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