[URPE] [NYC] Brecht Forum: Films, Union Man & Previously Unannounced talk on Global Social Forum Process

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P L E A S E     F O R W A R D    W I D E L Y

The Brecht Forum
451 West St.  (Betw Bank & Bethune)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 242- 4201
www.brechtforum.org

1,2,3 A,C,E to 14th st.
14A,11,20 buses to Abingdon Square/12th Street
8 bus to Christopher St.
L to 8th Ave @14th st.
F,V to 14th St. B,D to W. 4th
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In this email:

8/22  BLACK AUGUST FILMS  Uptight
8/24  BLACK AUGUST FILMS  Nothing But a Man
8/29  BLACK AUGUST FILMS  Cosmic Slop
8/29  Playback Theater Orientation with Video: Living with HIV in Cuba
9/5   25 HOUR WORKSHOP BEGINS  An Introduction to Playback Theater
9/6   A Union Man: The Life and Work of Julius Margolin
9/21    PREVIOUSLY UNANNOUNCED EVENT: The Global Social Forum Process:
           A Space for Dialogue? A Political Leadership? or Both? or 
What?    with Peter Waterman
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Tuesday, August 22
7:30 pm
BLACK AUGUST FILMS 

Uptight

Uptight is an updated remake of John Ford's The Informer. The Irish 
Republican rebels of the original are replaced by black activists, 
Dublin becomes the Cleveland ghetto, and "the troubles" of 1921 are 
transformed into the days just following the assassination of Martin 
Luther King.

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
No OneTurned Away
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Thursday, August 24
7:30 pm
BLACK AUGUST FILMS 

Nothing But a Man

Set in the 1960s, Nothing But a Man is an uplifting love story about a 
man and a woman whose bond overcomes racial and class barriers. Duff, a 
railroad section hand is forced to confront prejudice and self-denial 
when he falls in love with Josie, an educated preacher's daughter.

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
No OneTurned Away
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Tuesday, August 29
7:30 pm

Cosmic Slop

In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking 
trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A 
conservative African American politician must choose between his 
people's survival and appeasing his white colleagues when space aliens 
propose to share their profound knowledge in exchange for all black 
people on earth. Part II: The Virgin Mary's appearance in an inner-city 
housing project forces a Hispanic priest to face the hidden cultural 
origins of Western religion. Part III: On the dawn of the "Black 
Revolution," an African American couple discovers who the "real" enemy is.

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
No OneTurned Away
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Tuesday, August 29
7:30 pm

Playback Theater Orientation with Video: Living with HIV in Cuba

Susan Metz

 This evening is designed for people who are interested in taking the 
25-hour workshops on An Introduction to Playback Theater that will be 
offered in July and September. Playback is a participatory, 
improvisational theater form that uses an impression, feeling or 
personal experience that an audience member contributes as the basis for 
a spontaneous, collective creation that is 'played back' to the group. 
Now in 60 countries, companies perform in hospitals, schools, prisons, 
community centers, street festivals and mass activities. We will screen 
a documentary, Living with HIV in Cuba, which shows Playback Theater in 
action in an impressive project with a group of HIV patients in Cuba.

 Susan Metz is a 12-year practitioner member of the International 
Playback Theater Network who has been presenting workshops in Cuba, 
Venezuela, Argentina and Uruguay. She is committed to cultural 
transformation as a condition for social change.

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
No OneTurned Away
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Tuesday, September 5
6:30 - 10:00 pm
25 HOUR WORKSHOP BEGINS 

An Introduction to Playback Theater

Susan Metz

Tuesdays & Thursdays, September 5, 7, 12 & 14: 6:30 - 10:00 pm
Saturday, September 16: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sunday, September 17, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Playback is a participatory, improvisational theater form that uses an 
impression, feeling or personal experience that an audience member 
contributes as the basis for a spontaneous, collective creation that is 
'played back' to the group. Now in 60 countries, companies perform in 
hospitals, schools, prisons, community centers, street festivals and 
mass activities. Participants will learn the theory that defines 
Playback and a variety of techniques used on the stage. Activities in 
the class include games, singing and dancing, creative dramatics and 
lots of time for reflection. More information is available on the Net. 
Just Google "Playback." Please make every effort to attend an 
orientation at which registration will be invited. If you cannot come to 
an orientation, please email Susan Metz at susanslists at yahoo.com about 
your intention to participate. Include what you already know about 
Playback, any experience as a performer and any experience in service to 
others, also please discuss your goals - personal, professional and/or 
political - for the workshop. Please tell if there is anything that 
might interfere with your attending all the hours and all the sessions 
or participate fully in physical activities.

 Susan Metz is a 12-year practitioner member of the International 
Playback Theater Network who has been presenting workshops in Cuba, 
Venezuela, Argentina and Uruguay. She is committed to cultural 
transformation as a condition for social change.

 Workshop fee: $175
Limit 24 participants
pre-registration required
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Wednesday, September 6
7:30 pm

A Union Man: The Life and Work of Julius Margolin

Julius Margolin, at 90, is a living legend in the New York City labor 
movement. He's been active since the 1930s in the CIO, National Maritime 
Union and Local 52 of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage 
Employees, which he has represented in the Central Labor Council for 32 
years. Julius embarked on a new career in 1999, _making music and CDs 
with George Mann while still hitting picket lines and organizing workers 
in New York City and around the United States. In the film, Margolin 
says his own mission throughout the years has been "fighting against the 
ruling class that is trying to keep the working class down."

Suggested donation: $6/$10/$15
No OneTurned Away
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PREVIOUSLY UNANNOUNCED EVENT:
Thursday, September 21
7:30 pm

The Global Social Forum Process:
A Space for Dialogue? A Political Leadership? or Both? or What?

Peter Waterman

Peter Waterman will be coming to New York City from Peru, where his 
latest book, The New Nervous System of Internationalism and Solidarity' 
is being published in Spanish. Waterman worked twice in Prague for the 
international Communist movement, in the 1950s and 1960s. Later he 
became an academic specialist on labor and social movements in the Third 
World. He began to focus on 'the new internationalisms' around 1985. 
Peter retired from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, in 1998 
and is currently writing his political autobiography.

Suggested Donation $6/$10/$15
No one turned away


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