ANARCHIST FILM:

SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS:

Here from Jonathan Culp's Satan Macnuggit is a preview of what will be happening with his video projects this month.

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NEWS - DECEMBER 2009 - screenings, fairs, and more!‏
SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS

DECEMBER 2009

1. Christmas with Satan!

2. Small Press Book Fair - DECEMBER 12

3. Satan Macnuggit at Trash Palace ALL MONTH!

4. Cinertia blog - coming on strong!

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1. CHRISTMAS WITH SATAN! Still wondering what to foist upon your family and/or loved ones this holiday season? How about a shiny new Satan Macnuggit DVD or zine?!

Whether they're a film fanatic (try the "Cinertia" zine)

...a desperate wage slave (may I recommend "Be A Cog!")

...a fan of insurrectionary fried foods ("Grilled Cheese Sandwich")

...an activist didact ("The Best of Video Active")

...an activist aesthete ("It Can Happen Here")

...or a retro fetishist ("GSS Video Yearbook" for 80s fans, "The Selkirk Astrologer" for the 30s)

... ..you gotta believe that their eyes will light up when you shop with Satan!

Check out our web site at http://www.satanmacnuggit.com - or drop us a message -or check us out in person at...

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2. SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR

Saturday, December 12, 10 am - 5 pm

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West

Toronto

Our last outing this book/zine fair season - come and taste our wares at this chock-a-block event! There'll be tons of tablers, plus readings and other goodstuff. The complete Satan Macnuggit catalogue will be on display for your enjoyment. (And we're still hawking that Microcosm booty too - get yer cheap Slingshots before they're gone!!)

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3. SATAN MACNUGGIT AT TRASH PALACE

ALL MONTH!

secret location

Tickets $5 at Eyesore Cinema,

801 Queen West

We're going all-out at Trash Palace this month!

> CHRISTMAS CRAZINESS

Saturday, December 12

A special Saturday night screening! You won't want to miss this one as me, Gregand Katie pull together with the weirdest and funniest Christmas films we've got - including Rene Cardona's batshit-insane "Santa Claus"! Check out our FB event page:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190038769475

> CLASSIC CANADIANA

On December 4, 11 and 18 we will be continuing to present the classic Canadian TV serial "The Heatwave Lasted Four Days"! A super-cool Canadian TV thriller, smothered in seventies cheese. Starring Gordon Pinsent and Al Waxman!

> CLASSROOM FILM NIGHT

Friday, December 11

This is the latest installment of our most popular night at TP - and you can bet I'll be bringing a couple lovelies to this one - can you say "Parent To Child About Sex"?

*** Also, this evening will mark the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of the Trash Palace DVD" Classroom Films Volume 2"!!!

*** This one is my own selection of the craziest forgotten classroom shorts on the Satan Macnuggit shelves. Animated VD slapstick! Cesar Romero as a talking chair! Party-pooping Halloween safety! And of course, the all-time classic "Feelings: Don't Stay Mad" - so brilliant that everyone wants a copy for themselves!!

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4. CINERTIA BLOG!

In less than two months, I've posted over 60 new reviews on my newly-created Cinertia blog. Come differ with me as I spout opinions on movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you haven't seen (but should)!

We're at

http://cinertia.blogspot.com/

- and we're not going away!

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Jonathan

Satan Macnuggit elf

ANARCHIST FILM:

LOVE AND ANARCHY:

The (take a deep breath) Insurrectionary People's Picture Show Theater here in Winnipeg is a local site devoted to showing the best of anarchist film and video. To my great pleasure their Friday offering was Lina Wertmüller's 'Love and Anarchy'. I've always been a great fan fan of Wertmüller's, and I sincerely hope that the IPPST will show some of her other films in the future. Also there is a previous short for those of us here in Winnipeg ie a documentary about the workers' co-op 'Organic Planet'. Now, I have to say that I have never been a great fan of the "organic food" movement, but the Organic Planet has other things to recommend it ie a commitment to local sourcing and the fact that it is a producers' co-op. Check out the two recent offerings above, and the many more on the IPPST.

ANARCHIST FILM:

COMING UP FROM SATAN MACNUGGIT:

Here straight from the demon horse's mouth are upcoming video showings down Toronto way from Satan Macnuggit. Catch em if you can.

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NEWS - TWO SCREENINGS THIS WEEK!‏:
SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS

TWO SCREENINGS THIS WEEK!

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DVD Release Party

THE BEST OF VIDEOACTIVE

Thursday, July 30

7:30 pm (doors @ 7)

Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto

2 Sussex St. (at St. George)

Admission $5

Or free with purchase of DVD ($20)

The Toronto Video Activist Collective (TVAC) is proud to present THE BEST OF VIDEOACTIVE - a compilation of the very best direct-action short videos from the seminal "VideoActive" video zine.

Come celebrate the tenth anniversary of "VideoActive" with our first-ever DVD release - featuring highlights from Reclaim the Streets to the Pope Squat, from Pussy Palace to TTC subway parties - and from Quebec City to Argentina. For more information and interviews, please contact tvactoronto@yahoo.ca .

And on Facebook, please RSVP:http://www.facebook.com/events.php#/event.php?eid=108682469752

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Trash Palace presents

THE NEPTUNE FACTOR

(Daniel Petrie, 1973)

Friday, July 31

Doors @ 8:30 - films @ 9:30

$5

Advance tickets at Eyesore Cinema, 801 Queen St. W

Secret location (address on the ticket)

Continuing my semi-regular showcase of all-Canadian fromage, this week we offer a screening in the true spirit of Toronto Summer '09 - a big pile of waterlogged trash! The main event is THE NEPTUNE FACTOR.

Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine and other thespian luminosities head into the unknown depths off the coast of Halifax, in order to rescue the wayward Oceanlab II from the watery depths. There, the intrepid crew is threatened by...poorly matched closeups of tropical fish!

Seriously!!

Can you spell 'fun'?

Director Petrie is better known for high-minded fare like "A Raisin in the Sun"and "The Bay Boy". So make no mistake, the auteur here is really money man Harold Greenberg, the Kingfish in the puddle of Canadian disaster movies (Cityon Fire, Death Ship) and the mastermind behind the Astral Films colossus. This was Greenberg's first film as producer, and his work lives up to his usual standards! You gotta see it to believe it, people - but to give you a taste, here's a hilarious writeup from our friends at Canuxploitation:

http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/neptune.html

And that's not all! In the spirit of the evening, we're kicking things off with a classic short from underwater cineaste Jacques Cousteau - the memorable "Night of the Squid"! Ride along with Jacques as he frolics with the creatures of the deep. Add 'em up and you got a night at the movies you won't soon forget.

See you there kiddies.

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And if that ain't enough, details are firming up on yet ANOTHER screening in the coming days, this one in Niagara...it'll be worth the drive...even if you're in Saskatoon(Hey, if you're in Regina anything is worth the drive-Molly) Stay tuned - we're just getting started!!

Jonathan list worker,

satanm-announce

ANARCHIST FILM:

NOW PLAYING AT THE IPPST:

The Insurrectionary People's Picture Show Theater, a Winnipeg based initiative featuring anarchist film and video is now presenting 'An Anarchist's Story-Ethel MacDonald'. Here's the promo. Drop on by to view the film.

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Friday Film: Ethel MacDonald: An Anarchist's Story
This documentary-drama tells the story of Ethel MacDonald, a remarkable young woman whose name hit the world headlines during the Spanish Civil War. She was hailed as the Scarlet Pimpernel of the workers revolution but has since become something of a forgotten legend.

Ethel MacDonald (24 February 1909—1 December 1960) was a Glasgow-based Scottish anarchist and activist and, in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, a propagandist on Barcelona Anarchist radio.

ANARCHIST FILM:

THE TAKE:

The film 'The Take' , by the Canadian team of Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis, has become something of an 'alternative classic'. It tells the story of how an auto plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina was threatened with closure by its owners and was taken over by the workers involved and reopened as a producers' cooperative. This is the sort of action that Molly has long advocated here, and it was actually done, in a situation such as an auto plant that Molly thinks is doubtful (see my comments on the recent workers' occupation of the auto plant in South Korea). But it did happen in at least one place.

This film is now available for download and viewing at another Winnipeg site, the Insurrectionary People's Picture Show Theater. Check it out over there, and see all the other treats they have available.

LOCAL EVENTS-WINNIPEG:

OPENING THE DIY FESTIVAL-HANDMADE NATION:

Coming up this Friday night, the opening night of the Winnipeg Anarchist Bookfair and Do It Yourself Fest, a locally made film 'Handmade Nation'. Here from another Winnipeg blog, 'The Insurrectionary People's Picture Show Theater', is the promo. Go to the IPPST to see a trailer of this film.

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Local Film Screening: Handmade Nation:
To kick off the 2009 Winnipeg D.I.Y Fest and Anarchist Book Fair, the Manitoba Craft Council is having a screening of the documentary Handmade Nation. Handmade Nation documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY (do it yourself) ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, Modern aesthetics, politics, feminism and art. Fueled by the common thread of creating, Handmade Nation explores a burgeoning art community that is based on creativity, determination and networking.

Here's the event info and a trailer:

When: June 19th @ 7:30 pm

Where: Ellice Theatre, 585 Ellice Ave, Wpg

Cost: $5 @ the Door

DIY Craft Salve @ 7 pm

ANARCHIST FILM:

JUNE NEWS FROM SATAN MACNUGGIT:



It's a new month, and summer has yet to arrive here on the frigid prairies. Yet, down Ontario way things are hot on the video scene. Here's the June newsletter from Jonathan Culp's Satan MacNuggit video art project.
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[Satanm-announce] NEWS - JUNE 2009‏:
SATAN MACNUGGIT
at TRASH PALACE
TWO SHOWS THIS MONTH!
FRIDAY JUNE 5 - BEST OF CLASSROOM FILMS!
For the first time! All of the TP programmers share the best from every previous educational short night! You'll see: Your Clothes Can Burn! Don't Stay Mad! Red Light Green Light! Drug films! Driver's ed films! 'A Day in the Life Of...'films! ...and much much more!




Get your tickets early - this show will sell out fast.
FRIDAY JUNE 19 - FIREBIRD 2015 AD
Continuing my series of presentations from Canada's Tax Shelter era, this one is about a time in the not-so-distant future where government tyranny has made it a crime to drive. But deep in the wastes of Drumheller, Kolchak himself, Darren McGavin, is drivin' up a storm, to the dismay of the authorities. canuxploitation.com evokes the film's vision of a future where 'People still drive slick sports cars, and have CB radios in their dune buggys...will have you calling everybody "good buddy" for days.'




imdb users rave:
"This is both a thinking man's piece, and a movie with action. The characters present an upside. One of the best movies of this genre."
''it does sport some fine Alberta Badlands scenery.''
"oh gee, it's The Dukes of Hazzard meets 1984''
"during the ho-hum race scenes, I kept on expecting Batman himself to drive by, flipping everyone the finger.''
"Doug McClure doesn't even bother to phone in his performance--he submits it by Morse code.''
"why are there roads if there are no cars?"




