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Documentarians have always been a feisty lot, risking life, limb and credit scores to bring ugly realities to the screen. And then it’s up to the rest of us. The theme of our current spate of wonderful, searching and accomplished docs might be waste: its perils, prevention, and some unexpectedly creative approaches. Oscar nominated WASTE LAND, Oscar winner INSIDE JOB and the wonderful CARBON NATION are now showing. Coming to our screen next week is PLASTIC PLANET; director Werner Boote joins us over Skype from Vienna for an audience talk-back on 3/18. And QUEEN OF THE SUN starts 3/25. This exploration of the bee crisis
The bee problem is worse than you think.
is from director Taggart Siegel, whose last film (THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN) won 31 international film festival awards. Three of our QUEEN screenings will include talks and panel discussions with local bee and environmental experts.
Here in the office, we haven’t had this many impassioned phone calls in support of such films since WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. People who see them are coming away sometimes angry, sometimes sad, but always energized and inspired to become agents for change, whether that means writing their representatives in Congress or buying local honey and throwing away their non-biodegradable drinking cups once and for all.
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