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NCLAFF: OCCUPY THE IMAGINATION

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Friday, October 24, 2014
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
NCLAFF

OCCUPY THE IMAGINATION. Tales of Seduction and Resistance. Rodrigo Dorfman / Chile, USA / 2013 / 90 min. Inspired by the uprisings of the Arab Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movement, Durham-based filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman embarks on an exploration of 1970s Chile, where as a child he witnessed in the streets of Santiago the first peaceful socialist revolution in history. Fascinated by the transformative power of art, Dorfman uncovers the power and legacy of his father¿s controversial book How to Read Donald Duck (written in 1971), which the military junta burned and banned for exposing Disney¿s hidden capitalist messages. But when Occupy Wall Street explodes in New York City, Dorfman, camera in hand, begins a new quest -- for the spirit of the Chilean Revolution in the euphoria of the Occupy Movement. A story of courage, defeat, and resistance, this trans-American film examines whether art and activism can re-awaken our imaginations in a world seduced, and flattened, by neoliberal capitalism.