Category Archives: Film

In celebration: Occupy Wall Street on Film

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Occupy Wall Street's exuberance, after one year is evident politically and aesthetically.  What follows is a very modest testimony of the movement, now movements'  passion and beauty …

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Trials of/in greece

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Greece lived, on the 26th of september, another one day general strike, the first faced by the new government, and one of many that has marked Greece's recent history.  A question arises: of what value are one day general strikes?  … Continue reading →

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The Dream of a Revolution: “Bom Povo Português” of Rui Simões

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

In the echo of protests in Portugal this last weekend (15/09), memories and possibilities from the past reappear, take on physical form, masks to reassume and modify for a utopian politics of the present.  The testimony/intervention of Robert Kramer with … Continue reading →

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The art of revolution/Revolutionary art: Robert Kramer and the portuguese revolution

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Robert Kramer's Scenes from the Class Struggles in Portugal (1977) remains an extraordinarily powerful film.  Committed ideologically to the revolutionary process unleashed by the coup d'état on April 25th, 1974, Kramer rejects any pretensions to neutrality.  The film is not … Continue reading →

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15M through the eye of film

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

El 15-M es sobre todo una llamada a la conciencia, el germen de una nueva cultura política que se abre paso entre las envejecidas pero aún dominantes estructuras de poder.                                                                                                                                    José Candón Mena, Una Breve historia del 15-M, Libre … Continue reading →

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It is all about what is dreamed: Sueños Colectivos

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

An excellent documentary about Anarchism in spain during the Civil War … but much more than that: it is a testimony of the creativity of those who sought to make real in their everyday the beauty of the anarchist utopia … Continue reading →

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La ciudad de los Fotógrafos

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

A beautiful documentary by Sebastián Moreno (2006) of  Chilean photographers’ chronicles of/intenventions in Pinochet’s Chile (in spanish) …

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American Autumn

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

From Occudoc.org, a documentary about Occupy …

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The Anarchist Cinema of a Revolution: 1936-1938

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

The collectivization of the economy during the spanish republic’s struggle against Franco’s nationalist uprising would in areas under anarchist control, lead to the emergence of a collectivised anarchist film production and distribution.  The films, and the literature that speaks of … Continue reading →

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The Poetic Imagery of Yiannis Biliris

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

  … a photograph is not only an image, an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real …                                                                                                                             Susan Sontag   The photography and video of Yiannis Bilris of the protests/insurrection … Continue reading →

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