Masked Mexico in the Age of Anxiety: Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Greg Berger Filmmaker Greg Berger will present and discuss his new films: Amor en Tiempos de Influenza (Love in Times of Influenza), 15 minutes Written, shot, and edited in the heat Mexico’s 2009 swine flu scare, this fictionalized documentary combines historical narrative and absurdist Mexico City street theatre to unmask the political interests behind Mexico’s flu scare, particularly the role that U.S. agribusiness corporation Smithfield Foods may have played in the mutation of the H1N1 virus. La Rebeldia Bajo Sitio (Rebellion Under Seige), 35 minutes In Mexico’s Chiapas State, indigenous farmers are being beaten, shot and imprisoned by armed thugs and their government supporters, after years of relative calm in the region. Most of the victims are civilian supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. Commissioned by Venezuelan television network TeleSUR, this documentary discusses the connections between the U.S.-funded drug war and the return of paramilitary violence to Chiapas. Wednesday, November 18th, 2009. 6:30pm California Institute of Integral Studies, Room 308 (3rd Floor) 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Hosted by the Social and Cultural Anthropology Department. This event is free, wheelchair accessible, and open to the Public. About the filmmaker: Greg Berger, known also as “Gringoyo”, is a Mexico based filmmaker, journalist, Professor of Film at the Art Department of the Universitat Autònoma del<http://www.uab.cat/english/> Estado de Morelos, and self-proclaimed “revolutionary tourist”. His work has been screened at museums, galleries, and town squares on five continents, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, and the Mexico City Zocalo. For two years he has been a television segment producer for the Caracas based network TeleSUR. For more information contact: Annie Paradise 415.575.6249 aparadise@ciis.edu<mailto:aparadise@ciis.edu> ---- Annie Paradise Program Coordinator, Social and Cultural Anthropology California Institute of Integral Studies 1453 Mission Street San Francisco, California 94103 Phone: 415 575 6249 Email: aparadise@ciis.edu