Come to the Big Muddy Independent Media Center, 214 N. Washington, Carbondale, every Friday at 7:00 p.m. for our progressive film series. One block north of Town Square. Moderated discussion follows film.
December at the Big Muddy: We Raise Questions of Class
Dec. 4: The American Ruling Class, by John Kirby. Lewis Lapham, long-time editor of Harper's magazine, presents a provocative examination of power and class in America's presumed classless society. Guiding two actors playing recent Yale graduates, Lapham introduces the duo to privileged holders of power - James Baker III, Bill Bradley and Lawrence Summers - who respond to Lapham's thesis on America's ruling elite. An unusual hybrid of documentary and scripted drama/satire, complete with an occasional musical number. With Howard Zinn and Barbara Ehrenreich.
Dec. 11: Wetback, by Arturo Perez Torres. This award-winning documentary chronicles the life-and-death journeys of Central American and Mexican migrants as they try to gain entry to the United States without going through proper government immigration channels. The subjects' first-person perspective sheds light on individual motivations for the trek and the hazards encountered on their way to the American dream.
Dec. 18: Class Dismissed, by Loretta Alper. Featuring interviews with Stanley Aronowitz, Barbara Ehrenreich and others, this film dares to open our eyes to television s role in disappearing class from the American consciousness. The carefully crafted interviews set against humorous clips show how stereotypes of working-class buffoons distance us from the reality of corporate greed.
December 25: What Would Jesus Buy? by Rob VanAlkemade. A perfect film for Christmas, it follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!
No comments:
Post a Comment