Don't miss a second of the excitement!
Buy your tickets today!
At... EYESORE CINEMA
801 Queen St. W. (above Rotate This)
The location of Trash Palace is STILL a secret!
The address is printed on the ticket...it's not far! ;)
All shows begin at 9:30 PM.
Doors open at 8:30 PM.
All the usual cold drinks, hot dogs, popped corn, homemade chocolates and more will be for sale. And before the movie, you can enjoy the latest chapter of the great serial, "The Mysterious Dr. Satan".
See you there!
Jonathan
list worker, satanm-announce
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AND MORE...FROM HERE IN WINNIPEG:
In addition to visiting Jonathan's efforts if you live down Toronto way do check out Winnipeg's own radical video website, 'The Insurrectionary People's Picture Show Theater'. Some of the latest items featured there:
**'Organoponico !An Agricultural Revolution'
**'Wobblies at the Mermaid parade'
**De la Menthe et des Pantomimes'
**'Fury Over Spain-Italian version'
and much, much more.

ANARCHIST FILM:

THE INSURRECTIONARY PEOPLE'S PICTURE SHOW THEATER:

Well this is a pleasant surprise. Since the demise of the Christie Books TV, which allowed downloading of a vast selection of anarchist and anarchist related films there has been a gap in the 'anarcho-net'. Stepping forward to fill this gap is 'Transcona Slim' from-wait for it- right here in Winnipeg. Check out The Insurrectionary People's Picture Show Theater blog to see this new effort a-borning. help him out with any suggestions you might have. All the best to Slim from Mollymew

ANARCHIST FILM:

THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY FROM SATAN MACNUGGIT:

When that Avril with his showers southe the drouth of March has perced to the roote then longen folks to go on pilgrimage; with apologies to Chaucer, folks long to see the best anarchist video available in Canada today. Here's the May newsletter from Jonathan Culp and his Satan MacNuggit productions.

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SATAN MACNUGGITNEWS

MAY 2009:

1. TRASH PALACE IN ST. CATHARINES - THIS SATURDAY!

2. SECURITY BLANKET - FINAL WEEK AT NACO!

3. "THE SILENT PARTNER" AT TRASH PALACE - MAY 1

4. SPECIAL REQUEST

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1. TRASH PALACE IN ST. CATHARINES

Featuring "Deadly Eyes" and classroom films

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

DOORS 7:30, SHOW 8:30

$5 AT THE DOOR

NAC, 354 ST. PAUL ST.

ST. CATHARINES

It's almost here - Trash Palace's first-ever visit to St. Catharines! Come out and feel the magic as giant killer rats devour Toronto! Thrill to the craziest classroom films, cartoons and oddities ever foisted on our helpless youth! And gorge yourself on popcorn, DVDs, priceless TP merch, and the incredible creations of Siue Moffat's Boardwalk Chocolates! An epic night of movies and fun.

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2. SECURITY BLANKET AT NACO

Don't forget to drop by Naco Gallery, 1665 Dundas Street West (west of Brock) to take a final peek at my mammoth "Security Blanket" quilt project. Naco is Julian Calleros's amazing new cafe, gallery and eatery, and he's been showing my work all month. No admission fee or anything like that - but buy a tostada! The quilt comes down on the 29th.

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3. TRASH PALACE PRESENTS "THE SILENT PARTNER"FRIDAY, MAY 1

DOORS 8:30, MOVIE 9:30

TICKETS AT EYESORE CINEMA, 801 QUEEN WEST (UPSTAIRS)

$5

TORONTO

As the new Trash Palace season gets underway (check out our wicked new programme booklet!) I will be continuing to show some great, forgotten Canadian films of the 'Tax Shelter' years. This month, celebrate Labour Day and the demise of Garth Drabinsky simultaneously by taking in one of Darth's genuine high points- he produced this film, possibly the best Canadian thriller ever.

Elliot Gouldis caught up in a 'deadly game of cat and mouse' with psycho bank robber Christopher Plummer; John Candy also turns up as a nebbish Eaton Centre bankteller. Written by Curtis "L. A. Confidential" Hanson; directed by Daryl Duke.Plus: episode three of "The Mysterious Dr. Satan"!!

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4. SPECIAL REQUEST

On Sunday, May 3, I will be celebrating the increasing functionality of my battered right leg by joining the Hike for Hospice Palliative Care walk in Niagara: http://www.chpca.net/events/hfhpc.html

I'm looking for sponsors. Funds to Hospice Niagara. Any amount would be great. $20 is a nice number. You can send it to me via paypal at jc@satanmacnuggit.com , or give it to me when you see me at one of the above events!

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Jonathan

List worker, satanm-announce

ANARCHIST FILM:

MACNUGGIT MARCH NEWS:

Hey, new and good stuff from that irrepressible anarchist video maker Jonathan Culp at Satan MacNuggit. Here's the March newsletter.

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1. NEW ZINE!
Cinertia #1
2. Satan Macnuggit at Trash Palace
3. LIFT workshops
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1. NEW ZINE!
Satan Macnuggit proudly presents "Cinertia #1". Subtitled "My Year in Movies",this zine features JC's withering commentary on whatever cinematic goodies passed his way last year.




Over ninety reviews, with tons of pictures and a special bonus essay at the end!




Plus, for a limited time only, a SECRET BONUS DVD.




