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Thursday, May 28, 2009 

Category: News and Politics

The Rebel Diaz Arts Collective Film Festival.....

Friday May 29th- Weds, June 3rd.....2009

 all movies are free! free! and  mo free!!!

ALL MOVIES WILL BE SHOWN HERE!!!!

478 Austin Place 2nd floor

Bronx, NY

6 train to 149th....

 

Friday, May 29th, 2009

8pm - 11pm....

World Premiere!!!! U.S. Premiere!!!!

The Chicago Conspiracy


Directed By Subversive Action Films

The Chicago Conspiracy is a documentary three years in the making. The project was filmed in Chile, and the story extends into the Mapuche indigenous lands of Wallmapu. The concept for the film was born with the death of a former military dictator. We celebrated in the streets of Santiago with thousands of people after hearing the news: General Augusto Pinochet was dead. His regime murdered thousands and tortured tens of thousands after the military coup on September 11, 1973. We celebrated both his death and the implication that the political and economic system which put him in power might itself be mortal. We began this documentary with the death of a dictator, but we continue with the legacy of a dictatorship.

The Chicago Conspiracy takes its name from the approximately 25 Chilean economists who attended the University of Chicago and other prestigious universities beginning in the 1960s to study under the neoliberal economists Milton Friedman and Arnold Harberger. After embracing Friedman’s neoliberal ideas, these economists returned to assist Pinochet’s military regime in imposing free market policies. They privatized nearly every aspect of society, and Chile soon became a classic example of free market capitalism under the barrel of a gun.

 Ingles: http://www.subversiveactionfilms.org/the-chicago-conspiracy/

Español: http://www.subversiveactionfilms.org/es/the-chicago-conspiracy/

 

Panel After Screening w/  Director and MIR members and torture survivors Victor Toro and Mario Venegas, and Nieves Ayress

 

Hosted by RodStarz

 

 

 

 

Saturday May 30th, 2009

5pm



Bring the kids out!!!! We have met way too many kids  and teens on our block who have not seen this. This is for them to learn and see what it was like!


Style Wars.

A documentary of New York graffiti circa 1983. Presented by Tony Silver & Henry Chalfant. A production of (c) 1983 Public Art Films Inc. (a non-proffit organization), all rights reserved.

5 PM.....free ice cream!!!!!!!

 

Hosted by Chris Diaz

 

 

Sunday May 31st, 2009

5pm to 7pm

 World Premiere!!

Leader: The Legacy of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King

Directed by David " Drizz" Rodriguez


 


What is the state of Black Leadership today?  
Since the election of the first Black president in America, some feel that issues affecting the Black community are being pushed aside.  Leader looks into the lives, legacy and relevance of the messages of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Hip Hop artists Hasan Salaam, M-1 of Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, Amanda Diva, reggae artist Shaggy, Sekou and community activists examine their approach to the prison system, police brutality, war, civil rights, politics and economics.  Leader is a call to action to address the problems that affecting our communities today.
 
Executive Producer David "Drizz" Rodriguez

 

 

 

Peep the Trailer!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZlveAq9kJk&feature=channel_page


Live performance by Hasan Salaam......following the movie and discussion with director David " Drizz" Rodriguez

 

Hosted by Hipnotic

 

 

 Monday, June 1st, 2009

A ALIKES AND INVINCIBLE: 

2 Short videos, The Ballot or the Bullet and LIVE SHOWS FOLLOWING!!!!!!

7pm to 1130pm.......


730PM..

DETROIT MC...INVINCIBLE PRESENTS:


PEOPLE NOT PLACES AND LOCUSTS





People Not Places (Detroit/Palestine, May 2009, 6 min) Directed by Iqaa the Olivetone, Produced by EMERGENCE Media
This Music-Video is based on the song of the same name by Invincible featuring, Abeer and Suhell Nafar (DAM) which takes the listener on a journey through a "birthright" tour of Israel where the buried Palestinian significance of each location comes to light. The film exposes the process of historic and continued colonization of Palestine as being even deeper than land seizure and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but one that is invested in erasing the indigenous language, culture, and memory.


