Marx Re-Reloaded in London in April

Following 14 sold out nights Marx Reloaded is back on for two extra Friday matinee screenings at the ICA in London. Tickets can be purchased online here.

<맑스 재장전>을 책으로 만나세요, 곧 나옵니다!

작년 9월 DMZ영화제에서 상영된 제이슨 바커 감독의 다큐멘터리 <맑스 재장전>에 관심 가지셨던 분들은 <맑스 재장전>을 이제 책으로 만나십시오.

도서출판 난장에서 곧 출간될 이 책에는 <맑스 재장전>에 등장한 존 그레이, 마이클 하트, 안토니오 네그리, 니나 파워, 자크 랑시에르, 페터 슬로터다이크, 알베르토 토스카노, 슬라보예 지젝의 인터뷰 전문이 수록될 예정입니다.

전 세계 최초로 공개되는 이들의 인터뷰 전문은 아직 그 어떤 언어로도 모두 공개된 바 없습니다. 도서출판 난장의 블로그를 방문해주세요.

Marx Reloaded at The Festival of Dangerous Ideas

It's getting a little boring to keep repeating the same script, but another "sold out" audience were good enough to attend the Marx Reloaded screening at The Festival of Dangerous Ideas in east London on Saturday. Again, our sincere thanks to the festival organizers, in this case for approaching us at a relatively late stage, and for the very kind assistance of our "technical worker" (yes, you know who you are) without whom we couldn't have got the film to the venue in time.

We will have more information on selected UK cinema screenings soon (the film returns to London in April) but in the meantime please contact us if your university is interested in showing the film and we'll see what we can do. 

Marx Reloaded Screens to Full House in Athens

We would like to take one more opportunity to thank everyone at Embros Theatre for all their work in organizing the Marx Reloaded screening on Sunday, and for making the event such a roaring success. A rough estimate suggested 130 people were in attendance (a full house) and, like all events at Embros Theatre, entry was free of charge. 

Although the facilities were far from "multiplex" (a good sign) Jason Barker said he couldn't remember a more enthusiastic audience ("They even laughed at the animation") or a more dedicated, resourceful and enthusiastic organization. Long may the precious work of Kinisi Mavili continue in exploring the creative possibilities of a genuine grassroots, community-based arts and culture project. 

Marx Reloaded in Athens - Sunday 11 March 2012

Marx Reloaded will screen at 9pm, Sunday 11 March at Embros Theatre, Riga Palamidou 2, Psirri.

We are very grateful to the theatre committee and to Ilias Marmaras for helping us make this screening possible. We know that Greece is among the places where interest in Marx Reloaded ranks the highest, and after the screening an open discussion will be held with Jason Barker, the film's director, who is making the trip to Athens especially for this event. 

Embros Theatre is an occupied space in the Athens downtown area, at the district of Psirri. The occupation was initiated by the collective Kinisi Mavili in November 2011 and soon joined by the movement of Psirri residents and workers as well as other individuals. The occupation hosts projects referring to experimental cultural events, and initiates social-political forms of self-organization actions: http://mavilicollective.wordpress.com/  http://psyrri.blogspot.com/

Marx Reloaded on the Front Page of the FT

A big thank you to everyone who came to see Marx Reloaded at the ICA, and also to those who came to see Robin Blackburn, Paul Mason, Laurie Penny and Jason Barker discuss themes from the film at a sold out "Blue or Red Pill?" debate last Wednesday evening. 

Due to very high demand the ICA has been good enough to add 10 extra screenings and extend the cinema run until 2 March. Any remaining tickets can still be purchased online from the ICA.

We were also delighted - and slightly overwhelmed - by the level of media interest, which apart from including great reviews from Little White Lies and Time Out (two of our favourite film mags, of course!), also culminated in Jason's interview at The Financial Times last Friday. Throughout the weekend the link to the interview was even looming large over a tiny picture of Rupert Murdoch on the FT's homepage. 

Now, we are used to the FT's liberal open-mindedness when it comes to free market policies. But the sight of Leon Trotsky holding up a red pill under the headline "Can Marx Save Capitalism?", or even Jason being allowed to argue in his interview in favour of communism, was unexpected and mildly shocking to say the least. Long may this unusual trend continue. 

Please note that as well as ongoing screenings at the ICA, the film will also be screening at selected UK cinemas over the coming weeks. If you are interested in organising a screening at your college or university then please also feel free to contact us here.   

UK PREMIERE - ICA, London, 10th - 16th Feb 2012

We are delighted to announce - at long last - the UK premiere of Marx Reloaded. The first of six screenings will take place on Friday 10th February at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. Apart from the ICA - London's world famous arts venue located on The Mall - other screenings at selected UK cinemas are being organised.

In addition to the screenings themselves, a debate will take place at the ICA on 15th February involving Robin Blackburn, Paul Mason and Laurie Penny. More details will be published as we receive them.

Tickets can be purchased through the ICA website. 

If you are interested in organising a UK screening of the film at your university or college then contact us directly at the following email address: filmsnoirs (at) yahoo.fr.

Please note that all UK press and distribution enquiries should also be addressed to us here.

  

Blue or Red Pill? Marx Reloaded in Belgrade

The Serbian-language premiere of Marx Reloaded took place yesterday evening in Belgrade at the world-famous Center for Cultural Decontamination (CZKD). It was also the occasion for the first of a series of debates entitled “Blue or Red Pill?” in which prominent intellectuals, filmmakers and social commentators discuss the film’s themes and their social implications. Details of forthcoming debates in other European cities will be published soon.

