The documentary film “From the Edge of the Blade”, about the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico, will be screened at Traditions Café in Olympia on January 29th at 6:30pm. The event is a fundraiser for Mal de Ojo TV .

Before the screening, Abel Ortiz, musician from Oaxaca, will sing and perform live music.

After the screening, community activist Jose Orozco will speak about the current situation in Oaxaca, followed by a general discussion about what lessons we can learn from the Oaxacan social movement.  Filmmaker and activist Jill Friedberg (“This is what Democracy Looks Like”, “Grain of Sand”, “A Little Bit of So Much Truth”), community activist Rochelle Gause, as well as Johan Genberg, director of “From the Edge of the Blade”, will participate in the discussion.

Date: January 29, 2009
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Traditions Café & World Folk Art (300 5th Avenue SW (in the intersection with Water St.) in downtown Olympia, right next to Heritage Park.

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There will be a suggested donation of $8 at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of money. All donations goes to the Oaxacan video collective Mal de Ojo TV, one of the few independent media outlets in Oaxaca. Material from Mal de Ojo TV is used in the film “From the Edge of the Blade”.

The event is put on by TrickleUp Films, and co-sponsored by:

Heroico Batallon de San Patricio
Neighborhood Party
Witness for Peace Northwest
Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace
C.I.E.L.O. ESL Program
POWER (Parents Organizing For Welfare and Economic Rights)
Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
CCBLA (Evergreen Center for Community Based Learning and Action)