Locusts (Detroit, 2008, 11:27 min) Directed by Iqaa the Olivetone Produced by EMERGENCE Media
Detroit-based Hip-Hop artists, Invincible and Finale, rhyme about how short-term profit-driven urban development schemes displace communities in their city. Through music, lyrics, and interviews with youth and community activists, including Grace Lee Boggs, Jessica Care Moore, and others, this groundbreaking documentary/music video offers alternative forms of economic development that engages communities and prioritizes the health and well-being of inner city neighborhoods.



A ALIKES: THE BALLOT OR THE BULLET

830pm



A-Alikes film "The Ballot or the Bullet" produced by Paul Biedrzycki  

Follows the NY rap group  A-Alikes over the course of the three months leading up to the 2008 Presidential Election. While each political party has built their platform on the theme of "change", A-Alikes specifically address what type of change individuals want to see in America. A-Alikes speak with figures such as Chuck D, Joy Bryant, Rosa Clemente, M1, Umi, and Immortal Technique, asking the question, "How do oppressed people gain freedom: through participation in the political system or through armed rebellion? 


Their lead single, "No Savior" delivers a different perspective to the current political structure, focusing more on self-empowerment versus the worship of political figures or historical icons.


TRAILER:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5XZntJ4gNA

 


 

PANEL AND LIVE PERFORMANCES!!!

by Invincible and A Alikes following the screenings!!!!

Hosted by Lah Tere


 


 

Tuesday June 2nd, 8-11pm....

 

Estilo Hip Hop

Directed by Vee Bravo and Loira Limbal



 

 

 

Estilo Hip Hop is a feature length documentary that chronicles the trials and tribulations of three hip hop activists from Chile, Brazil, and Cuba who firmly believe that hip hop can change the world. As we delve into the lives of Guerrillero Okulto, Eli Efi, and Magia, we learn how each of them became leaders of social justice struggles responsible for mobilizing young people to become politically active. However, the personal issues affecting the three protagonists prove to be as overwhelming as the challenges posed by their political work. As the stakes assume a greater risk, Guerrillero, Eli Efi, and Magia have to make life-altering decisions that ultimately impact the course of their lives and that of the hip hop movement.

 Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNM76ktJD90

 

Hosted by G1

Q and A session with Director Vee Bravo and

live performance by Eli Efi following the screening...

 



 


Wednesday, June 3rd....2009

8pm-11pm...


Justifiable Homicide directed by Jon Osman and Jonathan Stack, US, 2001

discussion following afterwards with Margarita Rosario, mother of Anthony Rosario




Justifiable Homicide is a feature documentary based on the brutal murder of two Puerto Rican young men Antonio Rosario and Hilton Vega who were shot by two NYPD detectives in the Bronx in early 1995. One of the detectives was Mayer Giuliani's former body guard. The story follows Margarita Rosario, as she transforms from a mourning mother and Aunt to a powerful community activist, questioning the police officers' actions and raising the possibility of a cover-up. 
A police inquiry affirmed the detectives' claims: that Rosario and Vega and third accomplice Freddie Bonilla (who survived the shooting) were shot while perpetrating an armed robbery. According to the report, the detectives opened fire in self-defense after the alleged robbers instigated a shoot-out. As far as the NYPD was concerned, the incident was over. Case closed, justifiable homicide. 
Margarita Rosario, doubting the police version and realizing that one of the detectives who shot her son served as Mayor Giuliani's body guard in 1993, seeks help from the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), and independent city agency whose responsibility is to serve as watchdog over the NYPD. After a lengthy invesstigation, the CCRB report affirmed that the two detectives used excessive and unnecessary force. The City's response? The CCRB director along with the lead investigators are forced to resign. 
An independent Pathologist hired by the Margarita Rosaio also counters the police version, demonstrating that all the shots struck the victims in their backs as they lay prone on the floor and not from the front as th City Medical Examiner's and the police had claimed. 
With a legal system unwilling to address these profound inaccuracies, Margarita takes her anger to the streets, organizing protests and rallies. She soon realizes that there are many others who have lost family members to police action. Margarita responds by organizing Parents Against Police Brutality, to unify their struggle against a that sems to be stacked against them. 
Margarita's words still echo loud, "I can not bring my son back but I can work to prevent other parents from suffering a similar loss".

