Wednesday, September 24, 2008


If You ARe InTo
feminism, sexually liberated people, free spirits, bike lovers, movie junkies, art lovers, and everything else,


FNBKL
(Food Not Bombs KL)
They are a group of enthusiastic young people who come together every weekend to give free food to the street people. They collect the ingredients from various sources and gather at their house to prepare and cook the food before distributing it at Bukit Nanas every sunday. These young people come from all walks of life, different religious and cultural backgrounds.

They will be organizing a number of things this weekend, starting from friday evening actually. So get ready to crash and camp at rumah FNB!
So these are the things that they have planned.


Friday
Bicycle Workshop by Mario
They have a new friend, Mario who is in KL for short visit. he is from california and so happens that he has lots of experience in conducting community bicycle workshops. he really knows his stuff. so he will be sharing some of his experiences during this workshop and he will also be teaching and sharing some highly valuable bicycle knowledge with you. so bring along your bicycle(s) and tools.
the workshop starts at 6.30 pm.


Friday&Saturday
Feminist Movie Night
after the bicycle workshop, they will start with the movies. yay!
these are some of the movies/documentaries which will be screened on both friday and saturday evening.

a jihad for love (81 mins)
A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds directed by Parvez Sharma.
trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78jUBRio3So

incredibly true adventure of two girls in love (94 mins)
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance. the movie is written and directed by Maria Maggenti.

bandit queen (119 mins)film based upon the life of Phoolan Devi by Shekhar Kapur.

itty bitty titty committee (86 mins)
High School grad and all American gal, Anna finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

libertarias (125 mins)
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.


bread and roses (110 mins)
Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.

persepolis (96 mins)
Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
*the order will be decided on friday and saturday.
the only way to find out which movie/docu will go first is to come and watch it.
bring your movies or docus on feminism or sexuality, will show it if they look more interesting. movies will start at 8 on friday and 4 on saturday.
Friday&SaturdayMural painting/wall scribbling/art making/spray painting/conteng-conteng
if you can draw a line, then you are qualified for this. we have lots of plain bland cream walls, so wanna make it pretty and colourful and artsy. so bring your paints, spray cans or whatever to help "decorate". no exact time. whenever you feel it!


Sunday Tabling thats a new term for serving.
they will start cooking at around 2ish at the house. feel free to join us. help chop, cook, clean, and make noise. since we will be hanging around at the house watching movie and stuff, feel free to bring along food so that it can be shared with everyone. potluck.
so they hope to see you at the house this friday, saturday, and sunday. if you need more info, you can email FOOD NOT BOMBS KL" free_foods@yahoo.com


or call the house, 03 7955 094.


They hope to see you!please help to disseminate. thank you.

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