Past Films: 2014
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If you would like to be added to our emailing list, please drop us a note: HERE FILMS WE'VE SHOWN IN THE PAST IN WALLINGFORD: PAST FILMS: 2014 Friday, Dec 16, 2015, 7:00 PM Film: "THE HUMAN FACE OF BIG DATA" (56 min, Sandy Smolan, 2014) With the rapid emergence of digital devices, an unstoppable, invisible force is changing human lives in ways from the microscopic to the gargantuan: Big Data, a word that was barely used a few years ago but now governs the day for many of us from the moment we awaken to the extinguishing of the final lateevening light bulb. This massive gathering and analyzing of data in real time is allowing us to not only address some of humanity biggest challenges but is also helping create a new kind of planetary nervous system. Yet as Edward Snowden and the release of the Prism documents have shown, the accessibility of all these data comes at a steep price. The Human Face of Big Data captures the promise and peril of this extraordinary knowledge revolution. See the Trailer and more information HERE: Join us following the film for a great discussion. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.) Friday, December 12, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "OLD MAN RIVER" (71 min, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa, Allan Holzman, 1999) WITH THE FILMMAKER, CYNTHIA GATES FUJIKAWA Old Man River is an unusual portrait of a daughter trying to know her stoic and enigmatic Nisei father, years after his death. In a stirring collage of archival footage and still images, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa's onewoman performance creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of her father. The film also explores an infrequently addressed subject, American racismspecifically the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the profound effect incarceration had on Fujikawa and his family. We are expecting Cynthia Gates Fujikawa to join us for the evening. See the Trailer and more information here: http://vimeo.com/16788582 Download the flyer HERE Join us following the film for a great discussion. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.) Friday, December 5, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "A WILL FOR THE WOODS" (94 min, Amy Browne, Jeremy Kaplan, Tony Hale, Brian Wilson, 2014) WITH KATHY LONG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PEOPLE'S MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION And a fascinating discussion about Green Burials ...What if our last act could be a gift to the planet? Capturing the genesis of a revolutionary social and environmental movement, A WILL FOR THE WOODS draws the viewer into a lifeaffirming and immersive portrait of people embracing their connection to timeless natural cycles. Musician, folk dancer, and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial, determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth. He has discovered a movement that uses burial to conserve and restore natural areas, forgoing toxic, wasteful funeral practices engineered to preserve the body at the ecosystem's expense. See the Trailer and more information here: http://www.awillforthewoods.com/ Download the Flyer HERE. Please help us get the word out. Join us following the film for a great discussion with Kathy Long, Executive Director of People's Memorial. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.) Friday, November 28, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "FED UP" (94 min, Stephanie Soechtig, 2014) Everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong. FED UP is the film the food industry doesn’t want you to see. From Katie Couric, Laurie David (Oscar winning producer of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) and director Stephanie Soechtig, FED UP will change the way you eat forever.Join us for the discussion following the film. See the Trailer: HERE. More information and what you can do: HERE. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.) Friday, November 21, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY" (94 min, Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid, 2000) For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced apartheid's rule wanted amnesty for their crimes. Their victims wanted justice. As a compromise, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed. South Africa is now showing the rest of the world that even the most bitter of conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication. LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY provides the definitive record of one of the most ambitious and innovative attempts at social reconciliation without precedent in human history. See the Trailer and more information here: http://www.irisfilms.org/films/longnightsjourneyintoday/ Join us following the film for a great discussion. