From andreas_spath at yahoo.com Wed Jul 21 03:09:43 2010 From: andreas_spath at yahoo.com (Andreas Spath) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:09:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Iyf-ct] FW: : Free screening of a powerful documentary about a progressive small scale farmer social movement in South Africa Message-ID: <137761.79155.qm@web30006.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sorry I'm posting a lot, but thought people might be interested in this... Andreas --- On Wed, 7/21/10, Tennille wrote: From: Tennille Subject: FW: : Free screening of a powerful documentary about a progressive small scale farmer social movement in South Africa To: Andreas_Spath at yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 10:25 AM ? ? Agrarian Reform for Food Sovereignty Campaign is a short (37min), but powerful documentary film by Kurt Orderson a 28-year old filmmaker from Cape Town. ? In 1652 the arrival of the Dutch in the Cape signaled the beginning of a violent and destructive process, which placed their greed for land and possessions before the rights of the original inhabitants of the land. Suddenly, throughout the Cape, and indeed throughout Africa, following the arrival of other European colonizers, Land, which belonged to Africans, was marked as the private property of Europeans who enslaved Africans. ? Today, The Right to Agrarian Reform for Food Sovereignty Campaign is asking critical questions about the lack of transformation and land reform in South Africa, post apartheid, and through popular education have mobilized people to recognize their ancestral rights and reclaim land for the purpose of black, emerging, small scale, agro ecological farming . ? It is clear that despite an oppressive history, Africans are no longer willing to be figured as oppressed and exploited and are actively fighting this legacy ideologically, politically and physically. There must be constant renewal of the struggle to fight new enemies including a capitalist system which sees a black democratic government undermine its own people and support white commercial farmers for the sake of profit before people. The agrarian revolution is calling to all who want their basic human rights to be met: recognition of an honorable past, the past which came before the arrival of the colonizer in Africa, and economic and food security, indeed prosperity for future generations must be fought for, by any means necessary. ? This event is presented at the Labia by Surplus People Project ? Contact ? Surplus People Project Tel:021 448 5605 Email: spp at spp.org.za ? The Labia Tel: 021 424 5927 ? ? TENNILLE RODE Cape Town Administrator/RIA Support CAPE TOWN 45 Collingwood Road, OBSERVATORY 7925 Tel: 021 448 5605 Fax: 021 448 0105 Email: tennille at spp.org.za www.spp.org.za Please note: This e-mail and its contents are subject to a disclaimer which can be viewed at www.spp.org.za/disclaimer Should you be unable to access the link please e-mail disclaimer at spp.org.za and a copy of the disclaimer will be e-mailed to you. ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 37269 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Invite - Free Screening Campaign Movie.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 421807 bytes Desc: not available URL: