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'Basta! film night
Free entry
THE MARIBOR UPRISINGS
(Slovenia 2017)
(57 mins)
In the once-prosperous industrial city of Maribor, Slovenia anger over political corruption became an unruly revolt. This participatory documentary places audiences in the midst of the uprising as crowds surround and ransack City Hall under a hailstorm of tear gas canisters. Soon the mayor will resign—and the movement will spread to cities across the country.
Drawing on the dramatic frontline footage of a video activist collective embedded within the uprisings, this film places viewers amidst the jostling crowds. How are citizens’ senses of themselves changed by experiences of state force: tear gas, stun grenades, armoured vehicles, water cannons, and helicopters? Is this what one protester described as “feeling the state on your own skin?” In these violent encounters, why do so many protesters feel ‘love at the barricades’? Could something like this happen in your city?
"We finally see what is happening to us. And what do they do? They fire on us with teargas, a weapon for collective blinding."
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