's own words: speeches and interviews captured and edited to show the development of his work and thought. (And no Denzel!)

For more information, contact facilitator@tacomasds.org

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing October 26: Manufacturing Consent; Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

Winner of Fifteen National Awards, explores the work of linguist, intellectual, and activist Noam Chomsky. Biography, archival footage, graphics, and illustrations show Chomsky's critique of the mass media and the bad work behind the daily news.

For more information, contact facilitator@tacomasds.org

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing October 12, Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)

This fast-paced documentary captures the decade's major events -- the birth of the Free Speech Movement, civil rights marches, anti-Vietnam War protests, the women's movement, and the rise of the Black Panthers -- with their full immediacy and passion. Dramatic archival footage and music is interwoven with present-day interviews with the people who gave the 60s its radical reputation.

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing October 5, Mad Cowboy (2005)

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing September 28, Salt of the Earth (1953)

Directed collaboratively by the infamous blacklisted "Hollywood Ten," this film -- the only blacklisted American film -- was made in spite of tremendous political pressure from the US government and major film studios.

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing September 21: Turtles Can Fly (2004)

The first film to be made in Iraq since Saddam, this emotionally charged film from Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi shows the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of the American invasion. Acted by local children, the story is told from the perspective of a 13 year old boy who leads his friends in cleaning up UN landmines.

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing on September 14: Incident at Oglala (1992)

In 1975, armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Gunfire erupted -- a Native American and two FBI agents fell dead. After the largest hunt in FBI history, three men were apprehrended. Only one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. This is his story.