O Mundo é Nossa: Social Change in Brazil


O Mundo é Nossa: Social Change in Brazil
Thursday, October 21, 2004
High School 1542 N milwaukee Ave. 3rd floor
7pm $5

As part of the Select Media Festival Vanderly Scarabelli of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), The Landless Worker's Movement of Brazil, will speak about his experiences fighting for agrarian reform in South America. Filmmakers Joe Lukey and Tom Janas will further explore the struggles for social change through the presentation of their documentary "Don't Steal Our Sun; You Already Own the Cage."

"Don't Steal Our Sun; You Already Own the Cage," is a documentary about people struggling for economic and political empowerment despite the difficult obstacles set before them due to profound inequalities that have plagued Brazil since colonization. Shot in 2003 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, birthplace of the MST, this documentary investigates Brazil's recent transition from dictatorship to democracy; the rise of the Workers Party to political power through
grassroots movements; the struggle of The Landless Worker's Movement for land and dignity; and the World Social Forum which declares "another world is possible."

Vanderly Scarabelli, member of the National Leadership Committee for the MST, has been active in the movement since 1992. Prior to his participation, Vanderly was involved with the social movements of the Comunidades Eclesiais de Base (base church communities ˆ CEBs) and
the Workers Party (PT), both of which have been crucial to establishing the foundation of what has become the largest social movement in Latin America.

Q & A will follow.