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Rebel Film Night: Incite/Insight: Alcatraz Is Not An Island | SoMa

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Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE
New Nothing Cinema | 16 Sherman Street, San Francisco, CA

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Rebel Film Night: Incite/Insight | SoMa

This monthly screening series focuses on local history and community outreach and is a collaboration between the Department of Anthropology and Social Change at CIIS, Shaping San Francisco, and the New Nothing Cinema.

All screenings will begin at 8 pm at The New Nothing Cinema. All shows are free and open to the public. They are participatory cinema events. Please bring beverages, light food, ideas and comments to share.

Thursday, November 15, 2012
Alcatraz Is Not An Island | Rebel Film Night: Incite/Insight | SoMa

“Alcatraz Is Not An Island” (2001), 69 min, dir. James M. Fortier
November 15

In November 1969 a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans, they reclaimed “Indian land” for the first time since the 1880s, forever changing the way Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture and their sovereign rights. Their occupation of public space as a political statement was in a way a precursor to the Occupy Movement, and the ensuing saga contains lessons for organizers today.

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Cost: FREE
Categories: Movies, San Francisco
Address: 16 Sherman Street, San Francisco, CA