[RP TownTalk] Environmental Film Fest at Joe's Movement Emporium

[Jonah Blaustein]

friends and neighbors,

Next Friday and Saturday, Joe's Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier will  
be hosting an Environmental film festival. Hopefully, these films can  
help create a mindset which overcomes fear and isolation in dealing  
with some of the most serious problems we face today.

Please see listing below with a schedule of screenings from Joe's web  
site.  <www.joesmovement.org>

You may have seen some of these films already, but if you haven't,  
they are highly recommended and many will inspire you in these  
uncertain times. Of local interest, 'Lessons From the Waterfront: the  
Anacostia,' was made by DC teens; and 'Vieques: Diary of a Struggle'  
was made by Marika Hoffman Suval who many know from her yoga classes  
in Hyattesville and Mt Rainier.

The admission price is very reasonable so pass the word on to others.

-Jonah



Environmental Film Festival
Show Titles & Times





Friday, October 10, 2008

The Story of Stuff
Dir. Annie Leonard, 2007 - 6:00pm Runtime: 20mins

 From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in  
our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is  
hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact- 
filled look at the underside of our production and consumption  
patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge  
number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to  
create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something,  
it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all  
the stuff in your life forever.

Lessons from the Waterfront: The Anacostia
Dir. Multi-Media Training Institute, 2005 - 6:30pm Runtime: 33mins

A video project by DC teens about the Anacostia River and the  
neighborhood that shares its name. The budding filmmakers speak  
confidently about the river's past, its present-day pollution and the  
cleaner future that many envision.

Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America
Dir. Jeff Barrie, 2007 - 7:00pm Runtime: 55mins

Award-winning film Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America is a  
timely, solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing  
environmental challenges: energy. Filmmaker Jeff Barrie offers hope  
as he turns the camera on himself and asks, “How can I make a  
difference?” In his journey Barrie explores the source of our  
electricity and the problems caused by energy production including  
mountain top removal, childhood asthma and global warming. Along the  
way he encounters individuals, businesses, organizations, and  
communities who are leading the way, using energy conservation,  
efficiency and renewable, green power all while saving money and the  
environment. This often amusing and always inspiring story shows,  
“You can easily make a difference and here’s how!”

Vieques: Diary of a Struggle
Dir. Marika Hoffman Suval, 2008 - 8:00pm Runtime: 25mins

Vieques, an island of the United States territory of Puerto Rico,  
was, until 2003, a naval base, used for bomb-dropping tests. Such  
actions were taken without consideration for the health and welfare  
of the island's inhabitants and, therefore, sparked a string of  
protests.
Vieques: Diary of a Struggle documents this injustice, as it is seen  
from the eyes of the people--particularly a grandmother who has  
watched her descendants succumb to cancer and her beloved island  
squashed into a mere fraction of itself.

The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use & Abuse to Africa
Dir. Basel Action Network, 2005 - 8:30pm Runtime: 25mins

The Digital Dump: Exporting High-Tech Re-use and Abuse to Africa  
exposes the ugly side of an escalating global trade in toxic,  
obsolete computers and other e-scrap collected in North America and  
Europe and sent to developing countries by waste brokers and so- 
called recyclers.
In Lagos, Nigeria, the local experts complain that as much as 75% of  
the imports are “junk” and are not economically repairable or  
marketable. Consequently, this e-waste, which is legally a hazardous  
waste is being discarded and routinely burned in what the  
environmentalists call yet “another “cyber-age nightmare now  
landing on the shores of developing countries.”

Trashed
Dir. Bill Kirkos, 2007 - 9:00pm Runtime: 75mins

Trashed is a provocative investigation of one of the fastest growing  
industries in North America: the garbage business.
The American waste stream is fast approaching a half billion tons  
annually. What are the effects all this waste will have on already  
strained natural resources? Why is so much of it produced? W ho is  
affected most? And who wants America to make more?
Trashed analyzes the causes and effects of the seemingly innocuous  
act of “taking out the garbage” while showcasing the individuals,  
activists,corporate and advocacy groups working to effect change and  
reform.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Generation Earth
Dir. Jeff Barrie, 1995 - 12:00pm Runtime: 44mins

Generation Earth is an action-packed survey of hands-on environmental  
programs. The video's two college-age producers take viewers across  
America as they search for successful projects in both rural and  
urban schools.
They find students involved in a wide range of creative activities in  
their schools and communities. These include environmental auditing  
of their campuses and local businesses, monitoring water quality,  
gardening and composting, mentoring younger students, seeking  
environmental justice, writing letters, and creating slide shows,  
documentaries and newspapers.

Lessons from the Waterfront: The Anacostia
Dir. Multi-Media Training Institute, 2005 - 1:00pm Runtime: 33mins

See Above!

The Story of Stuff
Dir. Annie Leonard, 2007 - 1:40pm Runtime: 20mins

See Above!

Trashed
Dir. Bill Kirkos, 2007 - 2:00pm Runtime: 75mins

See Above!

The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use & Abuse to Africa
Dir. Basel Action Network, 2005 - 3:30pm Runtime: 25mins

See Above!

Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America
Dir. Jeff Barrie, 2007 - 4:00pm Runtime: 55mins

See Above!

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Dir. Faith Morgan, 2006 - 5:00pm Rumtime: 53mins

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a  
tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80  
percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships  
and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban  
people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned  
from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using  
organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual  
look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they  
call "The Special Period." The film opens with a short history of  
Peak Oil, a term for the time in our history when world oil  
production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever.  
Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the massive  
reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope.

Vieques: Diary of a Struggle
Dir. Marika Hoffman Suval, 2008 - 6:00pm Runtime: 25mins

See Above!

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
Dir. Giovanni Vaz Del Bello, 2007 - 7:00pm Runtime: 52mins

There is hope! This inspirational documentary shows a city where  
urban solutions are not just theory, but a reality.
A Convenient Truth shows innovations in the areas of transportation,  
recycling, social benefits (affordable housing), parks, and the great  
philosophy behind the successful leaders that transformed Curitiba in  
a model green city.


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