Cinema Italia: Marrakech Express (Gabriele Salvatores, 1989)

By: börek - August 31st, 2022  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday 18 September 2022, Cinema Italia: Marrakech Express (Gabriele Salvatores, 1989), 104 minutes. In Italian with English subtitles. Doors open at 20:00, Film starts at 20:30.

Marrakech Express (1989) is the first film by Gabriele Salvatores on the topic of escaping, which is precisely the opposite of escapism. In the latter everything still and we allow ourselves a moment to forget how pointless is our way of life enjoying otherworldly stories. On the contrary, if we decide to escape we break the rules and get into the adventure of life, far from our comfort zone, without knowing in advance what we are doing, just living life, moment by moment. Marrakech Express is a story not only of escaping but also of life-long friendships, love, and the paradox of exoticism, the more you know it, the more it becomes familiar, losing its charm of distance. Salvatores here is somehow still an unripe fruit but, in his immaturity, he made a film that is forever green.

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

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Esperanto: Docufilm Window to the world: an Esperanto journey

By: börek - August 31st, 2022  Filed under: Filmavond, Workshop

Wednesday 14 September 2022, Esperanto: Docufilm Window to the world: an Esperanto journey. Directed by Ida van Koolwijk * 28 minutes * In Esperanto with English subtitles * doors open at 18:00, film starts at 19:00.

The Esperanto Workshops start again at Joe’s! As this for this evening, there will be events open to everybody, regardless if they want the learn the language, and a course at two levels: absolute beginners and intermediate. We present the Esperanto phenomenon — language and culture — after watching together the Esperanto docufilm directed by Ida van Koolwijk as her final thesis in Visual Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. What will follow is a presentation of the course.

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Joe’s Garage open assembly

By: börek - August 31st, 2022  Filed under: Meeting

Sunday 11 september 2022, Joe’s Garage open assembly, from 18:00 to 19:30.

Get involved in a collective initiative, become a volunteer at Joe’s Garage, a squatted social center. Come along to figure out how you could contribute to such a space, make a poster, maintain the space, organize any type of event, workshop, lecture, fundraiser, screening, concert etc. Joe’s Garage always needs active participants to remain open. Such a monthly meeting is also the moment to discuss your proposals, get to know each others, share tasks, plan the coming weeks.

Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Divided Heaven (Konrad Wolf, 1964), GDR series

By: börek - August 31st, 2022  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday 11 September 2022, Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Divided Heaven / Der geteilte Himmel (GDR series), 1964 adaptation of Christa Wolf’s novel by Konrad Wolf, 109 minutes, in German with English subtitles. Doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30.

This film is part of the GDR / Why Women Had Better Sex under Socialism series

Based on the famous novel by Christa Wolf about two lovers who are torn apart as the Berlin Wall is about to be constructed, dividing the country in two. Rita has a lover, but over the course of their relationship it becomes clear they have different political points of view. The movie is great in laying out excellent arguments for both sides… the socialist East Bloc and the consumer-orientated West.

The film embraces the structure of the novel, which begins with a woman waking up in a hospital, and through flashbacks, recounts the recent events that got her there. This wild structure matches well with the film’s French New Wave feel. It is often quite experimental – using angular photography and scenes overlapping between the present moment and the past. The cinematography is crystalline, with an endless array of exquisitely composed black-and-white images. The soundtrack is also bold, with an experimental electronic music score giving the story a modern, ‘in transition’ sort of mood.

It makes sense that since each character is a different gender, they make different decisions. In the West men are in control and have more advantages… and Rita stays in the East where there was much more gender equality. But the real argument is much more than that, it is more about if a person should fight for a cause, or just live as easy as possible.

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

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Proxy Cafe

By: börek - August 31st, 2022  Filed under: Workshop

Wednesday 7 september 2022, from 18:30 to 22:00, Proxy Cafe

Proxy Cafe introduction to new people.
Proposing, discussing possible exchanges, workshops.
Emancipation from corporations and state.
Decentralized social networks versus corporate surveillance.
Skill-sharing session to hammer capitalism with old keyboards and other digital tools.

Free software workshops. Discussing tech and politics, GNU/Linux, fixing computers and revive old laptops, free and opensource software workshops. Zapatista coffee.

Proxy Cafe, Amsterdam
Twice a month on wednesday from 18:00 till 22:00 @ Joe’s Garage, LAG and other spaces.
https://squ.at/r/8i60
https://proxycafe.puscii.nl/

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Iranian movie night: The Salesman (Asghar Farhadi, 2016)

By: börek - August 31st, 2022  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday 4 September 2022, Iranian movie night: The Salesman (Asghar Farhadi, 2016), 125 minutes. In Farsi with English subtitles. Doors open at 20:00, Film starts at 20:30.

Emad and Rana have had to move into a new apartment because their old building is structurally unsafe – a metaphor for their lives, perhaps. The new flat was once rented by a woman working as a prostitute, and one day when she is alone there, Rana casually buzzes in a caller she assumes is her husband.
Asghar Farhadi’s sombre movie is the story of a shocking and mysterious event which shatters the wellbeing of a middle-class couple. It is about male pride, male violence, male privilege. The film tells the story of a sexual assault that exposes the emotions seething beneath the surface of Iranian bourgeois life.

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

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September 2022 at Joe’s Garage

By: börek - August 31st, 2022  Filed under: Poster archive

Solidarity Voku for Undocumented Families in Amsterdam. No one is illegal!

By: börek - August 20th, 2022  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday 29 August 2022, Solidarity Voku for Undocumented Families in Amsterdam. No one is illegal! Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

There are many undocumented families living in Amsterdam who are not even able to get help from LVV program for undocumented people which already provides not enough security for people who are displaced because of the situations perpetuated by the very same states refuse them to provide basic human rights. We want to support them as much as possible with the benefits from this voku.

Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchens existing since the very beginning of Joe’s Garage, June 2005. Your donations are welcome. Food is 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.

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