BROAD: National Bird, Choctober, and Les Blondes
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Sonja interviews Sonia Kennebeck, director of National Bird: Drone Wars. The film tells “the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers who are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial current affairs issues of our time: the secret U.S. drone war.” Through her film Kennebeck looks at the impact of drone warfare on the people of Afghanistan, and calls for transparency and international regulation of drones as weapons of war. You can see it at ACMI from October 14th to 17th, and the full interview is available as a podcast here.
Girls Rock Melbourne is coming up! On October 31st, girl-focused band workshops will be on at the Thornbury Bowls Club. Check it out and apply here!
Tracy Bartram tells us all about Choctober! Participants are sponsored to give up chocolate for the 
month of October, to raise money for Reclink Australia. Reclink is an organisation that supports girls and women disadvantaged by homelessness, domestic violence, addiction, mental health issues and disability by giving them access to employment, sport and arts programs. You can sponsor participants now, and there’s still time to sign up now!
Films for Feminists continues with reviews of psychological horror The Neon Demon, women-centric Wall Street drama Equity, and Iranian films Wednesday May 9 and Under the Shadow,
And Sonja interviews Michel Ricaud, director of the Alliance Française de Melbourne. The theme of this year’s Alliance Française Classic Film Festival is Les Blondes, in celebration of the iconic actresses who starred in France’s most beloved and influential cinema in the fifties, sixties and seventies. The 2016 Classic Film Festival will run at the Astor Theatre from the 4th to the 6th of November. Listen to the full podcast of this interview here!
The song we played at the start of the show is Mine by Sweet Tempest, from the Neon Demon soundtrack.
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