From the film-makers' blurb:
\nThe "To shoot an elephant" team calls for a Global Screening-Global Screaming Day for Gaz a on January 18th \, 2010
\nThe 18th of January 2010 is the first anniversary of the end to the bombing by Israel of the Gaza St rip\; an attack which began on the 27th of December 2008\, and lasted un til the 18th of January 2009\, and in which 1\,412 Palestinians lost the ir lives.
\nThe documentary "To shoot an elephant" is an eye witness account from within the Gaza Strip of what occurred during those days. This direct and privileged narration becomes a tool with whi ch we can confront the Israeli propaganda about what really happened the re and the silence of the international community.
\nTO SHOOT AN ELEPHANT
\nFor its value as a testimony of the c ivilian population\, "To shoot an elephant" has become a legitimate acco unt which tells of what really happened there. It is an irreplaceable im age of what the mass media tries to hide\, an exceptional soundtrack to be listened to by those who live under Zionist control... Fragments of r eality showing what life is like inside a war where there is no possibil ity of escape.
\nOPEN SOURCE VIDEO-OPEN SOURCE SCREENING
\nAs well as its narrative and informative value\, "To shoot an elephant" is an example of a collective\, autonomous and horizo ntal effort\, which aims to innovate the methods and ways in which audio visual projects are carried out\, as much in its production process as i n its distribution and diffusion. By opting\, with deliberation for the collective work process and Creative Commons licensing our aim is for th e documentary to overcome the limits of those who produce it\, and that it becomes the material of those who view it.
\nFrom the "To shoot an elephant" team we are calling on any individual\, group or collective to organise a screening on the 18th of January 2010\; it doe sn't matter where\, at what time\, or in what way it is done\, the only condition being\, that there is no charge or entry fee. Be it in a town square\, a cinema\, a theatre\, cultural centre\, school or college\, th e headquarters of a collective\, social centre\, squat centre... \n
We are calling it a Global Screening and our wish is for it t o become a global event\, not only on the Net but also on a local level\ ; and for it to become a reality in the form of antagonistic communicati on\, and therefore constitute a victory over the existing international silence. And in so doing become a fundamental element of the networks an d the diffusion of ideas. The proposition of this Global Screening is fo r it to be a political event which commemorates last year's bombing\, bu t also serves as an impulse for audiovisual material to be used as a too l for the sharing of information.
\nSo\, the achievement of having it screened in as many places as possible will allow the docu mentary's discourse and the spreading of its message to become of a majo r significance as a consequence.
\nFim-makers website: to shoot an elephant
\n\nURL:http://www.northern-indymedia.org/events/430 SUMMARY:To Shoot An Elephant - Bradford LOCATION:
1in12 Club
\n21-23 Albions Street
\nBradford BD1 2LY
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