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REEL WOMEN PRESENTS SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY EATING ALASKA
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER IN ATTENDANCE,
WILL CONDUCT WORKSHOP ON DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING!
Here's the announcement:
REEL WOMEN, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to offering education, mentoring, networking and screenings supporting women (and men) in the film industry, is sponsoring a workshop and screening of the documentary Eating Alaska on Sunday, December 6. The workshop will be held from 1:00-3:00 p.m., and the screening starts at 3:30 p.m.. The events will be held at THE INDEPENDENT, a screening facility located at 501 Brushy (at East 5th Street, just east of IH-35). Q&A with the filmmakers will follow screening.
Director Frankenstein and producer SHIRLEY THOMPSON will lead the workshop and have named it Chicks, Start Your Doc: Turn Your Idea Into A Film. They will talk about launching a project, thinking about which ideas work for films and for funding, show fundraising clips, talk about their process on Eating Alaska and other films. Also covered: collaborations, thinking about outreach, distribution. They are both part of New Day Films, the national self-distribution co-op of social issue filmmakers.
A portion of the proceeds from the screening will be donated to Youth Launch's URBAN ROOTS, a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as means to affect lasting change for youth participants, and to nourish East Austin residents who currently have limited access to healthy foods. On a 2.5 acre urban organic farm, the project provides employment, life and job skills and service opportunities to under-served youth aged 14-18 in East Austin.
REEL WOMEN will provide complimentary tickets to youth involved in the Urban Roots program and also to middle-school girls that participate in the Morning Star Rising program at Fulmore Middle School.
COSTS:
Workshop Only: $30 / $20 RW Members.
Screening Only: $10 / $8 RW Members.
Workshop AND Screening: $35 / $25 RW Members.
New Member Deal: Workshop/Screening/Membership for just $60!
For more information, please contact reelwomen@reelwomen.org or call 512-971-1663
EATING ALASKA: ART AND HEALTH!
We just got the news the project has been awarded The Alaska Public Health Association's 2009 Community Service Award for Health. In the process of making this film and in its use we've worked with nutritionists, health educators, medical and public health practitioners to add to the conversation about what we can do to make our homes, workplaces, schools and communities healthier and more sustainable. We appreciate the help everyone has given to the project to help us "contribute to improving the health of Alaskans" and others far beyond.
EATING ALASKA GUIDE RELEASED
We've e uploaded a Guide for Screening and Use to this site (see the host a screening page) and on the New Day Films page for Eating Alaska. This 43-page guide features sections to support use of this documentary by both educators in schools and universities and community facilitators/organizers.
The guide includes ideas for setting up community events, activities to do with students and resources for kids and adults. From mapping with teens to creating a local foods potluck and provoking discussion and action, we welcome active and creative uses of this film. We encourage feedback and want to update the guide periodically to include new ideas and resources. Contact us at info@eatingalaska.com.
12/03/2009: "AUSTIN, AWARD, GUIDE"
REEL WOMEN PRESENTS SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY EATING ALASKA
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER IN ATTENDANCE,
WILL CONDUCT WORKSHOP ON DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING!
Here's the announcement:
REEL WOMEN, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to offering education, mentoring, networking and screenings supporting women (and men) in the film industry, is sponsoring a workshop and screening of the documentary Eating Alaska on Sunday, December 6. The workshop will be held from 1:00-3:00 p.m., and the screening starts at 3:30 p.m.. The events will be held at THE INDEPENDENT, a screening facility located at 501 Brushy (at East 5th Street, just east of IH-35). Q&A with the filmmakers will follow screening.
Director Frankenstein and producer SHIRLEY THOMPSON will lead the workshop and have named it Chicks, Start Your Doc: Turn Your Idea Into A Film. They will talk about launching a project, thinking about which ideas work for films and for funding, show fundraising clips, talk about their process on Eating Alaska and other films. Also covered: collaborations, thinking about outreach, distribution. They are both part of New Day Films, the national self-distribution co-op of social issue filmmakers.
A portion of the proceeds from the screening will be donated to Youth Launch's URBAN ROOTS, a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as means to affect lasting change for youth participants, and to nourish East Austin residents who currently have limited access to healthy foods. On a 2.5 acre urban organic farm, the project provides employment, life and job skills and service opportunities to under-served youth aged 14-18 in East Austin.
REEL WOMEN will provide complimentary tickets to youth involved in the Urban Roots program and also to middle-school girls that participate in the Morning Star Rising program at Fulmore Middle School.
COSTS:
Workshop Only: $30 / $20 RW Members.
Screening Only: $10 / $8 RW Members.
Workshop AND Screening: $35 / $25 RW Members.
New Member Deal: Workshop/Screening/Membership for just $60!
For more information, please contact reelwomen@reelwomen.org or call 512-971-1663
EATING ALASKA: ART AND HEALTH!
We just got the news the project has been awarded The Alaska Public Health Association's 2009 Community Service Award for Health. In the process of making this film and in its use we've worked with nutritionists, health educators, medical and public health practitioners to add to the conversation about what we can do to make our homes, workplaces, schools and communities healthier and more sustainable. We appreciate the help everyone has given to the project to help us "contribute to improving the health of Alaskans" and others far beyond.
EATING ALASKA GUIDE RELEASED
We've e uploaded a Guide for Screening and Use to this site (see the host a screening page) and on the New Day Films page for Eating Alaska. This 43-page guide features sections to support use of this documentary by both educators in schools and universities and community facilitators/organizers.
The guide includes ideas for setting up community events, activities to do with students and resources for kids and adults. From mapping with teens to creating a local foods potluck and provoking discussion and action, we welcome active and creative uses of this film. We encourage feedback and want to update the guide periodically to include new ideas and resources. Contact us at info@eatingalaska.com.
Ellen Frankenstein, on 12.03.09 @ 05:52AKT
