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From: Deepak Johnson <deepakjohnson91@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:53 AM
Subject: [FSFTN] Movie Screening and Discussion on Sunday, 24 June 2012
To: Subramanya Bharathi Study Circle <sbsc-chennai at googlegroups.com>
Dear friends,
Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association (TNPWAA) is
celebrating the centenary year of Indian cinema by organising a movie
journey that spans the whole of Tamil Nadu. They have also planned
screenings in South Chennai and Free Software Foundation, Tamil Nadu
(FSFTN) is joining them for a movie screening! Therefore as a part of
the movie journey, FSFTN and TNPWAA are organising the screening of
?Capitalism: A Love Story? (2009), a documentary movie by the renowned
director, Michael Moore, that takes a ?people's perspective? in
understanding the global financial crisis of 2008. An excerpt from the
IMDB is given below (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232207/):
?Capitalism: A Love Story? examines the impact of corporate dominance
on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the
world). The film moves from Middle America, to the halls of power in
Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan. With both
humor and outrage, the film explores the question: What is the price
that America pays for its love of capitalism? Families pay the price
with their jobs, their homes and their savings. Moore goes into the
homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; and
he goes looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What
he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone
astray: lies, abuse, betrayal...and 14,000 jobs being lost every day.
?Capitalism: A Love Story? also presents what a more hopeful future
could look like.
The movie gives us a good grounding for discussing the bad effects of
corporate control of knowledge often leading to compromising the
freedom of an individual. FSFTN is also planning a discussion on these
issues after the movie screening. In this session, we would also have
a discussion on ?All India Conference for abolishing Commercialisation
of Education and Building a Common School System? which is to be held
from 30th June to 1st July 2012 at Valluvarkottam, Chennai.
Date: 24 June 2012, Sunday
Time: 10.30 AM
Venue: TNPWAA Office Hall, Near SRP Tools, Tharamani (the location is
near Thiruvanmiyur MRTS Station and is on the Vikram Sarabhai Street).
We look forward to your participation in the movie screening and the
discussion thereafter.
For more details, contact: ?Sibi K. (9840670143)
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