Come on out to Barrios Unidos on Tuesday October 12 from 5:30 - 9:30 PM for the Gadabout Film Festival

Barrios Unidos is located on the left side of Soquel Ave., just before Capitola Rd., if you are coming from downtown Santa Cruz.

This event is a benefit for Santa Cruz Indymedia and Free Radio Santa Cruz. There is a five $ suggested donation, nobody will be turned away!

A Poetry Reading by local poets will get the night started at 5:30 PM.

What's the Gadabout All About?

The Gadabout is a nationally touring film festival that seeks to open new avenues of distribution for truly independent filmmakers that get pushed aside by Hollywood and the commercial film festival circuit. Focusing on short, mostly "low to no budget" films, the Gadabout offers an alternative to the cliche world of commercial film.

Whether they are amateur, or recent film school grads, Gadabout filmmakers love what they are doing, and their work shows it. The Gadabout is NOT a competition, rather a celebration of indendent film and video.

Above all, the Gadabout is super cool. They tour in a van, and show amazing films to new friends they get to meet while traveling.

Gadabout has completed 2 national tours and have screened the works of filmmakers from all over the country, and the world. Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness to challenge the conventions set for commercial filmmaking.

This is filmmaking as an artform.

The Gadabout Film Festival will take place on Tuesday October 12 from 5:30 - 9:30 PM at Barrios Unidos located at 1817 Soquel Avenue. It is on the left side of Soquel Ave., just before Capitola Rd., if you are coming from downtown Santa Cruz.

For more information, call the Free Radio Santa Cruz voice mail at 831-427-4523