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2009 COUNTERCORP FESTIVAL PROGRAM



Thursday
May 28


Friday

May 29


Saturday

May 30


7:00


West Coast premiere!

Sweet Crude


Resisting
Big Oil
in Nigeria


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California premiere!

Killer at Large

The BIG
threat to
your health


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West Coast
premiere
!

Apology
of an
Economic Hitman



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Q & A with director after screening

 

 

9:00+


West coast premiere!

Black Wave

Holding
Big Oil
to account
in the U.S.

9:15 p.m.

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West coast premiere!

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

Re-asserting
our rights to
our culture

9:15 p.m.

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N. California premiere!

Blue Gold: World Water Wars


Water is
the new oil


9:00 p.m.

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Q & A with director after screening

 

Q & A with director after screening

CounterCorp Official Selection seal

Apology of an Economic Hit Man — A film adaptation of
John Perkins' book Confessions of an Economic Hitman,
which caused an international uproar by confirming what
critics have long suspected: The West uses economic aid
to mire poor countries in permanent debt and force them
to acquiesce to the interests of multinational corporations.

Interspersing re-enactments of Perkins' nefarious career
with footage of his public apology for helping the U.S. to
undermine (and possibly assassinate) Ecuador's populist
president, the film chronicles Washington's use of this aid
strategy in Panama, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere around
the world — most recently in Iraq (Greece, 2008, 93 min.)


Black Wave — For 20 years, toxicologist Riki Ott and other
residents of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal
battle in U.S. history against the world’s most powerful oil
company, ExxonMobil, in an effort to win compensation for
the worst industrial disaster in American history: the Exxon
Valdez
spill in Prince William Sound. (Canada, 2008, 99m)



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Blue Gold: World Water Wars — As giant corporations
seek to privatize our finite and dwindling water supply, a
basic human necessity is being transformed into a for-
profit commodity. The increasing competition for control
over water has already led to violent domestic conflicts:
i.e., the world's first "water wars". (USA, 2008, 94 mins).



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Killer at Large — With many health experts saying that
the epidemic of obesity could make this generation the
first with a shorter life expectancy than their parents, this
film points a finger squarely at the corporate-driven shift
to industrial agriculture, and marketing campaigns that
encourage Americans to over-consume a diet of cheap,
high-calorie processed food. (USA, 2008, 105 minutes)



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RIP: A Remix Manifesto — An exploration of copyrights in
the Information Age, as technology shatters the traditional
wall between producers and consumers. The protagonist
is a "mash-up" musician known as Girl Talk who performs
by chopping up and re-assembling other people's songs.

The film itself is a mash-up, as director Brett Gaylor made
his raw footage available for anyone to remix. This partici-
patory media experiment sounds an urgent alarm to save
culture and creative expression (USA, 2008, 86 minutes).

Friday, May 29, at 9:15pm. Purchase advance tickets now



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Sweet Crude — The West Coast premiere of the first full-
length film about Big Oil's devestation of the environment
and people of Nigeria's Niger Delta region, and the efforts
by local residents to have their grievances addressed. The
screening coincides with the start of a civil trial in New York
against Shell Oil and one of its executives, for their roles in
the torture and killing of Nigerians protesting oil operations.

Director Sandy Cioffi will be in attendance for a discussion
about her experiences making the film — including being
detained by Nigerian security forces for seven days — and
recent military operations in the filming area. (USA, 2009,
92 mins). Co-presented by Justice in Nigeria Now (JINN).

Thurs., May 28, at 7:00pm. Purchase advance tickets now



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Opening Night Reception at the SF Media Archive

The Anti-Corporate Film Festival's first opening night party
kicks off on Thursday, May 28, at 8:30pm with beer, wine,
and farm-fresh organic treats from chef Ellen Roggeman:

- Various flavored popcorns such as maple and fried sage
- Paprika-rubbed potato wedges with a chive-clove sauce
- Balls of brown rice stuffed with fennel-turnip puree
- Ginger-roasted peaches, drizzled with lemon yogurt dip
- Thyme focaccia with fava beans, kale, and strawberries

The SF Media Archive is a working film repository located
in a funky second-floor warehouse that includes a bar and
screening area, two blocks from the Victoria Theatre (see
map below). It also serves as the home of Oddball Films.

Reception tickets are $10 (including food and two drinks)

Map from Victoria Theatre to San Francisco Media Archive

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Festival Details


Victoria Theater
2961 16th Street
(at Mission St.)
San Francisco

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BART: 16th St.

Muni bus lines:
12, 14, 22, 26,
33, 49, 53



Tickets

General: $10

Students: $5
(with valid ID)


Opening night
reception
: $10
(includes food
and two drinks)

Festival pass:
$50 (includes
all 6 films and opening party)