Le F.H.A.R. (Front homosexual d’action révolutionnaire), by Carole Roussopoulos

Human rights activist Carole Roussopoulos formed one of the first militant video collectives, Video Out, with her husband Paul Roussopoulos. In 1971, they filmed the first public protest by gay and lesbian people in France, on 1 May 1971, by the group Front homosexuel d’action revolutionnaire. During the protest denouncing sexual discrimination, the camera follows first the protestors and then the onlookers, who watch them with shock and curiosity. A seminal documentary, not only for recording and remembering the gay rights movement, but also for the emergence of an engaged cinematic practice.

Apocalypse and Utopia, by Critical Art Ensemble

Since its founding in 1987, the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) has been dedicated to exploring the intersections between art, critical theory, technology and political activism, through projects that bring together computer graphics and web design, film/video, photography, writing, publishing and performance. This documentary presents the apocalyptic and utopian visions of five contemporary theorists (Autonomedia Collective, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, Greg Ulmer, Tom Kalin and CAE). Nature, culture, animals, politics, technology, body, economy, gender issues, violence and work become the objects of a critical reflection that generates a multiplicity of contradictions.