* We would like to invite you to participate as more than just a
spectator at our films. If you would like to recommend or discuss a film that focuses on issues
of social justice, please
let us know! If you would like to facilitate a discussion, let
us know! If you are an organizer and would like to make an announcement
at a film night, let us know! We are looking to turn Incite! film
nights into a community space for organization around social justice,
so feel free to contribute!
You are invited to a free double documentary film screening and discussion of
WAR ZONE (1998)
&
SISTA II SISTA
When: Thursday, May 8th
Where: Downstairs room at The Alley Cat Cafe (Laurel & College, behind Pizza Casbah)
Time: 7:00 pm
"The context for War Zone is powerful in its simplicity. Hadleigh-West, equipped with a video camera, walks through four major cities (New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans) to record the day-to-day abuse – sexualized comments, objectifying stares, uninvited physical contact, and other forms of harassment and sexism – women experience that rob them of the basic right to walk safely and comfortably in their ownneighborhoods (or anywhere else). Instead of interviewing street harassment scholars or centering her own reactions to and perspectives on her abuse, Hadleigh-West turns the camera, and the heat of the spotlight,on her abusers. The film documents her confrontations with those abusers,but focuses tightly on their reactions to the turning of the tables. Everytime she experiences harassment (which runs the gamut from objectifyingstares to being followed) she directly turns the camera on the perpetrator. – EdChange Multicultural Pavilion
"Sista II Sista is a Brooklyn-wide, community based organization located in Bushwick. We are a collective of working class young and adult Black and Latina women working together to model a society based on liberation and love. Our organization is dedicated to working with young women to develop personal, spiritual, and collective power. We are committed to fighting for justice and creating alternatives to the systems we live in by making social, cultural, and political change. – Sista II Sista