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Monday, April 17, 2006 

Current mood:Gangsta
First of All...
Blessings to All...
2006 has gotten off to a crazy start...and already we are in April..the weather is getting nice, the viejos are out playing dominoes again, the ice cream truck is rolling around again, the government is fucking with the immigrants, white people are wearing shorts and seeming sad that Dave Chappelle broke up with them, the Bulls are back in the playoffs and the pigs are starting to come out in bunches..especially in Harlem where gentrification got the hungry and the well fed sharing a space thats too small and rent is too high, where confused caucasians are clinging on to their ipods and blackberries...and the media described "pack" of thugs across the street got your sorry ass shook... all the MTA workers are pissed cuz their contract still sucks and the trains aint running express!...my green card expires next year and as my British passport disintegrates from all the stamps ive gotten on it from my various failed escape attempts...im going on a Back Home to Chicago Tour. My sister Lah Tere moved out here to New York and the crew was back together again. "Otro Guerillero Mas" came to be amidst this historical time of resistance. Who is Rebel Diaz? Thats what Im trying to find out. But we'll get back to that. Trust Me. So heres the deal.. the April 10th March out here was full of vote hungry, posing, fake me out Democrats on a stage with fake smiles on their faces. It seemed like a Parade. How do you have 300,000 people come out and have one arrest? Cmon. The police had that shit on lock and Hillary Clinton was on the stage talkin bout Si Se Puede. Anthony Weiner. Wiener? Exactly. His staff lady asked us to give him one of our "Ilegal y Que" shirts...she was like, "trust me, this will be good for you" so after a swift invitation to the Mar De FahqJu Cruise, or a trip to the Wontchbeatit? Express, she got the point and walked away defeated.Can you believe that? Anthony Wiener saw the hood backstage and wanted to put on a shirt over his shiny suit. Wontcha Ride Out and Beat It was the response!!! We finally got a chance to rock, and on some real shit...the peoples energy was felt, you could tell they were sick of the false people, the people rocked with us, Sister Lah Tere blew the crowd away as the live band joined in....for five even six blocks away it was a sea of people. El Pueblo Sabe. Lets take the streets yall. Seriously though. How the fuck we protesting border issues enclosed by some rails? May 1st. Lets close this bitch down! Point blank. No immigrants. Nobody buys shit. Turn off your television. Chill with the loved ones. Build. Listen to each Other.Go to Union Square and join Us. Hip Hop.All of You.!! Hip Hop. I invite You!!. Lets Make Music that Day. May 1st. Un Dia Sin Imigrantes. We are all in this together. Mumias been locked up for 25 years, Filberto Ojeda Rios got killed..He was 74 and they came at him with a S.W.A.T Team!!! Hugo Chavez is bringing oil to the Bronx!! these are historic moments...the youth are taking the streets in L.A., Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, The Bay Area, and New York....We are witnessing the largest movements in history. April 29th, lets protest this War...May 1st We shut it Down. I Invite You. Chicago!!! We coming Home Baby! One week.....The Who is Rebel Diaz Tour? Hasan Salaam and HiCOUP will be joining us. Grassroots Artist MovEment. Watch for the R.E.B.E.L Program. Teaching the youth that political education. each one teach one!
Movimiento La Pena is Back. We will be Inaugurating it May 7th.
More info....coming soon!!
And by the way...Who You Calling an Alien Pilgrim???
One.
Rodstarz
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Friday, February 17, 2006 

Current mood:  cynical
Category: News and Politics
Have you heard the story of Eric Hernandez, the police
officer that was recently shot and killed by another
police officer in the Bronx?  What would have happened had he
been a white police officer?  If it was a white man,
holding a gun to the head of a black teenager in the
Bronx, they would have assumed he was a cop, based on
the realities that there arent too many white people
in East Tremont who aren't cops. But what the other cop saw was a young latino in a violent situation. The young men shown
on camera beating him up are being demonized by the press
and the police. While they were wrong, they didnt kill
that man. Three bullets from another NYPD officer
killed him. Our perspective is that Eric Hernandez
shouldve never been a cop. When he got killed, his own
teammates, another Latino trained by the Police to
follow procedure shot him dead. How many of us go to
Iraq and die? How many young Latinos and Blacks get
killed on the frontlines? There's been a sharp
increase in the percentage of Latinos joining the
police force. The NYPD recruits with some of the same
incentives that the armed forces do. In a city, where
education opportunities are scarce and unemployment is
high, joining the NYPD for many of our young people
becomes an obvious choice. Meanwhile the news showed yesterday that some rookie cops are getting food stamps cuz the pay is so low. As we see the government dividing and conquering our communities, it
is our people who suffer.
We did a song for Eric Hernandez...we hope it brings
light to these issues.
"Hijo, del barrio".... RodStarz and The Welfare Poets.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2005 