You can just picture JC leaning back at his desk and smoking a cigar:




Sweeney Todd - "every time someone utters a note everything freezes dead and it's a cue to get up for popcorn/the crapper."
Murder Party - "the script's stabs at character development need to be improved or abandoned, and rather than surprising us with alternating funny-scary it sometimes sits too long in the middle."
Lola Montes - "the toil of the film-making efforts end up deflecting attention from Lola herself - maybe Martine Carol isn't up for the job like everyone says, but more importantly all that metaphor stuff seems to crowd out time she could use to draw us in."
$6 each.
Check www.satanmacnuggit.com for ordering info, or emailjc@satanmacnuggit.com .
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2. Satan Macnuggit at TRASH PALACE;
We got two significant contributions coming up this month:
FRIDAY MARCH 13 - DEADLY EYES
Oh yeah baby - this is THE crowd pleaser out of all my tax shelter finds to date. Toronto becomes a cheesy dystopia of killer rats through the eyes of director Robert "Enter the Dragon" Clouse! With Scatman Crothers as the TTC maintenance worker who gets eaten by rats; Cec Linder as the kindly scientist who gets eaten by rats; and a baby who gets eaten by rats! Really! FRIDAY MARCH 20 - CLASSROOM FILMS
Get your tickets early for everyone's favourite Trash Palace feature - you won't see these classics anywhere else. TP programmers Jonathan Culp, Greg Woods,Stacey Case and Rob Cruickshank team up to bring you the most demented,un-enlightening trash-o-rama from the stunned classrooms of the nation. As usual, get ready for a whole night of Trash Palace premieres - including, for instance, a washed up 60s singer telling you about the evils of LSD... Doors open at 8:30 pm. Screening at 9:30 pm.





To avoid sellouts, Trash Palace has advance tickets for sale at five dollars each (still the best movie deal in town), available at Eyesore Cinema (note new location), 801 Queen St. W., 2nd Floor, right above Rotate This. The address to Trash Palace (just a short distance away) is on the ticket. The Trash Palace also has a great assortment of 'cold drinks,' snacks, hot dogs, handmade chocolate and merchandise for sale.
Join the Trash Palace Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6507395903
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3. LIFT workshops
The LIFT winter-spring workshop season is underway. Over forty workshops, including a special 'film and documentary' unit. Come check out LIFT's exciting new digs and learn how to make a movie!
Full workshop schedule at:
http://www.lift.on.ca/mt/workshops.html
Check em out!
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INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-RUSSIA:

SQUATTING-THE FILM:

The following is from the English language section of the Russian anarchist news site Avtonom. It's about the release of a new movie on the international phenomenon of "squatting". Squatting ties into the general anarchist attitude to "property rights" in that those who actually use property should be deemed to have its ownership. This applies not just to residences but also to workplaces. Here's the article.

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Squatting. A film by Larisa Matteissen:
Release date 3rd of February 2009 1 hour 25 minutes

The movie follows anarchists and activists, who occupy different empty buildings and territories - from rooms, houses and industrial buildings to complete villages and ports. Dutch and Russian activists are telling about their experiences of squatting and reactions of authorities to self-organisation. Anti-squatters explain why they are in side of the state. You may freely distribute the film for non-commercial purposes.

Contact: kalevala_com@mail.ru

This is version with English subtitles:

Torrent: http://onebigtorrent.org/torrents/4679/Squatting--A-film-by-Larisa-Matteissen

Please seed it!

You may download Russian version of the movie here:

http://hippy.ru/v/video/squatting.avi

Made available by http://squat.anho.org

ANARCHIST VIDEO:

FEBRUARY FROM SATAN MACNUGGIT:

Hey, I'm only slightly late on this one- most of the events are still in the future. Here's the latest announcements from Jonathan Culp's Satan MacNuggit anarcho-video productions(see the Images and cartoons section of our Links). If you're in the Toronto area try to catch the shows.

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[Satanm-announce] news - "Red Shift" tonight - plus: mounties!‏:
SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS - FEBRUARY 2009

1. "RED SHIFT" at 8 Fest TONIGHT

2. MOUNTIE MOVIES at Trash Palace - Feb 6

3. SATAN MACNUGGIT at Gettazine 2 - Feb 12-13

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1. RED SHIFT

AT THE 8 FEST

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 8:30 PM

89B NIAGARA STREET (Just West of Bathurst)

$5

Red Shift (2009, 40 minutes)

Super 8 collage

with live accompaniment by Picastro (Liz Hysen, Nick Storring, Brandon Valdivia)

I am very excited! This Friday, my first long piece in a couple years - and my first film finished on super 8 in a decade - debuts at The 8 Fest with live musical accompaniment by my old pals in Picastro.

You can read my trenchant ponderings about "Red Shift" on the Broken Pencil website:

http://www.brokenpencil.com/news/blog.php?bpblogid=360

and find out more about The 8 Fest here:

http://www.the8fest.com

I will also be bringing a reel along for Saturday night's home move screening -you should too! Mine will feature a late 50's prefab "garage raising" in, I think, Guelph!

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2. JONATHAN CULP PRESENTS

MOUNTIE DOUBLE BILL!

AT TRASH PALACE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6

DOORS 8:30 - FILM 9:30

SECRET LOCATION

$5

For months now I've been regaling Trash Palace with samples of the OTHER Canadian cinema - the cheesy cash grabs (and genuine artistic successes) of our notorious 'tax shelter' era. Well for this special double bill, I am reaching back even farther, to the original 'commercial' Canadian films, which were in fact not really Canadian at all! I refer of course to the 'Mountie movies' of the 30s, which amount to Westerns on a broken compass...replacing noble Northerners for the good guys and unwashed 'half-breeds' for the baddies!

