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SaMo INDIE - Special Documentary Program Two 4:00 PM

The Santa Monica Playhouse
Santa Monica, CA

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SaMo INDIE - Special Documentary Program Two 4:00 PM

CAB CITY DOCUMENTARY SHORT | UNITED STATES | 22:00

Cab City chronicles the clash between technology and jobs in San Francisco, as licensed cab drivers face increasing competition from tech based ride share firms such as Lyft (the source of those pink mustachioed cars) and Uber. The doc is fair, it raises some really great issues and left us torn as to which side has the right of it. Is it progress to supplant a well regulated, stable industry with an unknown tech solution? The battle continues and it appears that the first shots are being fired right in tech's backyard.

ART AS A WEAPON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY | UNITED STATES | 76:00

Beautifully wrought, this daring documentary shines a light on a remarkable school in Myanmar (Burma) that teaches street art as a form of non-violent struggle. While Myanmar has recently made strides on the international stage, decades of military rule still loom large over the landscape. Both the artists and the filmmakers themselves braved arrest and even torture. The film chronicles the journey of these young students as they emerge from the darkness of military rule. Regardless of what your take on graffitti is, watching these artists plant the first tendrils of open speech reminds us just how much freedom and struggle can be expressed at the end of a spray can.