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CONVERSATIONS AND ART
After I got back from the communities of Klukwan and Haines, Alaska recently, I had a thought: what could be more intriguing than on the one hand provoking rural Alaskan kids, who have grown up fishing and hunting, to talk about why someone would be a vegetarian. At the same time, we have been provoking urban festival goers, sustainability advocates and vegetarians to ask themselves if eating locally meant hunting, could they pull the trigger?
Meanwhile, we are finishing up and testing out a guide for screening and discussion. That has meant doing things with kids like asking them to map their communities and what they do outdoors, be it pick berries, gather seaweed or play on the beach. We have had elementary kids drawing, writing and talking about the foods they get locally, the foods they buy at the store and what they'd miss about their community if they left. For kids in Alaska, the latter often brings up things like mountains, ocean and forest. What they would miss if the moved, can connect to what they had for dinner the night before. Along the way, I found myself working on spelling and listening skills with middle schoolers and being amazed at all the things audience engagement and grassroots outreach can lead to.
EATING ALASKA SCREENINGS AND BROADCAST AHEAD
From a synagogue on the East coast to a celebration of deer in Alaska, we're organizing screenings and welcoming more. Looks like we'll be offering the film EATING ALASKA nationally through PBS in the spring sometime too. We encourage schools, universities, public libraries and community groups to order copies from New Day Films the national self-distribution coop we work with and use the film to talk about ethics, gender roles, food choices, sustainability and more.
American Conservation Film Festival
Sat November 7, 2009 1 P.M.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Green Reel
Film Series at
Congregation Agudas Achim
901 North Main Street, Attleboro, MA
Sunday November 8, 200 7:00 p.m.
Craig Alaska
as part of the Deer Celebration
Craig High School
Monday, November 9, 2009 7 PM
With filmmaker, Ellen Frankenstein
Red Rock Film Festival
Zion Flix II: Dilemmas for Puzzled People
St. George & Springdale, Utah
Nov. 13, 2009
Dinner & A Movie
CP Cinemas & Ballygiblin's Restaurant
Carleton Place, Ontario
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
Palmer Arts Council Food Film Festival
Q & A with Amy Pettit from the Division of Ag. and DeliciousDave, local caterer and produce purveyor
Saturday, Nov. 21
Contact: Bridgette J.Preston
preston@gci.net
Fairbanks, Alaska
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
Schaible Auditorium, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Hosted by the Fairbanks Community Cooperative Market
Santa Clara Film Series
Nov 27- 29
Santa Clara, Cuba
Havana International Film Festival
Dec 5-(TBA)
Cuba
Reel Women, Austin, TX
Sunday, December 6, 2009
With Filmmakers Ellen Frankenstein & Shirley Thompson
1:00-3:00pm Workshop on Documentary Filmmaking
3:30pm Screening
Location: The Independent, 501 Brushy, Austin 78702
Food, Q&A following screening
Little Rock, Arkansas
December 10, 2009
Filmmaker, Ellen Frankenstein and co-star, Spencer Severson, attending
Details forthcoming.
11/04/2009: "PROVOKING QUESTIONS, ART AND SCREENINGS"
CONVERSATIONS AND ART
After I got back from the communities of Klukwan and Haines, Alaska recently, I had a thought: what could be more intriguing than on the one hand provoking rural Alaskan kids, who have grown up fishing and hunting, to talk about why someone would be a vegetarian. At the same time, we have been provoking urban festival goers, sustainability advocates and vegetarians to ask themselves if eating locally meant hunting, could they pull the trigger?
Meanwhile, we are finishing up and testing out a guide for screening and discussion. That has meant doing things with kids like asking them to map their communities and what they do outdoors, be it pick berries, gather seaweed or play on the beach. We have had elementary kids drawing, writing and talking about the foods they get locally, the foods they buy at the store and what they'd miss about their community if they left. For kids in Alaska, the latter often brings up things like mountains, ocean and forest. What they would miss if the moved, can connect to what they had for dinner the night before. Along the way, I found myself working on spelling and listening skills with middle schoolers and being amazed at all the things audience engagement and grassroots outreach can lead to.
EATING ALASKA SCREENINGS AND BROADCAST AHEAD
From a synagogue on the East coast to a celebration of deer in Alaska, we're organizing screenings and welcoming more. Looks like we'll be offering the film EATING ALASKA nationally through PBS in the spring sometime too. We encourage schools, universities, public libraries and community groups to order copies from New Day Films the national self-distribution coop we work with and use the film to talk about ethics, gender roles, food choices, sustainability and more.
American Conservation Film Festival
Sat November 7, 2009 1 P.M.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Green Reel
Film Series at
Congregation Agudas Achim
901 North Main Street, Attleboro, MA
Sunday November 8, 200 7:00 p.m.
Craig Alaska
as part of the Deer Celebration
Craig High School
Monday, November 9, 2009 7 PM
With filmmaker, Ellen Frankenstein
Red Rock Film Festival
Zion Flix II: Dilemmas for Puzzled People
St. George & Springdale, Utah
Nov. 13, 2009
Dinner & A Movie
CP Cinemas & Ballygiblin's Restaurant
Carleton Place, Ontario
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
Palmer Arts Council Food Film Festival
Q & A with Amy Pettit from the Division of Ag. and DeliciousDave, local caterer and produce purveyor
Saturday, Nov. 21
Contact: Bridgette J.Preston
preston@gci.net
Fairbanks, Alaska
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
Schaible Auditorium, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Hosted by the Fairbanks Community Cooperative Market
Santa Clara Film Series
Nov 27- 29
Santa Clara, Cuba
Havana International Film Festival
Dec 5-(TBA)
Cuba
Reel Women, Austin, TX
Sunday, December 6, 2009
With Filmmakers Ellen Frankenstein & Shirley Thompson
1:00-3:00pm Workshop on Documentary Filmmaking
3:30pm Screening
Location: The Independent, 501 Brushy, Austin 78702
Food, Q&A following screening
Little Rock, Arkansas
December 10, 2009
Filmmaker, Ellen Frankenstein and co-star, Spencer Severson, attending
Details forthcoming.
Ellen Frankenstein, on 11.04.09 @ 11:39AKT