RENFREW OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED (1937) leads the bill, and is a riotous quickie (in every sense - it clocks in at under an hour). This tale of valor on horseback features good ol' Renfrew jumping out of a plane, pitching woo, and eventually busting some no-good pseudo-Metis who are smuggling counterfeit across the border in - what else - blocks of ice! (How Canadian can you get?)

This Martian's-eye view of our home and native land was a favourite whipping boy for front page pothead Pierre Berton, who found fault with everything from the headgear ("Renfrew appears to be wearing a slouch hat") to the mise-en-scene ("The entire troop of them gallops up to the picnic grounds on horseback singing at the top of their voices"). So if you usually come to Trash Palace for history lessons, steer clear! But if you're looking for something to laugh at, you've got your man.

We then jump ahead almost 40 years to a different breed of mountie - George Segal, slouching through a Vancouver that is almost as seedy as Skip Tracer, in RUSSIAN ROULETTE (1975).

This one is actually a real hoot, thanks to director Lou Lombardo who cut his teeth as editor for the great Robert Altman and Sam Peckinpah! You get lots of wicked deadpan humour and layering (and layering) of subplots to go with the geopolitics - Canadians of this era seem to have been even more obsessed with the Soviet Union than the Yanks, no doubt thanks to that commie Trudeau. You may not know what the hell is going on, but you'll sure have fun trying to figure it out!

Imdb sez:

"Stirring and heart-thumping"

"A tour de force of slick editing and exciting music"

"Hilarious...a wealth of talent involved"

"Engaging and quirky"

So - a very special Trash-fest, two great movies for the price of one, plus the usual 'cold drinks,' hot dogs, popped corn, candy, merch, and yummies from our in-house chocolatier!

Advance tix $5 at Eyesore Cinema, 801 Queen St. West (above Rotate This). Secret location, as always - the address is printed on the ticket, along with a handy map on how to get there! (It's a short walk from the ticket location...)

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3. SATAN MACNUGGIT AT GETTAZINE 2!

THURS-FRI FEB. 12-13, 12-5 PM

SHERIDAN COLLEGE, 1430 TRAFALGAR ROAD

IN THE ATRIUM OUTSIDE THE CONNEXION

OAKVILLE

FREE!

The second big Sheridan zine fair is expanding to two days, and we're going to be around for both, selling DVDs and zines (including a brand new one, more details soon...) PLUS I believe I will be stepping up to the mic to sing a couple tunes, a rare treat indeed. If you find yourself on campus, drop on by.

Read all about it at http://gettazine.blogspot.com

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See you soon...!

Jonathan

list worker, satanm-announce

ANARCHIST FILM:

NEWS FROM THE UPCOMING CHICAGO ANARCHIST FILM FESTIVAL:

The Chicago Anarchist Film Festival will be happening again this year, and they're looking for submissions. Here's the callout from the A-Infos website.

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US, 9th Annual Chicago Anarchist Film Fest Seeks Submissions:

Submissions now accepted -

*- For the 9th year the Chicago Anarchist Film Festival will present a sample of films from mainstream sources, rediscovered classics and the works of filmmakers engaged in social change with an anarchist vision. Most media of all types launch attacks that distort, discredit and deny anarchists entirely. Anarchists and their allies respond with a relentless volley of images and stories that reveal, revive and invigorate a rich anarchist presence in society. -

*- Chicago Anarchist Film Festival organizers seek un- and under-distributed films and videos to include in the 2009 Chicago Anarchist Film Festival. We also welcome suggestions for titles that may inadvertently allow anarchy to seep through the cracks of the status quo. Movie collage, music videos and trailers for works-in-progress will also be considered.

Deadline- April 1, 2009

Guidelines

All entries must be submitted with an entry form. A contributors statement and any promotional material is appreciated. Please also indicate if you are available and interested in attending the festival.

Submissions should be DVD (2 copies, any zone) or vhs (pal or ntsc). It may be possible to screen 16mm as well, but we need video for purpose of review. Selection is based on time allocation, relevance, quality and resonance. There are no rewards or prizes beyond our invaluable appreciation and heartfelt thanks, but we will be collecting audience feedback which can be provided to contributors on request. All entrants will be updated on the status of their submissions. We ask the contributions be made with the anarchist spirit of community and celebration with which they will be received.

Solidarity!

Shipping costs are the responsibility of the entrants. Videos will be returned upon request. To ensure prompt return of material, please enclose $3 per submission. Otherwise material submitted to the festival will be donated to a suitable community recipient.

Chicago Anarchist Film Festival (CAFF)

1321 N Milwaukee Ave #453,

Chicago IL 60642

CAFF@riseup.net

http://home.comcast.net/~more_about_it/

Entry form

Title

Director

Contributor, if different

Completion date

Release date, if different

Production format vhs dvd 8mm 16mm 35mm other.....

Public screenings

Genre doc drama archival/found animation other...

Language

Subtitles

Address

City

state zip

Phone

Email

www

This film is available by purchase from....

Viewing on Youtube....

loan from...

Other....

ANARCHIST FILM:

UPCOMING FROM JONATHAN CULP:

The following is from the Satan MacNuggit news service, the outlet of libertarian video creator Jonathan Culp. Take note all ye in Ontario. This is not just about film. It is also about another New Year's party down Toronto way. Enjoy it if you can.

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SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS

JANUARY 2009:

1. DJ Satan Macnuggit @ Cameron House NYE!!!

2. "GAS" at Trash Palace - January 9

3. RED SHIFT at the 8 Fest - January 30

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1. DJ SATAN MACNUGGIT

NEW YEARS EVE PARTY

CAMERON HOUSE

408 QUEEN STREET WEST

FREE!

