Film Screening: Cultures of Resistance

Tuesday, November 8, 7:00-9:00 pm,
Michael M. Ames Theatre,
Museun of Anthropology
at UBC
free with regular admission

Directed by Lara Lee, this film explores how art and creativity can be used as ammunition in the battle for peace and justice. Featured are Medellín poets for peace, Capoeira masters from Brazil, Niger Delta militants, Iranian graffiti artists, women’s movement leaders in Rwanda, Lebanon’s refugee filmmakers, US political pranksters, indigenous Kayapó activists from the Xingu River, Israeli dissidents, hip-hop artists from Palestine, and more. 73 min.

Presented in conjunction with MOA’s exhibition ひろしま hiroshima.