White Light (2019)
Feature Documentary (Director: George Gittoes)
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre presents
White Light (2019)
In association with the new exhibition George Gittoes: on being there, Casula Powershouse Arts Centre will be screening ‘Love City Jalalabad’ (2013) and ‘White Light’ (2019), two key films to the career of George Gittoes.
SYNOPSIS
After a career spent documenting war zones, George Gittoes (Soundtrack to War 2005, Snow Monkey 2015) travels to the south side of Chicago, a neighbourhood under siege from gun violence.
In Englewood, statistics on gun violence are higher than any active armed conflict, leading locals to dub the area ‘Chi-Raq’. In this urban war zone, young people are the frequent targets, decimating families and fracturing the community. Installing himself within a local gang, Gittoes traces how racial segregation, high unemployment and ready access to firearms combine to contribute to a cycle of gun crime. Rather than surrender to violence, however, shooting survivors and community leaders hope to turn the tide through music and local collective action.
DATE Saturday 29th May
TIME 7:30pm
AGES 15+
COST Free
LOCATION Theatre
CAPACITY 121
Image credit: Art work by George Gittoes
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