***please forward widely***

Beyond Elections:
Redefining Democracy in the Americas
 
Film screening and Report-back with
Filmmakers, Michael Fox and Silvia Leindecker and
Activist, Carlos Martinez
 
From Venezuela's Communal Councils, to Brazil's Participatory Budgeting, from Constitutional Assemblies to grassroots movements, recuperated factories to cooperatives across the hemisphere.
 
This documentary is a journey, which takes us across the Americas, to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is Democracy?
 
Monday, September 29th, 2008
7:00 pm
 
At Global Exchange
2017 Mission St.
San Francisco, California
 
Sílvia Leindecker is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker, philosopher and independent photographer.  
 
Michael Fox is a freelance journalist, translator, reporter and documentary filmmaker based in South America.
 
Carlos Martinez will be joining them in the panel following the film. Carlos is the Global Exchange Venezuela Program Director and has been living in Venezuela for the past year.


**Visit www.beyondelections.com for more information**


Co-sponsors: Global Exchange, Center for Political Education, & Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC)