r e : a s s e m b l a g e c o l l e c t i v e

We are itinerant and intentional-- "reassembling" assumptions about artist film/video practices: who is shown and the forms of works championed.

AUDIENCE EMANCIPATED: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EMEK MOVIE THEATER / ÖZGÜRLEŞEN SEYIRCI: EMEK SINEMASı MÜCADELESI

Emek Bizim İstanbul Bizim Initiative
Turkey · 2016 · 48'00

Emek Bizim İstanbul Bizim is an initiative that was formed in 2010 to organize demonstrations and events against the demolition of Emek Movie Theater in Beyoglu, Istanbul. Since 2013, the initiative collected video and sound recordings of the demonstrations, made by activists and various filmmakers, which then turned into the documentary Audience Emancipated: The Struggle for the Emek Movie Theater [↗]

Originally screened at Trinity Square Video