Independent Movie Nights
Anahita Maghami
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
Screening of radical documentaries and films followed by discussion in small groups. Topics include environment, gender studies, industrialization, alternative economics, labor politics, etc. The tentative schedule is:
Sunday Jan 9: What a Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire
Sunday Jan 16: Good Fortune
Sunday Jan 23: Shortbus
Sunday Jan 30: Thank You For Not Breeding
The schedule is subject to change based on audience preference. Please email your movie suggestions to azad@mit.edu.
Snacks provided.
Contact: Anahita Maghami, azad@mit.edu
Sponsor: Amnesty International
Topic: Environment, Movie: What a Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire
Anahita Maghami
A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the Culture of Empire. Featuring interviews with Daniel Quinn, Derrick Jensen, Jerry Mander, Chellis Glendinning, Richard Heinberg, Thomas Berry, William Catton, Ran Prieur and Richard Manning.
Sun Jan 9, 05-07:00pm, 2-105
Topic: International Development, Movie: Good Fortune
Anahita Maghami
GOOD FORTUNE explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. Through intimate portraits of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development organizations, the film presents a unique opportunity to experience foreign aid through the eyes of the people it is intended to benefit.
Sun Jan 16, 05-07:00pm, 2-105
Topic: Sexuality, Movie: Shortbus
Anahita Maghami
Numerous New York City-dwellers come to the exclusive club Shortbus to work out problems in their sexual relationships. Rob and Sophia are a happily married couple, except for the fact that she has never experienced sexual climax. Two of her patients are Jamie and James, a gay couple who have been monogamous for five years and counting.
Sun Jan 23, 05-07:00pm, 2-105
Topic: Growth, Movie: Thank You For Not Breeding
Anahita Maghami
Non-procreation's most outspoken advocates are turning to humor, performance art, and and a willingness to not be taken seriously. Welcome to environmentalism's radical fringe: the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and the Church of Euthanasia. Armed with slogans like "Thank You For Not Breeding", their ideas are usually greeted with laughter or hostility. But beneath the silliness, do they have a point?
Sun Jan 30, 05-07:00pm, 2-105
Latest update: 14-Jan-2011
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