Current mood:  rejuvenated
Report from the Bronx:
 
We showed up at The Point at like 9am......and waited for Chavez to show up. The Point is a small spot and there was about 15 community organizations there. I went there with no idea what exactly was going down. All I knew was that we had to set up a table or display of the organizing work we do at Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice. So here we are, like everyone else in the courtyard of The Point, feeling a little tense because of all the FBI that was around and all the press. There was more press than community folks, there was local, national and international up in there. The atmosphere got a bit more relaxed when my brothers the Welfare Poets started playing some music. So Chavez and Congressman Jose Serrano come in and theyre mobbed by the Press. He then took like 10 minutes with each community group. I was impressed that he took the time to talk to every group there. He asked everyone their names and seemed genuinely interested in each organization. When he came to our table, I was real relaxed. The first thing he did was ask me about my MIR shirt. MIR stands for Leftist Revolutionary Movement, which was a militant/guerilla group my father was a member
of in Chile in the 70s. I think right off top cuz of the shirt, Chavez knew he was dealing with someone that had their life dedicated to this. He said Viva Chile and Viva Allende! I had lots of flyers of events we do, and he asked about some of the Hip Hop work we do, I told him Hip Hop started in the area he was visiting and he seemed to be surprised as if perhaps he learned something new. He was mad open off of our Environmental Justice campaign that we do around cleaning up the Bronx River. He then brought over Felix Rodriguez, the President and CEO of Citgo and promised to fly us out to Venezuela to meet with him and figure out how he can help in strategizing the clean up of the Bronx River. He said Citgo would fund us. Citgo is Venezuelan owned and the third largest oil company in the world. I think it has to be capitalist to survive in the markets, but having the third largest oil comapny on your side cant be a bad thing. He spent mad time at our table, I would say about 25 minutes. We all then went to see him speak at L.P.A.C. in the Bronx...He started off his speech by saying it was an honor to be in The Bronx, the home of the Yankees and the place where he had learned that Hip Hop started. He then said" Hugo Chavez is Hip Hop. Yo soy hip hop." The crowd laughed and then he said.."im serious, i had a big ole afro when I was younger and my close frends called my Goofy, cuz i was skinny and i got big feet." His speech was not mainstream or middle ground at all. He made open calls for socialism, he openly blasted the war and touched on Katrina, and spoke of how Cuba evacuated 2.1 million people and the U.S. couldnt do the same for its people., he said "capitalism is the root of all evil" Which is the truth!!!!
He did say sumthin about George Washington, but this was on almost his third hr. of talking and I suffer from severe A.D.D. and by this time i wasnt as attentive a listener as i was in the beginning. He touched on the Bronx River work we do like 6 times, so I guess he might be serious. He said he has a dream to come back here and bathe in the river. I thought the speech was real dope....nuthin bout no JFK and nuthin at all conservative.....matter fact quite the opposite, he was talking bout bringing oil to the Bronx without a middleman....straight to the masses....Hope its not just talk...
i think people were really happy to have him here cuz of what he means to Latin America and even the rest of the world......
He openly defys the US government.....
he has oil, which is power...
he has built a strong alliance with Cuba...
he has brought hope back to a region that has been severly attacked and defeated throughout history...
Latin America may very well be the new middle east...in the sense that the US is very scared of the "turmoil" Chavez is creating...
they say he is a threat to the region.....and i think theyre right...a threat to poverty, to unemployment, to injustice.....
viva chavez!!!
long live the bolivarian revolution!!!
sorry so long....
just thoughts...
respect...
rodstarz
Currently listening:
Late Registration
By Kanye West
Release date: 30 August, 2005
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005 

Current mood:  excited

My brother just called me to tell me my second niece, Isabella maria venegas ramirez was born...

she was a tiny baby weighing 7 pounds......

More than anything it puts my life in perspective....

im getting older, more responsibility, more accomplishments that go along with more work....Im feeling good...

Happy for my bro and happy that new life has been brought into my family...Anybody that knows me well, knows that my family is the most important thing in the world.......especially in our family, we look at the next generations as the ones who will continue the ideals and messages of the struggles of the past....

my bro is creating his own lil Adelita army at home..thats wassup!!!

