Film screening: Athens Inferno.

Saturday, September 22, 2012 - 19:30

In Greece earlier this year, a man living at home in an iron lung died. The power company turned off the electricity to his house because his family didn't pay their power bill. The financial crisis is hitting the poorest and most vulnerable members of the community hardest. In the name of austerity, essential services and pensions are being slashed. People with a disability are the first to feel the effects of this catastrophe. However, they have also been the first to join the mass demonstrations and civil disobedience to protest against these austerity measures. In June 2010, nine people with a disability occupied the Department of Social Security for two days. They refused to leave until the federal minister agreed to meet them to discuss their grievances. Antonios Rellas was one of those nine people. In his only Australian appearance, Antonios Rellas brings a confronting report directly from the frontline of civic upheaval. 7:30pm. North Melbourne Town Hall, 33 Errol St, North Melbourne. $12/$8.