A Little Bit Of So Much Truth (Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad)
Director: Jill Freidberg , 2007, USA, 93min
Venue: Roxy Bar & Screen
European Première
A double bill with A Bag of Shorts. Part of LIDF Sunday at The Roxy (Part 1).
In the summer of 2006, a non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, triggered by a teachers strike in protest at the governments lack of funding for education. But the people of Oaxaca didn’t feel they were represented by any of the established media. So, rather than take their story to a media they didn’t trust, they simply took over the media themselves. 3,000 women occupied the local television station, and students, teachers and indigenous communities occupied the 14 radio channels, using them to organise and defend the emerging struggle for social justice.
The revolution, it seems, will be televised.
Tickets for the above feature give free entry to the A Bag of Shorts programme of short films, which will start at 5.15pm.
TICKETS
£5.00
Tickets can be booked through the LIDF website on www.lidf.co.uk
Tickets will be available on the door, but seats are limited and you are advised to book in advance.
The Roxy Cinema are offering all festival-goers a half-price bottle of wine with any food order, for the week of the festival. See Roxy website for restaurant details.
