Film Screening: The Real Social Network

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 17:00 to 19:00

Protest has changed. Between the first UK student protests in November 2010 and the global uprising in the spring of 2011, a new radicalism, fueled by modern technology, has hit the streets. Over 6 months of government cuts, a collective of filmmakers has had exclusive access to the backroom meetings of a group of London students as they hacked software, occupied universities and shut down banks. In the process, they've helped build the movement currently sending ripples across the globe. The Real Social Network captures the passion, the anger and the technology that has forever changed the game between those in power and us.
Following the screening (75 mins), Dr. Peter Chen and Dr. Diarmuid Maguire will moderate an audience discussion on digital media and protest movements.
Quad History Room S223, Main Quadrangle at the University of Sydney. RSVP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/girsocialnet