Metro Cinema Society: North of Nowhere Expo 2009

North of Nowhere Expo 2009

The 2009 North of Nowhere Expo: Festival of Independent Media & Underground Art is a non-profit activist-arts festival and runs Oct. 16-31 at the Edmonton Public Library and Metro Cinema. Admission to all events is by suggested donation of $8 - $12 (no advance tickets, sorry); Metro Cinema passes are accepted. More info at www.edmontonsmallpress.ca/non2009b

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Radical Jesters w/ Honk!

Director: Tim Jackson

USA 2009, 75 min

Oct 23 (2009) @ 7pm

Radical Jesters profiles and interviews 11 hoaxers, culture jammers, performers, Situationists, and Interventionists who find entertaining ways to provoke thinking and discussion on a range of important cultural issues from the use of public space to feminism to advertising and... view more

American Radical

Director: David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier

Canada/USA 2009, 84 min

Oct 23 (2009) @ 8:30pm

American Radical is the probing, definitive documentary about American academic Norman Finkelstein. A devoted son of holocaust survivors, ardent critic of Israel and US Mid-East policy, and author of five provocative books including, _The Holocaust Industry_, Finkelstein has been steadfast... view more

Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property

Director: Kembrew McLeod & Jeremy Smith

USA 2007, 52 min

Oct 24 (2009) @ 6:30pm

In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) trademarked the phrase "freedom of expression" - a startling comment on the way that intellectual property law restricts creativity and expression of ideas. This... view more

You, Me & the SPP: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule

Director: Paul Manly

Canada 2009, 90 min

Oct 24 (2009) @ 7:30pm

What do secrecy, police provocateurs, an assault on democracy and infringements on citizens’ rights have in common? The Security Prosperity Partnership. You, Me & the S.P.P is a feature length documentary which exposes the latest manifestation of a corporatist agenda... view more

The Color of Olives

Director: Carolina Rivas & Daoud Sarhandi

Mexico/Palestine 2006, 97 min

Oct 25 (2009) @ 2pm

From Mexican director Carolina Rivas and cinematographer Daoud Sarhandi comes this elegant and visually breathtaking new film about the Palestinian experience. The Amer family lives surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall, where their daily lives are dominated by electrified... view more

Telling Strings

Director: Anne-Marie Haller

USA 2007, 60 min

Oct 25 (2009) @ 4pm

Elias Jubran is a music teacher and oud maker who has lived in Galilee since before it became part of Israel in 1948. Though his four children have grown up to live very different lives, they each share his love... view more

Beyond Blue & Gray: Portraits of Palestinian Creativity Under Occupation

Director: Jessica Habie & Nira Shirazipour

Canada/USA 2008, 46 min

Oct 25 (2009) @ 6pm

Beyond Blue & Gray: Portraits of Palestinian Creativity Under Occupation discusses the relationship between conflict and creativity through various Palestinian painters, illustrators, photographers, poets and writers. A gorgeous narrative weaves through equally-gorgeous photography, visual artworks and stunning landscapes to reflect... view more

Art & Apathy: Israeli Conscience & Culture

Director: Jessica Habie & Nira Shirazipour

Canada/USA 2008, 56 min

Oct 25 (2009) @ 7pm

Shot on location in Israel, the Negev and Palestine during 2005-2006, Art & Apathy: Israeli Conscience & Culture is a journey through the world of political art in Israel, woven together through gorgeous visual and vocal compositions of courageous underground... view more

Palestine Blues

Director: Nida Sinnokrot

USA/Palestine 2008, 72 min

Oct 25 (2009) @ 8:30pm

What is left for Palestinian farmers who learn that in 24-hours, the Israeli Army will confiscate their lands for the construction of "the West Bank Barrier"? Unexpectedly filled with moments of poetry and humour, Palestine Blues tells the story of... view more