Showing posts with label Revolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revolution. Show all posts

Monday, 2 December 2013

Eureka Day, 3 December - Geraldine Robertson gives insight into women and Eureka - Susan Kruss in Calico Ceilings expresses her respect for women at Eureka in history poetry, and drawings - and women are involved in M.A.D.E.



wmnsweb@iprimus.com.au


Dear All,

3rd December is the 159th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade

Are those of our foremothers who were on the goldfields to be remembered just as token 'them' who were 'assisted to find a job' as the Australian Government website on Eureka states?

Are not we 'the people' too?

I think it is outrageous, so have been busy compiling a response.
I hope you like and find good use for EUREKA? We Were There.
It is on a new page called Eureka on www.womensweb.com.au Eureka page.
I hope you have a joyful and relaxing holiday season,
Geraldine
'The peoples, as well as the Governments, have sown the wind of misunderstanding and of hate and are reaping the whirlwind ...
'We MUST not, DARE not, be idle.'
Woman Voter 18 December 1919
‘History will proclaim you false if you are silent now. “Come out and be separate” from all that makes for war.’
Woman Voter 29 September 1914
Geraldine Robertson
Tel: 03 9486 1808 Mobile: 0410 514 034
wmnsweb@iprimus.com.au
Women's Web - Women's Stories, Women's Actions www.womensweb.com.au
Prejudice and Reasonwww.prejudiceandreason.com.au
Women Working Together suffrage and onwardswww.womenworkingtogether.com.au
Vasculitis the Disease that Deceiveshttp://www.vasculitis.net.au
Betrayal women's paid work 1874-1974http://home.vicnet.net.au/~betrayal
Our Foremothershttp://home.vicnet.net.au/~mothers


Calico Ceilings by Susan Kruss
A wonderful look at women at Eureka
Beautifully illustrated.
Insightful poems.

Postscript:
Women are still at Eureka.

This year the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E.) opened in Ballarat on the historic Eureka site.  It is a wonderful small museum.  It is not limited to the Eureka story and the events surrounding Australia's famous rebellion.

As well as Eureka, M.A.D.E. also centres on social justice, democracy, and human rights which topics were seminal to the idea of the Eureka Rebellion even if they were not fully articulated at the time.  These ideas took hold in the Australian psyche through workers rights, universal suffrage, and a fair go for everyone.  And a woman is in charge at M.A.D.E.  



M.A.D.E Director Jane Smith interviews 
the M.A.D.E Project Director, Katherine Armstrong of Lateral Projects
and M.A.D.E Curator, Eithne Owens
on the thinking and process that led to the birth of Australia's newest museum.

Museum of Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E)
http://www.made.org

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka - M.A.D.E. : Human Rights Arts and Film Festival - Oct, Nov 2013

Australia's newest museum - M.A.D.E - launched 4 May! 

          


M.A.D.E for Movies


M.A.D.E and the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival present four award winning and thought provoking documentaries.

 

PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL  (72 minutes)

FRI 25th OCT 7.30pm
SUN 27th OCT 11.30am
SUN 3rd NOV 2pm



Director: Gini Reticker/ USA / 2008 / Documentary

Tribeca Film Festival ‐ Best Documentary Feature
  
Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country.

Thousands of women — ordinary mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, both Christian and Muslim — came together to pray for peace and then staged a silent protest outside of the Presidential Palace.

A story of sacrifice, unity and transcendence, Pray the Devil Back to Hell honours the strength and perseverance of the women of Liberia. Inspiring, uplifting, and most of all motivating, it is a compelling testimony of how grassroots activism can alter the history of nations.
Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uon9CcoHgwA


WORDS OF WITNESS (68 minutes)

SAT 26th OCT 7.30pm (one screening only)

We are pleased to announce this session will be introduction by
Ella McNeill - Director of Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. 




Director: Mai Iskander / Egypt and USA / 2012 / English and Arabic with English subtitles / Documentary

Berlinale, 2012, One World Film Festival, 2012 – Best of the Festival Jury Award

During the Egyptian uprising, social media was the weapon of choice for a new generation. In Words of Witness, filmmaker Mai Iskander follows Heba Afify, a budding online journalist reporting from the frontline of the revolution. Heba's attempts to report are continually compromised by the restrictions she faces as a young woman in Egyptian society – in particular, by her mother's incessant reminders that, whilst a journalist, she is above all 'a girl'. Exploring the personal and political in equal measure, Words of Witness is a timely glimpse into post-­revolution Egypt today.          
Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjgin_7xpb8

 

TAXI SISTER + RED WEDDING - 2 Documentaries combined as one session (1hr 45 including 15minute intermission)

SUN 27th OCT 1.30pm
SUN 27th OCT 5.00pm
FRI 1st NOV 7.30pm


TAXI SISTER (30 minutes)

 

Director: Theresa Traore Dahlberg / Senegal / 2011 / Wolof and French with English subtitles / Documentary
There are 15,000 taxi drivers in Senegal; only 15 of them are women. Taxi Sister follows one of them. As Boury speeds around Dakar transporting tourists and locals to their destinations, she must defend herself against the social taboos that define driving as a male profession. An energetic peek into urban West Africa, Taxi Sister revels in the solidarity of a small group of women as they accelerate change.
Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGf6pVRRui0


RED WEDDING (58 minutes)


Directors: Lida Chan & Guillaume Suon / Cambodia and France / 2012 / Khmer with English subtitles / Documentary


IDFA, 2012 – Winner Best Mid-­Length Documentary
Thirty years have passed, and on the eve of her son’s wedding, Sochan Pen is finally ready to break her silence. At the age of 16, she was forced to marry a soldier as part of Cambodia's genetic engineering. Juxtaposing haunting archival and present day footage as Sochan confronts the people responsible for her rape and torture, Red Wedding is a land mark exposition of forced marriages under the Khmer Rouge.

 Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBnePP31c04
 

Bookings Essential - 1800 287 113 or

http://made.org/WhatsOn/Events.aspx

Tickets $10 or Conc. $7 per session


M.A.D.E (Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka)
102 Stawell St South, Ballarat
Phone: 1800 287 113


info@made.org
http://www.made.org

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Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E) is Australia's newest museum. It is located on the site of the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, western Victoria. With the evocative 159-year-old Eureka Flag as its centrepiece, M.A.D.E’s interactive and immersive exhibitions will explore the evolution and the future of democracy – looking at culture, civics, history and citizenship.
For more information, visit our website www.made.org

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