Category Archives: Film

The Paris Commune: In film

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

The Paris Commune of 1871 will have a life well beyond the historical events that mark the moment, politically, but also in various forms of artistic-political expression. The examples are many (music, poetry, literature, and so on), but in this … Continue reading →

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Tunisia: Rebellions, past and present

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

News and reflections from Tunisia shared with the CrimethInc. collective (09/02/2021) and a video called “Ten“, a record of some of the many voices of Tunisia’s rebellions produced by the Nawaat news magazine … Ten – Ten years after Tunisia’s … Continue reading →

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For Jean-Claude Carrière (1931-2021)

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance.And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn:he was the spirit of gravity–through him all things fall.Not by wrath, but by laughter, do … Continue reading →

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For Cecilia Mangini (1927-2021)

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

Italian photographer and documentary film director Cecilia Mangini died on January 21. What follows is a modest tribute to an artisan-artist for whom the making of images was always an act of engagement with her subjects and her audience.

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Message to those outraged by (burnt) rubbish bins

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

A video intervention from the Cerveaux Non Disponibles collective (the text follows in English and French) …

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Notes on the state of the plague

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From the autonomous media collective, Bruxelles Dévie (and also posted on lundi matin), a reflection on the COVID-19 pandemic through the words of Michel Foucault. The english language translation follows. This enclosed, segmented space, observed at every point, in which … Continue reading →

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Beyond the liberation of desire

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

With the Earth still spinning around, with the Sun still shining bright,Oh Lord, grant everyone’s wishes to make both ends meet:To the wise man give a wisdom, to the coward give a horse,To the happy man give some money … … Continue reading →

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For George Floyd

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

NOW! (1965) Production: ICAIC | Director: Santiago Álvarez (Cuba)| Photography: Archives | Music: Song, Now! performed by Lena Horne | Editing: Norma Torrado, Idalberto Gálvez | Sound: Adalberto Jiménez | 6min

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COVID-1984: Power, control and the struggle for freedom

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

From antimidia (brazil) posted with koletiva.media … The struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic has been used by different governments to implement a variety of means of social control and to increase the powers of the police. Yes, the threat of … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Wears Black

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

From Roarmag (21/11/2019), a film telling of the Hong Kong insurrection, by Ross Domoney … Since early June, a huge protest movement has erupted in the semi-autonomous region of Hong Kong against the encroaching rule of China. What started as … Continue reading →

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