 

Joining Jason Barker for last night’s debate was the acclaimed Serbian director Želimir Žilnik (pictured at the event, below), whose illustrious career spans more than 40 years and includes numerous prizes such as the Berlin Golden Bear, awarded in 1969 for his film Rani Radovi.

 

Predictably the screening itself was packed to the rafters. And the debate, moderated by Marxist sociologist Milan Rakita, generated some impassioned interventions, especially from Želimir Žilnik, who unfortunately had to leave before the end to catch his train. “That was one advantage under socialism,” he remarked as he put on his coat. “There were more trains.”

As usual our thanks to everyone involved and especially to CZKD for hosting the event.

Marx Reloaded in Lima: News from PUCP, Peru

The cinema was "packed to bursting" for the South American premiere of Marx Reloaded at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima. Congratulations to the organisers who reported "the most popular event in the history of the Social Sciences Faculty". After the projection several academics and commentators made interventions, including the Peruvian sociologist Guillermo Rochabrún. 

More information (in Spanish) can be found here:

http://erichluna.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/marx-reloaded-en-lima/

World Premiere - PUCP, Lima, 13 December 2011

The Spanish-language World Premiere of Marx Reloaded will take place at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) on Tuesday 13 December 2011 at 4pm. The director and co-producer of the film, Jason Barker, will join the event via satellite link.

On behalf of the producers and co-producers of the film we wish the university every success with this event.

More information can be found at the following facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/events/203947526353327/

If you are interested in organising a similiar event at your college or university, or a public screening, then contact us directly.

Marx Reloaded - La película en español

 

una película de Jason Barker

Producida por Medea Film - Irene Höfer 
en coproducción con Films Noirs para Arte/ZDF

Marx Reloaded es un documental cultural que examina de qué modo las ideas del filósofo y socialista alemán Karl Marx pueden ayudarnos a entender la crisis económica y financiera global del 2008-2009. Dicha crisis provocó la recesión global más profunda que se había visto en setenta años e hizo que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos invirtiera más de un trillón de dólares en salvar del colapso a su sistema bancario. Todavía hoy no sabemos hasta dónde llegarán las consecuencias de esta crisis en Europa y en el resto del mundo. Pero, ¿debemos aceptar esta crisis como un desafortunado efecto secundario del libre mercado? O ¿existe otra explicación de por qué sucedió lo que sucedió y de cuáles serán sus posibles efectos en nuestra sociedad, nuestra economía y nuestra forma de vida?

En este momento, una nueva generación de filósofos, artistas y activistas políticos, está retomando las ideas de Marx para tratar de entender la crisis y preguntarse si es posible concebir un mundo sin capitalismo, o más allá de éste. ¿Se puede leer la gravedad de la recesión como un signo de que los días del sistema capitalista están contados? Veinte años después de la caída del Muro de Berlín, ¿es posible que el comunismo sea la solución a los crecientes problemas económicos y medioambientales a los que se enfrenta el Planeta?

Escrita y dirigida por Jason Barker – un veterano escritor, profesor, traductor y doctor en Filosofía – Marx Reloaded incluye entrevistas con pensadores fundamentales del Marxismo, incluyendo algunos que han estado a la cabeza de una reavivación popular de las ideas marxistas y comunistas. La película también incluye entrevistas con algunos pensadores que se mantienen escépticos ante esta reavivación, así como escenas de animación más ligeras que muestran las aventuras de Marx a través de la matriz [matrix] de sus propias ideas.

Entre las personas entrevistadas se encuentran Norbert Bolz, Micha Brumlik, John Gray, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Nina Power, Jacques Rancière, Peter Sloterdijk, Alberto Toscano y Slavoj Zizek.

El DVD de Marx Reloaded (con subtítulos en español y nuevo material hasta ahora inédito) está ya a la venta para bibliotecas universitarias escribiendo a la siguiente dirección:

filmsnoirs@yahoo.fr

Marx Reloaded at Belgrade University Occupation

On 23 October, Marx Reloaded was screened at the student occupation of the Philosophy Faculty of Belgrade University. The screening took place as part of an alternative educational programme, organised by the students themselves, in which the film's director Jason Barker and several dozen students took part.

Below is a brief description of the occupation's objectives written by one of the participants:

It is a peaceful student takeover, until our demands are fulfilled. Our demands are based around ideas of free and affordable education for all, and against privatization of public services which education ought to be part of. During the occupation, students are organizing an alternative educational program that consists of lectures, movies, plays, debates, etc. in that way challenging the existing institutional practices.

The occupation began at the School of Philology by a decision of a student assembly called Plenum in which all students were called to take part 10 days ago. Meanwhile, it has spilled over to the School of Philosophy. At the moment we are struggling to spread our occupation to other schools as well.

This is the first time that this kind of opposition to the establishment occurred at our University since 2006. We also see our struggle connected to the similar events in the region, especially with the still ongoing students' protests at School of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb.

Occupation is an event that promotes the values of direct democracy as opposed to not only representative democracy of legal students' bodies, but also the oppressive administrative model of decision making in academia in general, equality as opposed to segregation produced by fees and taxes and credits, solidarity as opposed to application of cost-benefit analysis in our social lives.

News can be found at this Facebook page (only in Serbian unfortunately):
  
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000347097076