Wednesday, June 13 3 – 3:30 p.m. on KFCF 88.1 FM On the Center’s “Stir it Up” monthly radio show your host Gerry Bill dives into the murky waters to learn more on what we can do to help preserve our precious water. (guest TBA) Call-ins welcome at 559-266-8888. For information call the Center at 559-237-3223.
Wednesday, June 13 at 12 noon and at 7 p.m. (potluck at 6:30 p.m.) Our 2nd Wed. film will be “EVEN THE RAIN”. With ample irony, this film explores the effects of Spanish imperialism, still resonating some 500 years later in the continued struggle against oppression by indigenous people.
A Spanish film crew helmed by idealistic director Sebastian and his cynical producer Costa come to Bolivia to make a revisionist epic about the conquest of Latin America – on the cheap. Carlos Aduviri is dynamic as “Daniel,” a local cast as a 16th century native in the film within a film. When the make-up and loin cloth come off, Daniel sails into action protesting his community’s deprivation of water at the hands of multi-national corporations.
When riots break out in Cochabamba, protesting excessive fees for water, production is interrupted and the convictions of the crew members are challenged. Sebastian and Costa are forced to make an unexpected emotional journey in opposite directions.
This fictional Fitzcarraldo-like quest to make a film against all odds, is set against the back drop of the real life “Water Wars,” fought against the privatization of Bolivia’s water supply in the year 2000 and is anchored in the philosophies of historian Howard Zinn, as well as the stories of 16th century priests, Fathers Bartolome de las Casas and Antonio Montesinos, the first radical voices of conscience against an Empire. Video is 104 minutes.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
Tuesday, June 19 • 6:30 p.m. (Presentation at 7:00 p.m.) Film “Save KLSD: Media Consolidation and Local Radio.”. Place: Full Circle Brewery, 620 F St (near Ventura).
This film chronicles the struggle of KLSD-AM 1360 and explores how media consolidation is killing localism and shrinking the range of viewpoints on America’s airwaves. It features Congressman/San Diego Mayoral Candidate Bob Filner and City Council Member Marti Emerald • Exclusive Video with Radio Hosts Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Amy Goodman, and Cenk Uyger • Cosponsored by Fresno Center for Nonviolence, Community Alliance and Radio Bilingue. . There will be a Q&A following film with Maria Erana of Radio Bilingue and film co-producer/writer Jennifer C. Douglas. $5.00 suggested donation.
Wednesday, June 20, 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
“Speaking Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 (http://www.kfcf.org/streaming.php) Free Speech Radio for Central California. Dan Yaseen will interview David Swanson, blogger, activist, radio show host and author of recently published book, “The Military Industrial Complex at 50.” He blogs at http://davidswanson.org
Friday, June 29, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
“Pakistan: Behind the Headlines” a special radio broadcast on KFCF 88.1 (http://www.kfcf.org/streaming.php) Free Speech Radio for Central California. Dan Yaseen will interview Abdul Quayyum Khan Kundi, a writer, businessmen and member of Advisory Committee of Pakistan Tehreeke Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice.)
Our discussion will focus on political situation in Pakistan, US Pakistan relations and war in Afghanistan. US has geopolitical interests in Central and Southeast Asia. The region has been suffering from political and social strife. US-Pakistan relations can play a pivotal role in bringing peace to this volatile region.
We would like you to become part of the discussion by emailing your questions to danyaseen@comcast.net.
