CineKalikasan 1.1: Environmental film screening @ Mag:net Katipunan

CineKalikasan 1.1

Environmental film screening at mag:net Katipunan
April 10, 2007 (Tuesday)
5:30 – 7 PM
Mag:net Gallery and Café
AGCOR Building , 335 Katipunan Ave. (fronting Miriam
and Ateneo), Quezon City www.magnet.com.ph.

Cinekalikasan is a project initiated by Kalikasan
People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE)
aiming to popularize various environmental and peoples
struggles through film screenings in different venues.
This screening at mag:net Katipunan, a
bookshop/gallery/ café and home to the Cinekatipunan
film project*, will be the first in this year's
series.

Cinekalikasan 1.1. presents selected environmental
documentaries on mining in the Philippines. The works
focus on two current sites of struggle where
irresponsible mining has induced adverse damage:
Marinduque—the thirteenth largest island in the
Philippine archipelago—and Rapu-Rapu island in Albay,
Bicol.

CineKalikasan 1.1: Environmental film screening
@ Mag:net Katipunan
The film screenings are free, while food and drinks
may be bought at the café.

April 10 program
In cooperation with the Center for Environmental
Concerns-Philippine s

Sigaw ni Longinus (Longinus' Cry)
Milo A. Paz / 28 mins.
A video documentary on the aftermath of the Marcopper
mine spill tragedy in Marinduque with the Moriones
Festival as a metaphorical background.

Kalagin ang Kadena ng Imperyalistang Pagmimina
(Breaking the Chains of Imperialist Mining)
SIPAT/25 mins.

The fight for environmental justice continues, more
than a decade after the 1996 Marcopper mine tragedy.

Lason (Poison)
9 mins.

A short work on the effects of the Lafayette mine
spill in Rapu-Rapu island, Albay. Produced by Umalpas
Ka, Sagip Isla, and the Rural Missionaries of the
Philippines.

CineKalikasan 1.1: Environmental film screening
@ Mag:net Katipunan
ABOUT CINEKATIPUNAN

Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan,
Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM.While the
film screenings are free, viewers are encouraged to
make voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the
featured filmmakers. Cinekatipunan programs precede
Mag:net Café's nightly holding of Live Performances by
well-known and emerging bands and musicians. Mag:net
Café is located along Katipunan Avenue (fronting
Miriam and Ateneo) in Quezon City. For more inquiries
please call 9293191 or visit www.magnet.com.ph.##