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¿Qué significa ser un REVOLUCIONARIO AMERICANO hoy? Grace Lee Boggs, una mujer chino-estadounidense de Detroit, que murió en octubre de 2015 a los 100 años, tiene una visión sorprendente de la revolución. Escritora, activista y filósofa arraigada durante más de 70 años en el movimiento afroamericano, dedicó su vida a una revolución en evolución que abarcaba las contradicciones del pasado de Estados Unidos y su futuro potencialmente radical. Este documental ganador del Premio Peabody nos sumerge en la práctica de toda la vida de Boggs de encender el diálogo y la acción comunitarios, trabajo que atraviesa los principales movimientos sociales estadounidenses del siglo pasado: desde los derechos laborales hasta los derechos civiles, pasando por el Black Power, el feminismo, el asiático-americano y el medio ambiente. movimientos de justicia y más allá.
Angela Davis, Bill Moyers, Bill Ayers, Ruby Dee y Ossie Davis, Danny Glover, el marido de Boggs, James Boggs, y una gran cantidad de camaradas de Detroit de tres generaciones ayudan a dar forma a esta historia exclusivamente estadounidense. Mientras lucha con un Detroit en transición, las contradicciones de la violencia y la no violencia, Malcolm X y Martin Luther King Jr., las rebeliones de 1967 y nociones no lineales del tiempo y la historia, Boggs emerge con un enfoque que es radical en su simplicidad y claridad: la revolución no es un acto de agresión o simplemente una protesta. La revolución, dice Boggs, tiene que ver con algo más profundo dentro de la experiencia humana: la capacidad de transformarse uno mismo para transformar el mundo. Con más de diez años de realización, esta película interdisciplinaria tiene un gran atractivo.
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AWARDS
Special Mention - Certificate of Achievement | Madras Independent Film Festival
Award of Recognition | Impact DOCS Awards
FESTIVALS
Berlin Dynamic Film Festival – Berlin, Germany
Madras Independent Film Festival – Chennai, India
Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) – Mumbai and New Delhi, India
New Jersey Indian & International Film Festival – New Jersey
Social Justice Film Festival – Chennai, India
Tasveer Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying) – Seattle, Washington
SCREENINGS
Avon Theatre (sponsored by ICC Greenwich) – Stamford, Connecticut
Cologne Movie Marathon – Cologne, Germany
Glenwood Arts (World Premiere) – Overland Park, Kansas City
Impact DOCS Awards – La Jolla, California
India Habitat Centre – New Delhi, India
IndiXspark - New York
Pequot Library – Fairfield, Connecticut
Ridgefield Library (organized by Ekta Community Center) – Ridgefield, Connecticut
Vikalp@Prithvi – Mumbai, India
The film has screened at community venues, universities, and immigration-focused events nationwide, sparking conversations around one of America’s most urgent yet overlooked immigration issues.