Come hear DJ Satan Macnuggit (Jonathan Culp) spin the tunes on New Years Eve in the Cameron House front room! Count on an eclectic mix of danceable soul, funk, early hip hop, disco, and impure pop. My first DJ gig in ages!

Admission is FREE.

I would love to see you there.

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2. JONATHAN CULP PRESENTS

LES ROSE'S "GAS" (1981)

AT TRASH PALACE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9

DOORS 8:30 - FILM 9:30

SECRET LOCATION

$5

We continue our infiltration of the most excellent Trash Palace with a movie that will haunt you long after the lights come up - the Canadian Tax Shelter monstrosity "Gas"!

What do I have to tell you to make you believe that this movie is a masterpiece? That it's the first film ever to feature Howie Mandel, and he's second-billed ? What more do you need ? How about Dan Aykroyd's brother Pete? Or the worst Donald Sutherland role of all time, as a disc jockey named Nick the Noz ? Perhaps you'll take a plot involving a gas shortage brought on by stolen milk ? Can I sell you on an array of gross racial stereotypes with names like GuidoVespucci, Lee Kwan and Fawsi Ibn Fawsi ? Would you believe a HALF HOUR car chase ? With cardboard English street signs taped on to the Montreal originals ??

>From the director of "Hog Wild"?!?!

Aww, some people are never satisfied. Well maybe I can win you over with some glowing reviews from imdb...let's see now... "A movie to forget!" "If you want bad, this is your movie!" "Sloppy, idiotic, severely witless and desperate!" "I still kick myself for the night I visited the multiplex and chose this thing over "Arthur!"" "This incoherent waste of someone's ability to raise funds!" "I found myself actually looking FORWARD to the commercials!" "To be avoided, this movie bites!" "Everyone who appeared in this one is a bad, bad person!" "Worst film of all time, bar none!"

In other words, my friends: this movie was MADE for Trash Palace! Be there.

Advance tix $5 at Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen West!

The Trash Palace address is printed on the ticket, along with a handy map on how to get here! (It's a short walk from the ticket location...)

'Cold drinks,' hot dogs, popped corn, candy, merch...and Boardwalk Chocolates, Siue Moffat's brand new vegan fair trade organic orgy of yumminess!

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RED SHIFT

AT THE 8 FEST

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 9 PM

AT TRASH PALACE (see above)

COST TBA

Red Shift (2009, 40 minutes)

Super 8 collage

with live accompaniment by Picastro (Liz Hysen, Nick Storring, Brandon Valdivia)

In this long piece commissioned specially for this year’s 8 Fest, filmmaker Jonathan Culp creates a hypnotic, rhythmic collage of commercially produced Super 8 material. Cutting between faded Eastman color industrial films,classroom-film curios, and Hollywood imagery old and new, the pictures interlock with the haunting semi-acoustic dissonances of local band Picastro, performing live with the film. Red Shift is a slowly disintegrating nightmare of utilitarian media gone wrong.

Presented as part of THE 8 FEST (January 30-February 2) Now in its second year, this is Canada's only film festival dedicated to exhibiting work on small gauge film. It's a lot of fun. Find out more atwww.the8fest.com, or join the soon-to-be-resuscitated Facebook group at:

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=21065892312

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Jonathan

List worker, satanm-announce

ANARCHIST FILM:

SKIP TRACER:

Coming up tonight ! 'Skip Tracer' Gulp at the Trash Palace down Toronto way. From the Satan Macnuggit news service.

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SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS

NOVEMBER 2008

SKIP TRACER AT TRASH PALACE!

Friday, November 14, doors 8:30 – show 9:30

SECRET LOCATION – tickets @ Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. W

Toronto

$5

This one is so good, we’ve actually previewed it! And you are in for a treat.

“Skip Tracer” is the standard bearer for the little-remarked “Vancouver New Wave”, a loose collection of out-of-nowhere arty winners from our West Coast compatriots. And it earns its reputation – deliberate without being static, seedy but full of empathy as well.

A tale of a ruthless debt collector who inflicts untold misery on Vancouver’s downtrodden masses before slowly seeing the error of his ways, this flick is funny, touching and horrifying, all in unpredictable combinations.

While the content may be typical 70s-Canuck street-level realism, the form is something else: controlled, austere, almost minimal shooting style, with a disarming undercurrent of surprise that never, ever topples into the dreaded ‘quirky’.

All you lowbrows can relax - there’s some nice sex and violence when you need it; plus, for the camp enthusiasts, tune in for just about the worst, cheesiest, least appropriate music score in the history of cinema! It’s like they pulled in the first passer-by and handed them a Casio. (Where’s Paul Zaza when you need him) But it doesn’t matter.

Take it from Greg, waaay back in Eclectic Screening Room #3: “If cinema had more artists like Zale Dalen who made films from the heart, on the edge, with a level head and a lot of nerve, the art form of the 20th century would be in a lot better place.”

Big screen or small, this movie does not come along every day, so catch this rare 16mm print before it disappears back down the Canuxploitation memory hole!

Plus the usual prizes, surprise shorts, vintage video games...and Episode Six of Bela Lugosi in “The Phantom Creeps”! How many times will Bela turn invisible? Whose car will blow up? Has that robot had a badly-needed enema?

Find out! (By the way, it’s a good week for Canadian movie fans – there’s a FREE 35mm screening of William Fruet’s “Death Weekend” at Innis Town Hall tonight! 7 pm –St. George and Sussex – check it out!)

Jonathan

Satan Macnuggit Popular Arts

ANARCHIST FILM/TV:

CHRISTIE BOOKS ANARCHIST FILM CHANNEL CLOSES UP SHOP:

It's a sad day. The Christie Books anarchist film channel has been forced to close up shop due to demands from their server provider. Here's the announcement.

