Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Lee Hirsch, 2002)

By: börek - February 17th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday February 22, 2026, Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony * directed by Lee Hirsch * 2002 * 108 min * languages: English, Zulu * door opens at 20:00 * intro & film at 20:30 * free entrance.

«Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony» shows the crucial role of music in the South African liberation struggle against apartheid. Detailed reports of the murderous conditions of settler colonialism, ironic derisions of the settler’s folly, strategic means of communication within and through prison walls, but mostly insurrectionary calls to armed resistance: protest songs were the fuel of the fight. When the first victims of apartheid brutality died protesting against the pass laws in the 1960s, they were singing. When students were fired on by police with live ammunition during their protest against the use of Afrikaans in black schools in 1976, they were singing, too. Amandla! is an impassioned chronicle of the role of music as a mean of protest and survival through more than 40 years of struggle against racial oppression. As the Imperial machine marches on, this incredible documentary rekindles the spark of riotous joy and sends a roaring warning. Trough the verses of Miriam Makeba – legendary South African singer interviewed in the film, “White man don’t sleep long and don’t sleep too deep / Or your life and your possessions, how long will you keep? / For I’ve heard a rumor that’s running around / That the black man’s demanding his own piece of ground…”

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Solidarity Weeks with Ukraine, film screening: My Thoughts are Silent (Antonio Lukich, 2019), presentation on the current situation in Ukraine

By: börek - February 17th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond, Infoavond

Saturday February 21, 2026, film screening: Мої думки тихі (My Thoughts are Silent) by Antonio Lukich * 2019 * 104 minutes * Ukrainian and Zakarpattian dialect with English subtitles * Before the film, we will have a short info-presentation on the current situation in Ukraine. We will be raising funds for Solidarity Collectives. * doors open at 19:30 * free entrance.
Film Synopsis: twenty-five-year-old Vadym earns a living recording and selling all kinds of different sounds; nevertheless, he’d rather exchange his life in Kyiv for a better future in far-flung Canada. Thus, when he gets a generous job offer which might help him realise his dream, he jumps at the chance; he soon sets off to record the sounds of animals indigenous to Ukraine and also a rare bird native to the Carpathians. The situation proves somewhat more complicated when Vadym’s companion on the trip turns out to be his mother… To the sounds of a synthesized music score, debuting Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich unfolds a visually creative road movie, in which he demonstrates a highly unusual talent for constructing tragicomic situations.

This event is the first in a 4-week series of events in solidarity with Ukraine.

Solidarity Collectives
https://radar.squat.net/en/solidarity-collectives
https://www.solidaritycollectives.org/

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To Kill a War Machine (2025)

By: börek - January 9th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday January 11, 2025, To Kill a War Machine (2025) * 1h 17min * in English * door opens at 20:00 * intro & first film starts at 20:30 * free entrance.

Documentary about activists from Palestine Action targeting British complicity with Israeli apartheid, how Elbit was shut down. Through real-time bodycam and phone footage, frontline activists take audiences along on their audacious raids to tear down arms factories around the UK. For many years, Palestine Action has taken consistent direct action against Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms firm. A once quiet killer which operates across Britain has become a better known target of the Palestine solidarity movement.

In July 2025, the British government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 after members of the network spray-painted Royal Air Force aircraft at Brize Norton. Palestine Action dissolved following the ban, but its supporters and former members continue to take legal action to reverse its proscription.
On 20 October, a press release was issued by Prisoners4Palestine stating that on 2 November 2025, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, activists held pending trial for actions would start on a hunger strike. The eight hunger strikers are members of the ‘Filton 24’ and ‘Brize Norton 5’ who are being held on remand. All of them are expected to be held in detention for more than a year before their trial date. Lawyers for Palestine Action have said the group can be compared to the suffragettes. Huda Ammori the co-founder of Palestine Action has said the “votes-for-women movement” would have faced the same ban, if today’s terrorism laws had been in place more than 100 years ago.
On 6 January 2026, Heba Muraisi is reported to have difficulty breathing after 65 days on hunger strike. Teuta Hoxha and Kamran Ahmad are still on hunger strike.
Since July 2025, there would have been over 2700 arrests in various demonstrations and protests.

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Movie night: Phantasm (Don Coscarelli, 1979)

By: börek - December 23rd, 2025  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday December 28, 2025, Movie night: Phantasm (Don Coscarelli, 1979) * English spoken * doors open at 20:00 * intro & film start at 20:30.

