Date:

4 March

Venue:

Star & Shadow Cinema

Time:

19:30

The Star and Shadow will host a double-bill screening, exploring community radio in other countries. The screening will be introduced by a representative from NE1fm, who will talk about community radio and its political implications. The first film will be Scattered Frequencies, a documentary that looks at the problems surrounding radio-making and free speech in Nepal. Radio exists as the only widely accessible medium in Nepal, and with the recent issuing of licenses for independent radio stations, groups of radio-makers have been pooling their resources towards creating a functioning media network.

Scattered Frequencies will be followed by the evening's feature; Radio Favela, an uplifting story of friends who set up a community radio station in the Brazilian favela where they live. Through the expression of their reality and music over the radio, the friends amass a following of listeners, and run into conflict with the authorities.

Scattered Frequencies - 2002, Dir Micz Flor and Philip Scheffner, 31 mins, subtitles.
Radio Favela (Uma Onda No Ar - original title) - 2002, Dir Helvécio Ratton, 92 mins, subtitles