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Christie Books anarchist film site to close:

http://www.christiebooks.com/fmd_query.html

Brightcove (or film server provider) has just informed us that as of December 17 they will be closing their network account programme ‹ which is the service we are using ‹ and moving to a new platform, Brightcove 3. As the charge for transferring our film archive will be £26,000.00 and we have only received donations totalling £30.00 to the film archive since it launched last year, we are unlikely to be able to continue providing this service beyond December 17 this year. We are looking out for other servers and service providers so if anyone has any suggestions please let us know.

Meanwhile, there are 760 unusual and interesting feature films, documentaries, shorts, talks and some animations up there ‹ so if you haven't checked them all out yet you have just over a month to do so before they disappear.

Hasta la vista!

http://www.christiebooks.com/fmd_query.html

http://christiebooks.com

ANARCHIST VIDEO:

TWO FROM SATAN MACNUGGIT- TONIGHT AND TOMORROW:

Great moments in last minute announcements... Satan Macnuggit aka Jonathan Culp is putting on two of his productions down Toronto way tonight and tomorrow. Here's the announcement.

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GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH tonight!‏
SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS FLASH!

* please excuse any cross-posting *

One night only

And it's TONIGHT

"Grilled Cheese Sandwich"

A film by Jonathan Culp

TORONTO PREMIERE!

With live performances from:

Matias Rozenberg

Just Like The Movies

Suicide Pilots

Holzkopf

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14

Movie at 7:30 pm

Bands at 9 pm

Smiling Buddha

961 College at Dovercourt

$6 More info at: www.satanmacnuggit.com

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PLUS! Satan Macnuggit

at TRASH PALACE

with the 16mm classic

"HIGH-BALLIN'"

Three rough truckers take on a gang of hitchhikers who are intent on murder.

It's tough action and adventure on the highways!

Starring: Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver

Directed by Peter Carter, 1978

FRIDAY AUGUST 15

Doors at 8:30 - films at 9:30

Trash Palace - $5

Advance tickets required, available at Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen Street W.

More info: www.trashpalace.ca

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ANARCHIST FILM/VIDEO:

ALL THAT'S NEW AT SATAN MCNUGGIT:

Satan McNuggit, affectionately known as Jonathan Culp in the real world, is an Ontario based libertarian video artist. He produces some mighty fine work. Here's his latest announcement from his list serve. Why not drop in at his website and sign up ?

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NEWS - TRASH PALACE RAT INVASION‏
SATAN MACNUGGIT NEWS

1. "DEADLY EYES" AT TRASH PALACE - THIS FRIDAY!

2. JC ON CINEPHOBIA - THIS FRIDAY!!

3. SIUE'S COOKBOOK REPRINTED BY PM PRESS

4. "DEATH MASK" AT THE PARKDALE FILM FESTIVAL - FRIDAY, JUNE 27

5. JC IN NORTH BAY FOR "CUT AND RUN" - JULY 25-27

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Satan Macnuggit presents

"DEADLY EYES"

at Trash Palace

Friday, June 20

Doors 8:30, screening 9:30

$5 - tickets must be purchased in advance (or on your way down) at Tequila Bookworm (512 Queen St. W at Portland)

Yes, for one night only Trash Palace and I team up in presenting this super-rare and spectacular 16mm print of "Deadly Eyes" - Robert "Enter the Dragon"Clouse's tax shelter epic of mutant, er, rats running riot through TTC, GrangePark, and Old City Hall of early 80's vintage. Check out these imdb reviews:

"Great entertainment if you're drunk...a total cheesefest!"

"a couple of adorably gross and hectic sequences, for example in a movie theater or in the newly finished subway tunnel."

"Yes, I know they're dogs in rat suits but they look convincing and the scenes of them chasing victims are scary."

"this carries one of the most hilarious scenes in cinematic history - seeing Scatman Crothers' body getting dragged down a set of stairs by mutant rats!"

"amazingly rubbish acting"

"Meant to be watched in total disbelief."

Seriously, I am extremely fond of this movie and am ecstatic to be able to share it with an adoring public. Catch these rats before they scurry back into the hellish darkness...! Popcorn, candy and beverages as usual, plus special treats from Siue's chocolatier apprenticeship! **SEE BELOW FOR MORE EXCITING MOFFAT UPDATES!

Lots more goodies coming up at Trash Palace (including our long-awaited Educational Films marathon on August 1!) - but if you've been putting off that clammy trash handshake, this is surely as good a time as any!

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JC ON CINEPHOBIA!

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 - 2 PM

CKLN - 88.1 FM

Yeah, "Deadly Eyes" is just the tip of the iceberg - I have been delving deep of late into the storied but little-seen depths of 'tax shelter' cinema - the speedy and shoddy flood of cash-grab films made between 1974 and 1987. From the enormous pile in the living room, Stuart and I have selected five titles -revenge, juvenile comedy, shot-on-video action, plus of course deadly rats.Tune in to hear our deathless insights on this stuff, plus clips, ticket giveaways, and other stuff I don't even know about.

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"LICKIN' THE BEATERS"

SECOND PRINTING NOW AVAILABLE!

After selling out her self-published first run of "Lickin' The Beaters: Low Fat Vegan Desserts", Siue Moffat had her title picked up by PM Press (a brand new imprint under the AK umbrella) - they'll be publishing her brand-new cookbook in the coming months, but for now we can celebrate the arrival of the original Lickin' The Beaters in a handsome second edition - shrunk but unabridged, for all those who missed it the first time or got their old one covered in gunk.For more details visit www.dairyfreedesserts.com or email Siue at beaterlicker@yahoo.com ! Yay!