“Phantasm” is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed, written, shot, and edited by Don Coscarelli. As the first entry in what would become the Phantasm franchise, the story centers on Mike, a teenager living in a small Oregon town. Together with his older brother Jody and their friend Reggie, he begins investigating bizarre events linked to the local funeral home, which is run by an enigmatic undertaker known only as “the Tall Man.”
Coscarelli drew inspiration for Phantasm from a nightmare he had as a teenager, eventually shaping it into an early screenplay. The film was produced entirely independently, backed financially by Coscarelli, his father, and local investors, with most of the cast and crew consisting of amateurs or up-and-coming filmmakers. Shooting took place over the span of a year, primarily in the Chatsworth area of California, and Coscarelli continued revising the script during production. After filming wrapped, the project went through months of heavy post-production and extensive editing.
Avco Embassy Pictures picked up the film for U.S. theatrical distribution, premiering it in Los Angeles in spring 1979. Once it expanded nationwide, Phantasm became a commercial success, earning $22 million worldwide. Critics initially gave it mixed reviews, but many praised its imaginative visuals and unconventional storytelling. Over time, the film developed a loyal cult audience, frequently appearing on lists of the greatest horror movies, and has been acknowledged as a major influence within the genre. Scholars often highlight its surreal tone and themes of grief, mortality, and the bond between siblings. […Lees verder]

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Movie night: Zombi 2 (Lucio Fulci, 1979)

By: börek - December 16th, 2025  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday December 21, 2025, Movie night: Zombi 2 (Lucio Fulci, 1979) * English spoken * doors open at 20:00 * intro & film start at 20:30.

“Zombi 2” is a 1979 Italian-made zombie film, shot in English and directed by Lucio Fulci. The movie was developed from an original script by Dardano Sacchetti and was designed to function as an unofficial follow-up to George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978), which had been released in Italy under the title Zombi. The cast includes Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, and Richard Johnson, with music composed by Fulci’s frequent collaborator – maestro Fabio Frizzi.
The story unfolds on a Caribbean island plagued by a voodoo curse that causes the dead to rise and prey on the living. After a scientist’s boat mysteriously appears deserted in New York City, his daughter travels to the island in search of answers. Written as a throwback to “traditional zombie stories,” the film was primarily shot in Italy, with additional scenes filmed in New York and Santo Domingo.
Despite its modest budget of 410 million Italian lira, the movie earned several times its cost worldwide. Upon release in the United Kingdom—where it played under the title Zombie Flesh Eaters—it stirred controversy and was eventually labeled a “video nasty.” Over time, however, critical opinion has become more favorable, and the film has since developed a strong cult following.

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Cinerevolt: De Cierta Manera (Sara Gómez, 1977)

By: börek - December 11th, 2025  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday December 14, 2025, Cinerevolt: De Cierta Manera  (One Way or Another) * directed by Sara Gómez, * 1977 * 1hr 20 mins * Spanish with English Subtitles * door opens at 20:00 * intro & first film starts at 20:30.

The only feature from the radical Afro-Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez—who also worked as an assistant director with Agnès Varda and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea before her untimely death at age thirty-one—is an extraordinary portrait of post revolution Cuba. Blending invaluable documentary footage with a loose narrative about the budding relationship between an outspoken schoolteacher (Yolanda Cuellar) and a young worker (Mario Balmaseda) facing a moral crisis, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER depicts revolution as an ongoing process that takes place at the level of community—among friends, lovers, coworkers, teachers, students, and parents, all of whom must work together to negotiate a new social order. Above all, Gómez offers a trenchant intersectional critique of the lingering sexism and machismo that, she argues, must be cleared away in order to create a truly just society.

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Relaxe (Audrey Ginestet, 2022)

By: börek - December 1st, 2025  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday December 7, 2025, Relaxe, documentary film by Audrey Ginestet, released in 2022 * 92 minutes * in French with English subtitles * door opens at 20:00 * intro & first film starts at 20:30 * free entrance.

Manon has been a defendant in the Tarnac case for ten years, accused with eight other people of participating in a terrorist undertaking while sabotaging high-speed lines in France. As their trial approaches, Audrey Ginestet is taking her camera to join the group of women who helps Manon preparing her defense.
In novembre 2008, the french anti-terrorist police raided a farm in the Tarnac village in Corrèze. For the media and the state, the Tarnac Nine was the new enemy group of conspirators against the state who claimed Julien Coupat to be the author of The Coming Insurrection book. Coupat spent over six months in jail before being released on bail. He was held for a significantly longer period than other members of the Tarnac Nine because French police believed him to be the leader of the group, which they described as an anarchist cell. On April 12, 2018, Coupat and other members of the Tarnac Nine were acquitted of the most significant remaining charges, particularly conspiracy and sabotage, although some members were still convicted of lesser, symbolic charges, and ordered to pay fines.

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Movie night: Spring on Zarechnaya Street (Felix Mironer and Marlen Khutsiev, 1956)

By: börek - November 30th, 2025  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday November 30, 2025, Spring on Zarechnaya Street * Весна на Заречной улице (Felix Mironer and Marlen Khutsiev * 1956, Soviet Union, 96 min, in Russian with English subtitles * door opens at 20:00 * intro & first film starts at 20:30 * free entrance.

This movie deals with the struggles of an inexperienced young teacher from the city to teach Russian literature in a night school in an industrial town to young adult students who are steelworkers by day.
This film, most of it shot in Zaporizhzhia, was one of the first post-war movies from the Odesa Film Studio. It not only showed spring in cinematography but also became a symbol of the beginning of the political thaw in the USSR. Filming of Spring on Zarechnaya Street began in 1953, the year of Stalin’s death, and was released in 1956, coinciding with the reevaluation of his cult of personality.

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