Part of the Real Utopias Film Program, curated by Konstantia Kontaxis. Real Utopias is part of the series A City of the People, organized by MOAD and curated by Rina Carvajal, MOAD’s Executive Director and Chief Curator.
(2013), 118 minutes, Directed by Arash T. Riahi, Arman T. Riahi
Everyday Rebellion is a cross-media documentary about creative forms of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience acted out every day by passionate people from Spain, Iran, Syria, Ukraine, USA, UK, and Serbia. Their methods are inventive, funny, and sometimes even aggressive. And the activists who use them believe that creative nonviolent protest will win over violent protest—and they are right. Nonviolence has scientifically been proven to be more effective and successful than violent protest. As Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”