Here’s two videos that I shot last week in LA; Charlie and Adrian talk about getting shot by the cops and show their wounds.
LAPD arrest of Occupy LA “chalkers” is part ongoing suppression campaign that has been escalating since the onset of the 6 week old, nightly CCA protest in downtown Los Angeles.
Police arrested Occupiers at downtown LA Thursday, August 9. The crowd on the street for ArtWalk reacted, threw bottles and called out the cops. The reacted and brought out the shotguns.
Anthony’s incarceration is part of a larger pattern of suppression by the LAPD. 11 people from Occupy LA have been arrested recently for chalking; writing on walls and sidewalks with chalk. They’re handcuffed and arrested. One arrestee was a 70 year old Korean man. Another was a 20-something woman who chalked “really really free food lol” with an arrow pointing to a small food table. Do we really have space in LA jails and courts for this kind of costly suppression? You can contribute to Anthony’s bail fund here:
This is Part-5 of the series; The Game is On. It examines the future of the movement in Los Angeles and beyond.
I spent 7 weeks in a tent at City Hall shooting a doc series as the ideological mercury congealed on the steps of just outside the Mayor’s office attracting an endless chorus of relevant causes. OCCUPY LA: Scenes From The New Revolutionis a 5-part series that digs deep into the meaning of the movement through the voice of the people were there.
Shortly after the end of the physical Occupation at City Hall the beginning of the next phase of the people’s movement ensued, beyond the chaos that always precedes order. The largely dismissed, mostly misinterpreted orphan child of the Occupy Movement in Los Angeles became the largest and one of the longest standing major US Occupations.
Sam Slovick, whose research into Occupy Wall Street led to his living in a tent at City Hall in Los Angeles alongside the 99% Movement for the better part of two months.
Slovick accessed Occupy Los Angeles at ground level, illuminating stories and faces that were either overlooked or misrepresented by the mainstream media. Told from the epicenter of the year’s biggest story, Slovick articulates the global movement through interviews with its activests, footage from the inner sanctum, and stories from its foot soldiers, bringing the sometimes chaotic picture of Occupy Wall Street in Los Angeles into focus.
Scenes From The New Revolution was produced with the help of Slake, a highly-acclaimed literary journal based in Los Angeles. A companion piece to the series will appear in the journal’s fourth issue.
Part-4 of the series, The Eviction takes you to the front line of the class American class war as Occupy LA is confronted by an extreme show of force by law enforcement as the second American Revolution played out at City Hall in Los Angeles.
I spent 7 weeks in a tent at City Hall shooting a doc series as the ideological mercury congealed on the steps of just outside the Mayor’s office attracting an endless chorus of relevant causes. OCCUPY LA: Scenes From The New Revolutionis a 5-part series that digs deep into the meaning of the movement through the voice of the people were there.
Shortly after the end of the physical Occupation at City Hall the beginning of the next phase of the people’s movement ensued, beyond the chaos that always precedes order. The largely dismissed, mostly misinterpreted orphan child of the Occupy Movement in Los Angeles became the largest and one of the longest standing major US Occupations.
Sam Slovick, whose research into Occupy Wall Street led to his living in a tent at City Hall in Los Angeles alongside the 99% Movement for the better part of two months.
Slovick accessed Occupy Los Angeles at ground level, illuminating stories and faces that were either overlooked or misrepresented by the mainstream media. Told from the epicenter of the year’s biggest story, Slovick articulates the global movement through interviews with its activests, footage from the inner sanctum, and stories from its foot soldiers, bringing the sometimes chaotic picture of Occupy Wall Street in Los Angeles into focus.
Scenes From The New Revolution was produced with the help of Slake, a highly-acclaimed literary journal based in Los Angeles. A companion piece to the series will appear in the journal’s fourth issue.
Part-3 of the series, The Movement of Many Leaderstakes you close up with some of the leaders in the movement of many leaders at Occupy LA. Julia Wallace, Elise Whitaker, Mario Brito and others emerged at the forefront of the class war as the second American Revolution played out at City Hall in Los Angeles.
I spent 7 weeks in a tent at City Hall shooting a doc series as the ideological mercury congealed on the steps of just outside the Mayor’s office attracting an endless chorus of relevant causes. OCCUPY LA: Scenes From The New Revolutionis a 5-part series that digs deep into the meaning of the movement through the voice of the people were there.
Shortly after the end of the physical Occupation at City Hall the beginning of the next phase of the people’s movement ensued, beyond the chaos that always precedes order. The largely dismissed, mostly misinterpreted orphan child of the Occupy Movement in Los Angeles became the largest and one of the longest standing major US Occupations.
Sam Slovick, whose research into Occupy Wall Street led to his living in a tent at City Hall in Los Angeles alongside the 99% Movement for the better part of two months.
Slovick accessed Occupy Los Angeles at ground level, illuminating stories and faces that were either overlooked or misrepresented by the mainstream media. Told from the epicenter of the year’s biggest story, Slovick articulates the global movement through interviews with its activests, footage from the inner sanctum, and stories from its foot soldiers, bringing the sometimes chaotic picture of Occupy Wall Street in Los Angeles into focus.
Scenes From The New Revolution was produced with the help of Slake, a highly-acclaimed literary journal based in Los Angeles. A companion piece to the series will appear in the journal’s fourth issue.
Part-2 of the series addresses the voices on edge of the movement. The people who occupied City Hall who were the subject of much negative attention in the media. These are people who are relegated to the bottom of the 99% in the American class system. They embody the issues that propel the movement.
I spent 7 weeks in a tent at City Hall shooting a doc series as the ideological mercury congealed on the steps of just outside the Mayor’s office attracting an endless chorus of relevant causes. OCCUPY LA: Scenes From The New Revolutionis a 5-part series that digs deep into the meaning of the movement through the voice of the people were there.
Shortly after the end of the physical Occupation at City Hall the beginning of the next phase of the people’s movement ensued, beyond the chaos that always precedes order. The largely dismissed, mostly misinterpreted orphan child of the Occupy Movement in Los Angeles became the largest and one of the longest standing major US Occupations.
Sam Slovick, whose research into Occupy Wall Street led to his living in a tent at City Hall in Los Angeles alongside the 99% Movement for the better part of two months.
Slovick accessed Occupy Los Angeles at ground level, illuminating stories and faces that were either overlooked or misrepresented by the mainstream media. Told from the epicenter of the year’s biggest story, Slovick articulates the global movement through interviews with its activests, footage from the inner sanctum, and stories from its foot soldiers, bringing the sometimes chaotic picture of Occupy Wall Street in Los Angeles into focus.
Scenes From The New Revolution was produced with the help of Slake, a highly-acclaimed literary journal based in Los Angeles. A companion piece to the series will appear in the journal’s fourth issue.
Sam Slovick 