09/25/09
Documentary Screening - Honors College Exclusive
Posted by Nigel on September 25, 2009 in Honors Program Announcements
A former Honors College student, Hannah Dobbs, has just completed her first documentary “Shelter: A Squatumentary” and we have been fortunate enough that she will be making a stop here at UB on her national promotional tour.
The screening will be on Monday, October 5th and start at 5:10 in Talbert 212, the Honors Seminar room. The screening will last about 60 minutes and Hannah will then lead a discussion about the topics raised in the film for an additional 45 minutes to an hour.
Space is limited to 20 people so if you would like to attend please RSVP to Nigel at nmarrine@buffalo.edu to reserve a space. Food and beverages will be provided.
A summary for her film is as follows: “In economically turbulent times, rent and home-ownership have become unaffordable at best and impossible at worst. Thus, people all over the world continue a long tradition of reclaiming this basic human right by squatting. Shelter: a Squatumentary is a documentary film that explores the squatting movement in the East Bay from 2004 to 2007. We follow three examples of the struggle for housing in an unaffordable marketplace such as the San Francisco Bay Area. Hellarity House, Banana House, and Power Machine are stories of squatters who have found one tentative solution to the ongoing housing crisis.”
To view the trailer go to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488083/
Here is some more information from Hannah: “I finished the Advanced Honors Program in December 2008, and I have spent most of my time since promoting this documentary. The film took over three years to finish on a zero-dollar budget. We completed it in 2007, and now that I have graduated, I finally have time to show it to the world. Our group is currently working on another documentary that looks more deeply into property law and its intersections with the squatting movement. If we’re lucky, this time we’ll have a budget!”
