Neighbor by Neighbor Film & Discussion
Other - Film/Video
Monday, February 8, 2010
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
5 Pleasant Street
2nd Floor
5 Pleasant Street
Worcester, MA 01609
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Join filmmaker Craig Saddlemire for a screening of his recent documentary film,
"Neighbor by Neighbor:
Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine."
Film screening will be accompanied by a multi-lingual discussion with several groups in Worcester organizing for people power. It will be a chance to be inspired and to see how our struggles are linked, as well as begin a conversation about how we can be more connected.
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 6 to 8 pm
Location: 5 Pleasant St., 2nd Floor, Downtown Worcester
Co-sponsors of this event:
Stone Soup
Worcester Roots Project and the Toxic Soil Busters Co-op
Ex-prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA)
Neighbor to Neighbor, Worcester chapter
Save Our Poolz Coalition
Worcester Immigrant Coalition
Pleasant St Neighborhood Network Center
Mosaic Cultural Complex
Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team
Regional Environmental Council
About the Film:
In 2004, the city of Lewiston announced plans to flatten part of a downtown residential neighborhood to make way for a new four-lane boulevard -- an urban renewal scheme that would have displaced 850 people, most of them low income, from their homes. Saddlemire followed residents of the targeted area as they worked together to defeat those plans, and in turn developed and pursued their own vision of neighborhood improvement. This story of ordinary people becoming community organizers and agents of their own destiny is not to be missed.
http://www.roundpointmovies.org/roundpointmovies/neighbor.html
"In the wave of politically engaged documentaries made in the last decade, Neighbor by Neighbor stands out. This is not just a film about a social issue; it springs directly from the struggle for justice by the marginalized residents of one of America's forgotten industrial cities. This is what political documentary should look like."
Maple Razsa, activist/filmmaker, EnMasse Films
"An inspiring look at grassroots political organizing."
Steve Dillon, film critic and scholar
"Uplifting, inspiring, and a reminder of how powerful community and human agency really are!"
Ashley Kehoe, Loyola University, Center for Experiential Learning
Local Contact:
StoneSoupWorcester@gmail.com
508-335-7783
http://stonesoupworcester.org
More info/ print flyers available:
http://www.stonesoupworcester.org/2010/01/23/filmdiscussion-on-community-organizing/
for more tour info contact:
mike.jackson.mike.jackson@gmail.com
or call (617) 717 9720
Cost: Free
Suggested Audiences:
High School, Middle School, College, Adult, Elders
E-mail:
stonesoupworcester@gmail.com
Last Modified: January 27, 2010 at 8:37 AM
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Neighbor by Neighbor Film & Discussion
Other - Film/Video
Monday, February 8, 2010
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
5 Pleasant Street
2nd Floor
5 Pleasant Street
Worcester, MA 01609
Google Maps - MapQuest
Join filmmaker Craig Saddlemire for a screening of his recent documentary film,
"Neighbor by Neighbor:
Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine."
Film screening will be accompanied by a multi-lingual discussion with several groups in Worcester organizing for people power. It will be a chance to be inspired and to see how our struggles are linked, as well as begin a conversation about how we can be more connected.
Date: Monday, February 8
Time: 6 to 8 pm
Location: 5 Pleasant St., 2nd Floor, Downtown Worcester
Co-sponsors of this event:
Stone Soup
Worcester Roots Project and the Toxic Soil Busters Co-op
Ex-prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA)
Neighbor to Neighbor, Worcester chapter
Save Our Poolz Coalition
Worcester Immigrant Coalition
Pleasant St Neighborhood Network Center
Mosaic Cultural Complex
Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team
Regional Environmental Council
About the Film:
In 2004, the city of Lewiston announced plans to flatten part of a downtown residential neighborhood to make way for a new four-lane boulevard -- an urban renewal scheme that would have displaced 850 people, most of them low income, from their homes. Saddlemire followed residents of the targeted area as they worked together to defeat those plans, and in turn developed and pursued their own vision of neighborhood improvement. This story of ordinary people becoming community organizers and agents of their own destiny is not to be missed.
http://www.roundpointmovies.org/roundpointmovies/neighbor.html
"In the wave of politically engaged documentaries made in the last decade, Neighbor by Neighbor stands out. This is not just a film about a social issue; it springs directly from the struggle for justice by the marginalized residents of one of America's forgotten industrial cities. This is what political documentary should look like."
Maple Razsa, activist/filmmaker, EnMasse Films
"An inspiring look at grassroots political organizing."
Steve Dillon, film critic and scholar
"Uplifting, inspiring, and a reminder of how powerful community and human agency really are!"
Ashley Kehoe, Loyola University, Center for Experiential Learning
Local Contact:
StoneSoupWorcester@gmail.com
508-335-7783
http://stonesoupworcester.org
More info/ print flyers available:
http://www.stonesoupworcester.org/2010/01/23/filmdiscussion-on-community-organizing/
for more tour info contact:
mike.jackson.mike.jackson@gmail.com
or call (617) 717 9720
Cost: Free
Suggested Audiences: High School, Middle School, College, Adult, Elders
E-mail: stonesoupworcester@gmail.com
Last Modified: January 27, 2010 at 8:37 AM
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