KinoWatt: Film and the Power of Change

Kinowatt features documentary and narrative films that seek to illuminate injustice, spark debate, and incite action! Entertaining as well as insightful, the films showcased promise to explore the struggles and contributions of marginalized peoples and their communities around a multitude of issues including the environment, economic justice, gender-based oppression, racism, homophobia, and classism. The series is curated by Maori Karmael Holmes and Sara Zia Ebrahimi.
From September 2012 through… Show more May 2013, screenings will take place on second Tuesdays of each month at the Asian Arts Initiative.
UPCOMING Screenings (all second Tuesdays at 7p.m.):
September 11, 2012
Promised LAND
dir. Yoruba Richen
Presented in partnership with Third World Newsreel
Trailer: http://youtu.be/XLx070D91iY
October 9, 2012
Mosquita Y MARI
dir. Aurora Guerrero
Philadelphia Premiere!
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/34977089
November 13, 2012
The UPSETTER
dir. Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough
Trailer: http://youtu.be/T-VTECPHD9E
December 11, 2012
Drop Of LIFE
dir. Shalini Kantayya
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/18256613
January 8, 2012
CONNECTED
dir. Tiffany Shlain
Trailer: http://youtu.be/2Og60e0zyu8
February 12, 2013
Film TBA
March 12, 2013
Film TBA
April 9, 2013
Film TBA
May 14, 2013
Film TBA
Learn more about upcoming KinoWatt film screenings at:
http://kinowatt.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/kinowatt
Learn more about Asian Arts Initiative at:
http://www.asianartsinitiative.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Asian-Arts-Initiative/48279439296

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