It Must Be Heaven (Elia Suleiman, 2019)
Sunday 31 october 2021, It Must Be Heaven (Elia Suleiman, 2019) 97 minutes, with English subtitles. Free admission. Doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30
The film, which stars Suleiman, follows him as he goes from Paris to New York in a semi-autobiographical tale of a Palestinian man seeking a new homeland, only to find similarities with his homeland wherever he goes.
The jury (from the Cannes film festival) said in a statement: “In a subtle, stylistically strong and humorous way, this film tells a story that goes beyond politics, religions, authorities and cultural differences. Even though those differences are observed with a sharp eye for the absurd that slides through hypocrisy and are delivered with great cinematic and often surprising choreographies.”
Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net
Kreative Night
Friday 29 october 2021, Kreative Night from 20pm.
Your thoughts are free and so are your hands – so come to Joe’s garage on Friday 29th for a free, social creative night.
Bring and share whatever art supplies you have – paper, paint, pencils, clay, glue or glitter, old magazines (for collage making) or even beads and wires if making jewellery is your thing. If you don’t have any supplies, you are still more than welcome – we will have plenty! You can work with any medium (with respect to the space, of course) and there is no pressure to make anything specific – you can also just come to play with clay.
We will provide the ambience, company and a space to share your art, donation based.
Soli voku for legal costs in Berlin. United we stand with Køpi and Køpiplatz. Rebetika Night
Monday 25 october 2021, Soli voku for legal costs in Berlin. United we stand with Køpi and Køpiplatz. Rebetika Night. Volkseten Vegazulu. Food served from 7pm till 9pm, no reservation.
Soli voku for legal costs in Berlin with updates about the current situation in Berlin. We’re coming back on the eviction of the Køpi wagenplatz on 15 october and the events around such an eviction. https://koepi137.net/
Rebetika Night, music on the stage from 9pm with Charis Konstantinou (guitar and vocals) and Jaap Faber (guitar).
Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchens existing since the very beginning of Joe’s Garage, June 2005. Your donations are welcome. Starting from 19:00 until 21:00, vegan, no reservation. All benefits go to social & political struggles. Joe’s Garage is a space run by volunteers. Without a collective effort, without your active participation, we’re remaining closed. Get in touch if you feel like giving a hand. We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. If you want to know which days are still available, mail us.
Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Tout va bien (Jean-Luc Godard, 1972)
Sunday 24 october 2021, Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Tout va bien (Everything’s All Right), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, 1972, 96 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Doors open at 20:00, Film starts at 20:30.
Directly after the ground-breaking historical events that occurred in May ’68 in France, director Jean-Luc Godard went into a crisis. He was famous internationally, but the revolution shook him so deeply that he realized that such fame was a fraud and actually undemocratic! So Godard went into collective filmmaking, and this film was the major result of this period. These collaborations are known as the Dziga-Vertov films.
Because he had two major stars signed for the project – Jane Fonda and Yves Montand – he was able to make a big-budget experimental film that follows the journey of a filmmaker and a reporter caught up in a worker’s take-over of a sausage factory. So there is an intimate love story, but this film also steps back and looks at the bigger picture. By approaching the situation in this way, Godard, together with Jean-Pierre Gorin, are able to analyze the movie industry, society in general, how news is reported by the mass media, along with structurally undemocratic hierarchies inherent in factories and most places of work.
Certainly a bewildering movie, there is nothing else quite like it. Mid-way through the film you see the look on actor Yves Montand’s face, something like “What the fuck is going on? How did I get mixed up in this!” It is a crazy film, with a lot of humor, but also despair. There is a thoughtful and melancholy mood that hangs over this innovative flick, as Godard stubbornly continues the battle when most others have already given up, ditched the ship, and gone for the cash in post-May ’68 France. This is the kind of film you need to watch if you want to explore, understand the world around you… and also to grasp the untapped possibilities of cinema.
Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net
Benefit voku for South Hebron Hills villages
Monday 18 october 2021, Benefit voku for South Hebron Hills villages, Volkseten Vegazulu. Food served from 7pm till 9pm, no reservation.
On 28 september 2021, settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Khirbat al-Mufkara, al-Rakiz in South-Hebron hills (West Bank). People, cars and houses were damaged by the violence of the settlers. The money will go to help to repair the damages, and to help the activists in the area in their struggle.
Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchens existing since the very beginning of Joe’s Garage, June 2005. Your donations are welcome. Starting from 19:00 until 21:00, vegan, no reservation. All benefits go to social & political struggles. Joe’s Garage is a space run by volunteers. Without a collective effort, without your active participation, we’re remaining closed. Get in touch in you feel like giving a hand. We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. If you want to know which days are still available, mail us.
Aman molli: Practice of Modal music
Friday 15 october 2021, Aman molli: Practice of Modal music, from 8pm.
We hope you are all healthy during these times! We plan to restart our modal music gatherings, starting with a gathering in mid October to meet each other after long time and plan for the future meetings! Bring your instruments and your best mood!
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