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THE PARKDALE FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL

PRESENTS"DEATH MASK"

FRIDAY JUNE 27, 9 PM

REVUE CINEMA

Yeah! Formerly Rehab will be showing my audience-favourite "Death Mask" video (preview it at www.satanmacnuggit.com) alongside countless other film and video treasures at this year's screenings! Check out the whole festival June 27-29.The PR says:

"REHAB is an eclectic showcase of films and videos and media art by artists who live and/or work in the dynamic Parkdale community...A rare dose of defiant and whimsical film and video, the REHAB festival is intended not to purify the neighbourhood, but to jump start a collective kind of visual and cultural infusion...Cross-cultural neighbours, fringy as well as professional image-makers all converging on a hot weekend evening in June - a microcosm of Toronto's unique arts scene."

http://www.rehabfilms.ca/

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CUT AND RUN

A Near North Mobile Media Lab project

On the last weekend in July, I will be lending my insights to the editing team on this spectacularly ambitious project from the folks in North Bay:

"Cut and Run will be created over the month of July and August and will involve four weekends of workshops to produce an 80-90 minute broadcast quality feature video. Teams will work on script writing, storey-boarding, shot planning, shooting and editing, in this order. The first team will surrender their weekends work to a new team on the following weekend. Each successive team must work with whatever they are given, hence the project name Cut and Run."

I'll keep you posted on the results!

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See you somewhere!

ANARCHIST FILM:

DOCUMENTS ON GUY DEBORD'S FILMS:

Ken Knabb, the human behind the Bureau of Public Secrets, an online collection of material on situationism, has just added several documents on the films of Guy Debord, one of the movers and shakers behind the SI. See the following list. Ken Knabb has also translated Guy Debord's 'Complete Cimatic Works' (see http://www.bopsecrets.org/cat.htm or order from AK Press ). Still more info on Debord can be found at Guy Debord Cineaste, and at the LibCom online Guy Debord Archive (for his written works), as well as at the Situationist International Online site. Knabb's BOP site has excerpts from his films as well as the latest information on the films themselves. You can also see downloadable samples from his films at http://www.ubu.com/film/debord.html . For a complete DVD set of the films (in French) see Gaumont (cost about 50 Euros). On to the list...

@Technical Notes on Guy Debord's First Three Films

http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI?debord.films/technotes.htm

@Letter About Debord's Film "On the Passion of a Few Persons..."

http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films.passage-letter.htm

@Original Announcement of Debord's Film "The Society of the Spectacle"

http://bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/spectacle-announcement.htm

@The Use of Stolen Films

http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/stolen-films.htm

@The Themes of Debord's Film "In girum imus noste et consumimur igni"

http://bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/ingirum-themes.htm

@Instructions to the "In girum" Sound Engineer

http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/ingirum-soundtrack.htm

@Debord Chronology

http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/chronology.htm

@Debord Filmology

http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/filmology.htm

@Texts Relating to Debord's Films

http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/bibliography.htm

ANARCHIST TELEVISION:

NEW FROM CHRISTIE BOOKS TV SITE:

The Christie Books TV site continues to expand its selections. Here's a list of recently added items. For a full listing consult the website above. All of the following are available for free downloading at the addresses given.

@Zapata en Chinameca (1987- Mario Hernandez Feature)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1360345090

@Tenemos raices suficientes (1996 Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1360344895

@Los maquis de la imposible especranze (2003 Dominique Montero Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1360345035

@Canal de los Presos (Mariano Agudo y Eduardo Montero Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1360344895

@Orwell- a contracorrent (Mark Littlewood Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1360344787

@Els Atemptas Contra Franco (1986 Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1359304187

@Expediente 121: la censura en el cine (Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1355448331

@Viridiana (1961 Luis Buenel Feature)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1355448331

@Viva Maria ! (1965 Louis Malle Feature)

http://www,brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1355446754

@Las ilusiones perdidas -3 La la resistencia y el maquis (Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1355447987

@Noticias de una guerra (Eterio Ortega- Elias Querajeta)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1353531596

@Revolucion y Geurra Civil en Espana (Contraimagen Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1353518341

@Ela Ultims Morts de Franco (2004 Joan Salvat Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1352562513

@Autrement (Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1352562507

@La lucha libertaria contra la dictadura Defensa Interior 1 (Charia)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1352561833

@La lucha libertaria contra la dictadura Defensa Interior 2 (Charia)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1352562333

@Situationist International 1956-1972 -1 (1989 Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1350221578

@Situationist International 1956-1972- 2 (1989 Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1350221590

@Situationist International 1965-1972 - 3 (1989 Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=13500221596

@Can Dialectics Break Bricks? 1 (1973 Rene Vienet)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1348327238

@Can Dialectics Break Bricks ? 2 (1973 Rene Vienet)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1348327247

@Can Dialectics Break bricks ? 3 (1973 Rene Vienet)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1348327256

@Can Dialectics Break bricks ? 4 (1973 rene Vienet)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1349141523

@The Protestant revolution 1 The Politics of Belief (2007)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1344587098

@La Golondrina (From The Wild bunch Music)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1344586966

@Sapo Cancionero (Joaquin Lera in Tokyo Music)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1344569402

@Agustin Garcia Calvo (Charia)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1339078429

@Lonely are the Brave (1962-dalton trumbo- with Spanish subtitles)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1334432518

@Els Nans Perduts del Franquismo (2003)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1336697698

@El Bonaerense (2002 Pablo Trapero)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title-1334407230

@las ilusiones perdidas 8: Los recursos guerrilleros (Documentary)

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1333282237