Free documentaries anyone? Go to Reel Change
It’s like Netflix but you have to get off your couch
Hi fellow Dukes. How are ya? Good? Well that’s because you need to watch more documentaries about this sick, sick world. Just kidding. Documentaries rock and what better way to see one, than to see one? Let’s take a step back and ask how this can be done. You can go to Reel Change.
What is Reel Change? We sat down with Marielena Planas to talk more about this event.
“Come to Reel Change”
According to Marielena: “Reel Change Documentary Film Festival is a free film festival hosted downtown at the Court Square Theater open to the public. It’s in it’s fifth year and its f*cking fab-er than ever!
Reel Change is a JMU affiliated event totally run by sponsors, like JMU programs, clubs, departments, and community establishments. The film festival seeks to expose and open up a dialogue in the JMU and Harrisonburg community in order to engage and educate the audience, while using documentary filmmaking as a way to promote awareness, change, and advocacy.
The final day is today, March 31st and we are screening Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll beginning at 7PM! Immediately following the film there will be a Skype with the director, John Pirozzi. After the Q&A there will be a fundraiser, hosted by WXJM, at Three Notch’d Brewing Co. where Port Harbour and Megan Paul (ugh, some girl) will be playing from 9:30-11PM. $1 from each beer sold will be donated to Harrisonburg Refugee Resettlement.
I’m really excited for the film! Even though I faked my way through flute in elementary school and would consider myself to be musically inept, nothing can stop me from listening to great music. For this film, I did not realize how much western rock and roll had an influence on Cambodia in the 60’s and 70’s. They pulled sounds from several different countries and mixed it with their own touch of female vocals to create such a funky sound. Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll gives the audience a new perspective on a country that many only associate with genocide and war, while beautifully celebrating the incredible music and people of Cambodia.”
So…who’s coming?