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The Art of Revolution by Emory Douglas

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on August 13, 2009

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solidarity_emory-douglas Check this owt PACIFIC SUPERHEROES find inspiration in the art of Emory Douglas who will be here for a artist residency at Auckland University!!! So check it out famz for some urban/political art exhibiting 21 August til 3 October at Gus Fisher Gallery. Mauri Ora

‘The former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party will deliver a series of public lectures and mount a solo exhibition when he visits New Zealand this month as the Elam International Artist in Residence at The University of Auckland.

Emory Douglas created the striking graphic images that came to represent the Black Panther Party in the 1960s, 70s and early 80s. The group was founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, and was one of the first organisations in US history to militantly struggle for ethnic minority and working class emancipation.

Symbolising the civil unrest of the times, Emory Douglas’ images were used to illustrate the Black Panther, the party’s weekly newspaper. Over the years, the Black Panther’s “Revolutionary Artist” made countless artworks, illustrations, and cartoons, which were reproduced in the paper and distributed as prints, posters, cards and sculptures.

Thanks in large part to Emory Douglas’ powerful visuals the Black Panther Party delivered a forceful message to a community ravaged by poverty, police brutality, and poor living conditions. The organisation was discontinued in the early 1980s.

Emory Douglas is today recognised as an artist in his own right, and his works have been mounted in solo exhibitions around the world and included in the 2008 Sydney Biennale. Currently, he has a major retrospective exhibit on display at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Art of Revolution by Emory Douglas’

‘Re-Presenting The Pacific’: Pacific Island Film Festival

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on July 9, 2008

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Here we go Pacific Superheroes the PACIFIC ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL in Hawaii Nei, O for Orsum!!! Chur thanks Louisa for the heads up, 275 special :).

‘The first annual Pacific Islands Film Festival at the Honolulu Design Center’s Cupola Theatre will showcase feature films, documentaries, and student short films from throughout the Pacific.

The Film Festival will take place from 6 - 9:15 p.m. nightly Friday, July 11th until Sunday, July 13th. The event is free and open to the public.

Throughout the three day festival, filmwork spanning the length and breadth of the Pacific will illustrate the diversity of Pacific island cultures. Organizers and filmmakers hope to engage audiences with thought-provoking films that offer insights into the lives of Pacific Islanders. Music, dance, and an after-film discussion are also part of the festival.

The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona college, in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Hawai`i and Pacific Islanders in Communications, presents Re-Presenting the Pacific: First Pacific Islands Film Festival’

11-13 July 2008
Honolulu Design Center, Cupola Theatre
All screenings are FREE and open to the public.
Friday, July 11

6:00 – 6:45 p.m.

Performances of music and dance

Manoa Voices, University of Hawai`i

Hula dancer, Ku`ulei Hazelwood
7:00 – 9:45 p.m.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Merata Mita, filmmaker and assistant professor at the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawai`i

Followed by screening of:

Hawaiian Footage from the PBI archive

16mm color footage of Oahu in the late 1930s filmed by a U.S. Navy aviator. (8 mins)

FEATURE: Naming Number 2 (93 mins)
Saturday, July 12

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

FEATURE: Morning Comes So Soon (85 mins)

followed by after-film discussion
noon–2:30 p.m.

DOCUMENTARY:

Le Afi Ua Mua: The Fire is Burning (57 mins)

Time and Tide (59 mins)
3:00-5:30 p.m.

DOCUMENTARY:

Tanim: A Tribal Struggle for Power (51 mins)

Breaking Bows and Arrows (52 mins)
6:00-7:45 p.m.

FEATURE: Samoan Wedding (97 mins)
8:15-9:30 p.m.

CELEBRITY NIGHT: Cliff Curtis (Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider), perhaps the bestknown actor from the Pacific: His life, his films . . . Cliff Curtis, in person
Sunday, July 13
12:30 -2:30 p.m.

DOCUMENTARY:

Made in Taiwan (45 mins)

Guarding the Family Silver (59 mins)
3:00-4:15 p.m.

DOCUMENTARY: The New Oceania: Albert

Wendt, writer (73 mins)
4:45-6:45 p.m.

STUDENTS’ SHORT FILMS:

These seven films from 2007 represent the rich and diverse range of Hawai`i based storytelling, from the students of the Academy for Creative Media,

University of Hawai`i. Followed by Q&A with filmmakers.
7:15-9:15 p.m.

DOCUMENTARY: Keepers of the Flame:

The Cultural Legacy of Three Hawaiian Women (59 mins)

Preceded by music and introduction by Eddie Kamae, Hawai`i’s Living Treasure
For detailed film schedule, visit here

Hello world!

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on May 5, 2008

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Welcome to Pacific Superheroes, media bandits in film and television with just enough pingers for a webhost and $0 for undies on the outside of our superhero tights … rough!

What up peoples! We will be posting profiles, stories, videos, pics on some interesting katz that have come our way. We think y’all are PACIFIC SUPERHEROES and hope this helps spread the word ‘pacific worldwide’ of all y’all super power specialties, talents and mastery in this world!!! Our links will give u a small glimpse into our creative mischief makings in film and television as we grow and reach out to the talent south auckland has, aotearoa has, and what the pacific has all in common with each other.

This is the next generation making its mark in mass media and superhero undies on 123 everywhere street (koze we effreewea).

Thats our gift to you all, while in the background we hope y’all be seeing our handy work up on local and international television networks and film festivals pacific worldwide. 1 Love Peoples!!!

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