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From Bas: Beyond the Red Light |
There’s only so much documenting of the world’s audacious political atrocities that can be done before filmmaking starts to feel morose, so to pull us out of that potential rut, Cinema Politica has chosen the theme of resilience and resolutions for their upcoming season.
“The documentary genre is very good at investigating and revealing the world’s problems but they don’t always offer up stories of solutions. There’s a more positive aspect to the political and social issues that are explored in those films,” says Ezra Winton, the organization’s founder and Director of Programming.
This year’s 16 films follow activists who have been able to produce concrete results, from Maude Barlow’s work on keeping water public to activists in the Niger Delta struggling against Shell Oil to the satirical prankstering of the Yes Men.
The season kicks off September 20 with Bas: Beyond the Red Light, a Quebec film about a rehabilitation arts project for 13 girls who were previously sold into the sex trade industry in Mumbai. Wendy Champagne, the film’s director, will be present at the screening which is also a fundraiser for project in Mumbai.
For the full program see: cinemapolitica.org
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