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Wednesday, June 08, 2005 

Current mood:  determined

Today is a new day for me....

a new beginning...........

I guess I've had my heart and mind focused on the wrong things for a lil bit now....and its time to get this music thing going....

I'm going to be on this televison show called Nueva Estrella......

it's funny cuz it's this American Idol type show, but for Univision and CBS....its pretty dope cuz they'll be showing the semi-finals and finals at the same time...on Spanish tv and on Gringo tv....

another thing is that amongst the guys I am the only MC...

there's two reggaeton groups....but the rest of the dudes are all Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin type dudes.......

so i really didnt fit in...

as far as the women contestants...

WOW!

its like you gotta be fine to be in the competition......

So yeah...they are also making it into a reality show for Univision....

so hopefully it goes well......

it doesnt air until October...:)

wish me luck!

rodstarz

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Monday, May 23, 2005 

Current mood:  cheerful
Sundays are usually time to reflect and plan. reflect on the wildness of your weekend and then plan on how to have a productive week........so that you can party your ass off next weekend all over again. Today a racist old white man in Times Square called me a "spic" under his breath cuz i guess i got in his way.... I turned around and said "what the fuck did you say?" He said, " I told you to get out of my way." My boy Camachito's cousin who was visiitng from Philly.... said " you called him a spic, liar..." and then proceeded to give him a super soccer kick in his ass... the old man stumbled and yelled "get the fuck outta my country....you fuckin&*^$$..@@" we laughed it off and went to ESPN zone. morale of the story: dont call me a spic and you wont get your ass kicked.....
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Thursday, May 19, 2005 

Current mood:  accomplished
Okay....so i've been thinking about posting a blog for a minute but I just never seem to get to it.... so whats been going on?? Well I've been living in New York now for 9 months and mad shit has happened... I havent had as many shows as ive wanted which has led me to holing myself up in the studio and really getting to work... I dropped my first Spanish mixtape.....desde el Lago hasta el Mar Volume 1 hosted by Chilean revolutionary Victor Toro The english mixtape is coming out soon...keep your eyes and ears open RodStarz: A Day Late and a Dollar Short....coming soon, plus special guests. I went to Miami and Chile and did mad promotional work..... trying to push myself.. ive come to the realization that i gotta do me....so if you aint down to get on this ship...it will leave. so far i got a music video done in chile/ that i gotta finish up in chicago this summer for .....desde el lago hasta el mar shot in the poorest poblaciones in Chile, this video is gonna be off the wall...especially when you see it in comparison to the Chicago shots.... i got the chance to perform in Cali twice...Hip Hop in the Park in berkeley and this theater in hollywood...i forgot the name... what else?? i finally got to work with J.U.I.C.E...and it's funny it happened, while im living in New York....i guess thats chicago for ya . out here ive met mad cool peeps: Vee Bravo, editor in chief of FUEGO magazine.... pick that up!!!! Out now!!!! and director of our video! also a mentor in many ways.... Zekis......... the dopest chilean graf artist and one of the best in the world! a good friend also.. got recontacted with my Block McCloud and through him met some nasty emcees: pumpkinhead, archrival, icon, j.sinnastah, will tell, jah, a.b, jean grae, pack fm, breez evaflowin.... met evil dee from black moon, who hooked us up with mad drink tickets at Joes, which was double the drinks for my crew cuz i dont drink. good lookin evil dee!! met jose ground and benny blanqs....good friends and talented producers... as far as romance goes......ive realized im addicted to this music... new york city is a great palce for eye candy...especially now that its getting warm.... but when you work all day and have this insatiable drive to get your music heard and make your dreams come true...its hard to really meet someone...and take the time to get to know them..... so im married to the music... i love where i work. im a youth organizer in the Bronx. right across the street from where hip hop started, in the Bronx River projects, at a spot called Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice. everyday i wake up cuz i know i got 10 teenagers that are like sponges absorbing all the knowledge i can share with them.... i dont give a fuck if i never "make it: but i know that if i make a difference in these kids lives...im already making it..... word.... its a nice day, im feeling good....plus im gonna write for Flypaper back home.... how new yorkers would say: das wassup! peace. and lets end this dumb ass war already p.s. whos coming with me to the 16th World Youth Festival in Venezuela this summer????
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