www.REVOLUTIONinREVERSE.com That's the first episode of the REVOLUTION in REVERSE Trilogy: Three long documentaries (that will be possible to watch in line as a single one) and a documentary series connected to a web project to follow a unic speech that moves around the world REVOLUTION in REVERSE ep1_ DEBT& WORK: the New Colonialism REVOLUTION in REVERSE ep2_ CONTROL: A Violent System Closes the Imagination REVOLUTION in REVERSE ep3_ ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: examples of alternative societies -------- REVOLUTION in REVERSE (ep1) DEBT& WORK: The New Colonialism (I) An innovative analysis of the current worldwide crisis/revolts/financial systems, built with alternating materials from the ground and intellectual reflections. ------------- Genre Documentary Duration 78 min Format HDV1080i Language spoken: English most, Italian, spanish Filming locations USA – Italy – Guinea Conakry – Spain – Egypt Subtitle: Italian, English (waiting for other languages) Year of production 2014 Produced, directed, shot, edited: by Chiara Cavallazzi SYNOPSIS ¬Following the pacific and extravagant “Occupy Wall Street” movement in New York and its fight for social justice, is the beginning to go into the US current situation through the main controversial aspects of its society (work, corporations, elections, debt, laws, control, privacy…). The film will gradually be extended to a global level and with an alternate editing of original shoots taken in Egypt, Italy, Guinea Conakry, Spain, USA we’ll move through the worldwide revolts to explore the history of debt, revolts and financial system controls. David Greaber (esteemed anthropologist, academic and writer) will lead us through this complex process to watch the reality with a vision that not only moves between the past and the present time, but also reveals the subtended connections between populations, nations, systems that are commonly considered very far for culture, geographical space and historical period. And we discover that the speech about the Global South debt made by Thomas Sankara (President of Burkina Faso 1983/1987, Pan-Africanist theorist, charismatic figure of revolution) in 1987, seems to be referred to Western World‘s current financial system: Debt as the New Colonialism PREMIERE SCREENING "Rio de Janeiro Internationa Film Festival" - oct 2014 http://www.festivaldorio.com.br DIRECTOR’S NOTES: REVOLUTION in REVERSE is the natural continuation of my previous long documentary: “CHANGEMENT: History Through Guineans’ Eyes” that follows 4 years of the socio-political history of Guinea’s Republic starting from the biggest revolt of the population against the military regime in 2007 . The whole experience pointed out that, despite the first impressions, there were many cultural/social/political similarities between my Country (Italy) with one of the poorest Country in the world, and left me with the conviction that, to obtain the change that guineans wished, it was necessary a deep change at the heart of the global system. But how to change it? In which direction? With which actions? To find a possible reply to these questions, in 2012 I went in New York to meet the anthropologist activist David Graeber and to experience firsthand the direct democracy practiced by the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The project, that at the beginning wanted to be only about the direct democracy issue, became bigger and bigger meanwhile I added new connections to the others yet created in my past. At one point, for me it was like if every new voice I was hearing, was part of a global single voice, that was telling me the same history from different part of the world and in different historical periods .... And I started to put together the common points... That’s how the movie crossed the US borders and took an international shape that makes different cultures talk together and collect details of small realities to insert them in the wide global mosaic CREDITs: Produced Directed Shot Edited by Chiara Cavallazzi Picture/Videos from Egypt by courtesy of Bruno Zanzottera Videos from Spain by courtesy of Michele Sforza Picture from Occupy London by courtesy of “Conskeptical” Original Sound Tracks "Commie” by EON - “Dis-harmonic” by Piermarco Lunghi/Luca Scotti Sound Tracks “Once Again” by HangMassive - “Silbra” by Leonardo Trincabelli - “Introspection” Rafael Sotomayor/TheArtOfFusion - “Erika” by Edoardo Striani Audio Mix: Valerio Palermo Color Correctiomn: Francesco Collinelli

• published: 17 Sep 2014
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