Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion – Film Screening

You are invited to an upcoming film screening on Wednesday, September 13th at 5:30pm.  The Department of Sociology will be partnering with Anakbayan Long Beach, a youth and student organization in Long Beach, to screen Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion. There will be a Q&A with the director of the film, Steven De Castro, after the screening. This event is sponsored by the CLA-Scholarly Intersections Grant.

Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion, takes the audience deep into the heart of the Philippines to meet the New Peoples Army, a Maoist guerrilla army composed by peasants and farmers fighting for their freedom from domestic and foreign domination. Part documentary, part video game, this groundbreaking film pushes the boundaries of traditional storytelling and offers a deeply immersive look at one of the world’s most inspiring revolutionary movements.