Friday, September 3 | 08:00 pm | Kino Muza, screening room 1
When the feeling of powerlessness turns into action. Debate on the contemporary activism of young people
After the screening: "I AM GRETA", dir. Nathan Grossman
Also accompanying the films: 7-MY SIERPNIA (7TH OF AUGUST), dir. reż. Michał Bolland , OSTATNIE POKOLENIE (THE LAST GENERATION), DROGIE DZIECI PRZYSZŁOŚCI (DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN), dir. Franz Böhm
Partners: Campaign Against Homophobia, Youth Climate Strike
The program of this year's festival includes numerous examples of stories in which we can observe the emerging activism of young people around the world. Although the reasons can be very different: the ecological crisis, growing economic inequality, persecution of minorities, violation of human rights, observation of emerging totalitarianisms and dictatorships, they all have the same denominator - the growing sense of social injustice. Young people more and more often turn their feeling of powerlessness into action and attempt to influence the reality in which they live.
In Poland, too, there are a lot of reasons encouraging new generations to find activism within themselves - the ubiquitous hate speech, campaigning against LGBT + people, huge protests against the violation of civil rights and tightening of the abortion law, as well as ignoring the growing climate threats in our country. We have invited to the joint debate people for whom the above-mentioned reasons have recently become a hotspot for further actions and taking a firm stand. The discussion, led by activist and journalist Maja Staśko, will be attended by: Paula Olejniczak from the Campaign Against Homophobia (the co-producer of the film 7TH OF AUGUST), feminist activist Zuzanna Kozak, and Wiktoria Jędroszkowiak from the Youth Climate Strike. During the debate with the audience, we will try to analyze the power that young people present and the values in which they believe.
Guests:
Paula Olejniczak - Campaign Against Homophobia: born in Toruń, with her heart in Poznań, resident of Warsaw for the sake of the Campaign Against Homophobia. She cannot imagine her life without queer and feminist activism. She was silent on the Day of Silence with the Diversity Workshop of Toruń, she actively marched with the Stonewall Group of Poznań, and now she coordinates the Warsaw office of the Campaign Against Homophobia. "I don't want to wait for the change to come, I want to be a part of it," she says.
Zuzanna Kozak - "Marcinek secondary school graduate", student of Adam Mickiewicz University since October. Women's Strike activist, feminist who fights for women's rights and respect for every human being.
Wiktoria Jędroszkowiak - Youth Climate Strike: climate and environmental activist of the Youth Climate Strike and Greenpeace, law student at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
Moderator:
Maja Staśko - journalist, screenwriter, activist. Co-author of the book "Rape Is a Compliment After All. What Is Rape Culture?” On a daily basis, she supports people who have experienced violence.
