The People's Resistance in Oaxaca: Short Films & Reportback

Saturday, March 3, 2007 7:00 pm Pages in Color, 888 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95116

Short Films and Reportback on the People's Resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico

Vladimir Flores and Shannon Young, Oaxaca correspondents for Free Speech Radio News, will be on hand to present a series of films produced by Mal de Ojo TV. Both evenings will also have a reportback and slideshow from Daniel and Ariel, Santa Cruz residents who spent three months in Oaxaca in late 2006.

In the Bicentennial of Juarez - This is What Happened in Oaxaca (8:08): An overview of the popular uprising from June to November of 2006

About the Struggle (8:11): Reflections on the who, what, why, and how of the popular movement in Oaxaca

Viguera (5:16) Federal police take revenge on a neighborhood that blocked their entrance into Oaxaca City

The Victory of All Saints Day (11:49) Local people win a seven hour street battle against police attempting to clear barricades around the state university

In Memoriam (8:55) The Day of the Dead memorial for Indymedia videographer Brad Will in the barrio where he was killed

Slideshow with Music (9:04) A photo slideshow from June to November of 2006 set to music by Oaxaca's Jaime Luna

$5-$20 Sliding Scale (noone turned away for lack of funds) All proceeds to benefit Mal de Ojo TV and Free Speech Radio News.

Mal de Ojo TV is an independent, non-profit, video production initiative, which arose from the social movements of Oaxaca, Mexico. maldeojotv.net

Free Speech Radio News is the only progressive, nationally-syndicated, daily news program on the air. fsrn.org