Ground Noise & Static: Confronting the 2008 RNC - Benefit for the RNC8

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Thursday, December 11, 2008
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Solidarity Center
1109 Mass St.
Lawrence, KS

Contact: [e-mail]
A night of film and story telling from the streets.
Benefit for RNC Legal Defense.

"Please, please, my friends, my dear friends, please don't be diverted by the ground noise and the static" -- John McCain, on being interrupted by protesters during his speech at the 2008 RNC. The protesters' sign read, "You Can't Win An Occupation."

The Film: Ground Noise & Static is a manifesto. We went to Denver and St. Paul to take the pulse of the movement. Corporate media would cover the platitudes and posturing of the politicians, we were interested in something else, a story hidden in plain sight, captured in the now-classic street chant, “This is what democracy looks like.” 33 minutes.

Post Film: Will be followed by personal narratives and story telling by organizers from Lawrence that were present at the protests.

This event is a fundraiser for Kansas Mutual Aid Legal Defense and the RNC8, 8 organizers from St. Paul and Minneapolis that are facing terrorism charges for their roles in organizing the protests in September.

Presented by Films For Action, Kansas Mutual Aid, and the Solidarity Revolutionary Center.

http://www.kansasmutualaid.org
http://www.filmsforaction.org