FEBRUARY 19 (T)
Daily Short:
THE STORY OF STUFF
Tue, 2/19 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Where does all our stuff comes from? Get the whole picture in this wildly short film that’s been downloaded all over the world! (20 min)
Afternoon Feature:
STRAIGHT OUTTA HUNTER’S POINT
Tue, 2/19 3:50pm
A hard-knock neighborhood in SE San Francisco struggles to overcome economic collapse, violent turf wars, and environmental toxics. (75 min)
Evening Feature:
BLACK GOLD
Tue, 2/19 6:20pm
As westerners revel in lattes and cappuccinos, struggling Ethiopian coffee growers fight the bitter economics of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry. (78 min)
FEBRUARY 20 (W)
Daily Short:
THE MEATRIX I, II, II½
WED, 2/20 3:30pm, 6:00pm
Leo the pig discovers he’s been living in a dream world. Moopheus and Chickidy show him the truth. Are you ready to enter the Meatrix? (16 min)
Afternoon Feature:
WED, 2/20 3:45pm
POWER OF COMMUNITY
Cuba lost half of its oil supply after the fall of the Soviet Union, threatening massive starvation. Instead, the island nation survived through a desperate nationwide shift to smarter and local, sustainable agriculture. (53 min)
Evening Features
WED, 2/19 6:15 pm
KING CORN
Two friends from Boston go to rural Iowa to grow America's most-produced grain – Yellow corn. They discover a troubling picture of modern farming. (88 min)
WED, 2/19 8:00pm
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on California roads. Clean, quiet and fast, they ran without gas. Why were they systematically destoryed?? (92 min)
FEBRUARY 21 (Th)
Daily Short:
THE STORY OF STUFF
THU, 2/21 3:30pm, 5:30pm
Where does all our stuff comes from? Get the whole picture in this wildly short film that’s been downloaded all over the world! (20 min)
Afternoon Feature:
HOMELAND
THU, 2/21 3:50pm
Indigenous communities continue to deny multinational corporations seeking to drain Indigenous lands of natural resources. (58 min)
Evening Features:
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
THU, 2/21 6:00pm
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on California roads. Clean, quiet and fast, they ran without gas. Why were they systematically destoryed?? (92 min)
ANSEL ADAMS
THU, 2/21 8:00pm
Adams’ timeless photographs communicates the majesty of US wildernness. See also his impact on the politics of US environmentalism. (100 min)
SPONSORED BY:
JACK IAN LIN
Sustainable Peralta Organizer
(415) 999-2795;
jlin@peralta.edu
KENT LEWANDOWSKI
Chair, Northern Alameda County Sierra Club
kentlewan@yahoo.com
MARLA LEECH
Filmmaker and Laney College Instructor, Media Arts
(415) 281-0547;
orr40@hotmail.com
NEHANDA IMARA
Organizer, Communities for a Better Environment
Merritt College Instrcutor, Environmental Justice
(510) 388-4022;
nehanda5209@yahoo.com
website © 2008 Sustainable Peralta Initiative
photo © 2004 Kenneth Adelman