Neighbors for Peace & Justice Northeast present:

"Spirit of the Arroyo"
An exhibit of street puppets from Arroyo Fest 

August 8 - September 25, 2003

at Flor y Canto
3706 N. Figueroa Ave. 
Northeast Los Angeles 
323.276.8350

Reception: Friday, August 8th, 7:30pm 
Featuring the video: 
"Ah! The Hopeful Pageantry of Bread and Puppet" 
By Dee Dee Halleck and Tamar Schumann

Info on the video:

The Bread and Puppet Theater has been a source of hope and vision for people all over the world. Their performances have been in theaters, on college campuses, in churches and parks, and above all in the streets. Bread and Puppet has taught generations of activists to construct large puppets, to paint iconographic banners and to print mobilizing posters. Filmmakers Dee Dee Halleck, academy award nominated media activist, and Tamar Schumann, daughter of B & P founder Peter Schumann, have drawn from over two hundred hours of video material. The film is an expression of the progressive vision that Bread and Puppet represents. The film includes scenes from performances, puppeteers building puppets and props, weeding the garden, peeling the garlic and kneading the bread, strung together with the unique B & P musical combination of marching band, rumba and sacred harp singing. Neither a straight documentary nor an "educational" rendition of theater history, AH! is more like a Bread and Puppet movie than a film ABOUT Bread and Puppet. Bread and Puppet has shown that we can create new worlds, starting with very humble and accessible tools such as cardboard and cloth. Their collective spirit and the magnitude of their vision makes their work an important model for the future.