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.) Friday, November 14, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "WE THE OWNERS" (52 min, David Romero, 2012) WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION ON WORKEROWNED COOPERATIVES and E.S.O.P.'s (Employee Stock Ownership Plans). Featuring: ELAINE NONNEMAN with S.L.I.C.E., ALLISON BOOTH GRIBAS with EQUAL EXCHANGE, and MARK DWORKIN, FILMMAKER OF "SHIFT CHANGE". Could this be a new model for our economy? The film features employee owners from New Belgium Brewing, Namasté Solar and DPR Construction. This film follows nicely after the film, "The Next American Revolution" shown several months ago with Gar Alperavitz. (If you missed the film, click HERE for a similar presentation.) Successfully thriving in the global economy of the 21st century and beyond will require new business models and strategies to enable the American Dream of opportunity and economic prosperity. This film focuses on the E.S.O.P. form of employee ownership, but the discussion will extend well beyond this to other forms of workerowned businesses and cooperatives. Download the Flyer: HERE. Please help us get the word out. For the Trailer and more information, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sszYBw8tYo Join us following the film for a great panel discussion and Q&A with some of the people who are moving the concept of WorkerOwned Cooperative Businesses forward. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SOME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS : S.L.I.C.E: http://www.slice.coop/ . .(Strengthening Local Independent Coops Everywhere) EQUAL EXCHANGE: http://www.equalexchange.coop/, MOVING IMAGES: http://shiftchange.org/, (Filmmaker: "Shift Change", a new film on the WorkerOwned Cooperative Movement and other well done related films) DAWN: http://www.dawn.coop/ (Democracy At Work Network) CENTRAL COOP: http://www.centralcoop.coop/ A FEW MORE RESOURCES: U.S. FEDERATION OF WORKER COOPERATIVES: http://usworker.coop/ (See there calendar of cooprelated events here) THE NORTHWEST COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER: http://nwcdc.coop/ NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: http://www.ncba.coop/ NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP: http://www.nceo.org/ ESOP ASSOCIATION: http://www.esopassociation.org/ AND THERE ARE MORE RESOURCES on our "Past Films" Page HERE. Scroll down to July 18th under the film title "THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION" (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.) Friday, November 7, 2014, 7:00 PM Film: "THE GREAT VACATION SQUEEZE" (27 min, John de Graaf, 2014) WITH THE FILMMAKER, JOHN DE GRAAF ...PLUS A SPECIAL SURPRISE SEATTLE PREMIERE OF THE FILM, "C.E.S. WOOD" From the producer of the classic AFFLUENZA, "THE GREAT VACATION SQUEEZE" shows why vacations are important for productivity, happiness, family bonding and especially health. Americans have the shortest vacations of any rich country. And they are actually getting even shorter. The U.S. is one of only five countries in the world the others are Burma, Nepal, Suriname and Guyana which have no law guaranteeing any paid vacation time for workers. Vacations matter for productivity, happiness, family bonding and especially, health. We are also pleased to announce a last minute film addidtion to the evening: "C.E.S. WOOD", also by filmmaker John De Graaf! "C.E.S. Wood" tells the story of the renaissance man, C.E.S. Wood, who was a West Point Grad, Indian Fighter, Painter, Poet, Essayist, Arts Patron, Civic Leader, Free Speech Advocate, Attorney, Antiimperialist, Friend of the Nez Pierce and Defender of Radical Activists. Download the Flyer: HERE See the Trailer for "The Great Vacation Squeeze" and more information here: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/gvac.html Join us following the film for a discussion with John de Graaf, the filmmaker, and the National Organizer of the TAKE BACK YOUR TIME movement. LEARN WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE U.S. (Event Is Open to the Public. Admission is by Donation.) Friday, October 31st, 2014, 7:00 PM (…Please come at 6:30 and visit with your neighbors) Film: "LAST CALL" (90 min, Enrico Cerasuolo and Massimo Arvat, 2013) THE UNTOLD REASONS FOR THE GLOBAL CRISIS LAST CALL examines the predictions and impact of one of the most important and controversial environmental books of all time, ‘The Limits to Growth,’ published four decades ago. It tells the story of the rise and fall, and today's rebirth of one of the most controversial and inspiring movements of all times the struggle to come to terms with global climate change and limits to growth. Its message is today more relevant than ever: unlimited growth in a limited planet will bring our society and environment into overshoot and on the edge of collapse. Supported by extraordinary archive materials, 'The Limits to Growth' authors provide a provocative insight on the reasons of the global crisis and share their visions of our common future. Is there still time for a last call? See the Trailer and more information here: www.lastcallthefilm.org (Event is FREE and open to the public! ...but Donations are kindly accepted).