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Just back from screening Eating Alaska at the Annual meetings of the American Sociology, Rural Sociology and Society for the Study of Social Problems in Atlanta. Great post screening conversations with sociologists, as well as teachers and researchers who work in environmental studies, food science, human ecology and agriculture and fisheries.
Next trip: KUCHNIA.TV FOOD FILM FEST in Warsaw, Poland and two public libraries on the East coast, outside NYC.
Meanwhile, check you local listings. Eating Alaska is airing on public television.
PBS Stations pick the time and date and can change it too.
Here are some of the first dates we know-and these are what they call "first run." Show may be repeated.
Coming up soon
Houston, TX- KUHT-8.2: Mon 8/30 at 7 PM, Fri 9/3 at 9 PM
Chicago, IL-WYCC: 9/1/2010 at 8 PM, 9/5/2010 at 4 PM
Evansville, IN- WNIN-9.1 & 2: Thu 9/2 at 9 PM
Austin, MN- KSMQ-15: Fri 9/3 at 12 PM
Broomfield, CO- CO KBDI-12: Sun 9/5 at 8 PM
Charleston/Columbia/Spartanburg/Allendale/Beaufort/Florence/Sumter/Greenwood & Conway/Greenville/Rock Hill, SC: Sun 9/5 at 5 PM, Fri 9/10 at 9 PM
Kentucky KET2: Tues, 9/7 at 8:00 pm
Kentucky KET: Wed, 9/ 8 at 4:00 am
Greenville, NC- WNTV-29.2: Fri 9/10 at 9 PM
Durham, NH- WENH: Sat 9/18 at 8 PM, Fri 9/24 at 1 PM
Keene, NH- WEKW: Sat 9/18 at 8 PM, Fri 9/24 at 1 PM
Littleton, NH- WLED: Sat 9/18 at 8 PM, Fri 9/24 at 1 PM
Providence RI-WSBE/Rhode Island PTV RIPBS-36.1 Sun 09/1 at 2 PM
Eureka, CA- KEET-13: Thu 9/23 at 10 PM
Elmira/Syracuse/Utica, NY- WCNY-24.1: Sun 9/26 at 6 PM
East Lansing, MI- WKAR-23.4: Mon 9/27 at 9 PM
Milwaukee, WI- WMVS-10.1: Mon 9/27 at 10 PM
San Francisco, CA-KQED, the World
Sat, 10/9 at 11 PM, Tue, 10/12 at 9 AM, Tue, 10/12 at 12 PM
Salt Lake City UT-KUEN Sat , 10/16 at 8 PM
PBS Broadcasts in Alaska
KAKM, Anchorage, AK Tuesday 9/ 14 7 pm *LIVE SKYPE INTERVIEW*
AlaskaOne Thursday 9/30 9 pm
Friday 10/1, at 3am
We will skype in and talk to KAKM viewers in Anchorage and head to Juneau in early November to be part of the KTOO-TV pledge drive. KTOO is part of AlaskaOne which covers Fairbanks, Bethel, Juneau and more.
PARTIAL LIST--MORE TO BE ADDED
Stations including San Francisco, Detroit, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Honolulu, Wichita, Phoenix, Tampa, Boise and Austin have commited to scheduling and broadcasting Eating Alaska.
MORE CITIES/BROADCASTS TO COME, including another major PBS release for Earth Day 2011.
RESPONDING TO A PBS VIEWER'S COMMENT
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE ISSUES? WE WELCOME DISCUSSION.
From an e-mail we got the week after a special release in Philly and Seattle.
"I am a long time vegan and wish to comment on your question of whether it is better to eat tofu that has traveled from long distance or consume a local deer. The aspect of the animal's capacity to suffer in the process of being hunted, wounded and finally slaughtered was not well addressed, only glossed over, labeled as a "not so clean" kill merely causing an inconvenient, uncomfortable fleeting thought. But minimizing that is negligent and ignores an even bigger issue.
Regardless of the energy cost in getting tofu (that could easily be produced locally) to Alaska, the value of that deer's life was far more expensive in that he or she has value in existing for him or her self, not as a resource for exploitation. We diminish our humanity by harming a sensitive animal who has as much a right to live and thrive as any human. This is their world, too. Regardless of how killing deer is sugarcoated, it is disrespectful of that animals desire to live."
Our response-
"Appreciate you writing. I assume you saw Eating Alaska on PBS in Seattle or Philly?
Did not mean to lack respect but to ask questions and stir up conversation.
That was a harsh scene in the film.
However:
I think we have to realize our place in the food chain and to face life and death and to think of all the ways we as humans impact our environment. To grow food, to grow soy or wheat, we clear forests, When we do that we destroy habitat. We exploit.I just keep wondering, how we can do the minimal harm--what will happen to this computer when it is past use (it is 3 years old)--where does all our garbage go? What is the ethics of polluting our world, that all living beings inhabit, with toxic waste?"
SOME SCREENINGS AHEAD
September 16-20TH
Ston. Croatia
Kinookus (Cinetaste)
This is Croatia's first gastronomic film festival
whose topic is food eduction, environmental protection and sustainable development
September 21st st 6 PM
Cineco
A free Environmental Film Festival in and around the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
September 30th at 6 PM
Reel Food Film Festival
Ottawa Main Public Library
Ottawa, Canada
for more info. click here
September 30-October 3th
Kuchnia.TV Food Film Fest
Warsaw, Poland
Director and Associate Producer, Valerie Lapinski attending
October 6-13th
Beirut International Film Festival
Beirut, Lebanon
NEW YORK
October 5th at 7 PM
Meet the Filmmaker Series
Hewlett/Woodmere Public Library
October 6th at 7:30 PM
Port Washington Public Library
Nov. 4-6th
Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Tuesday, November 9th, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Film & Media Festival
Social Justice
Denver, Colorado
Far North Conservation Film Festival November 5-7, 2010
Fairbanks with a traveling series including screenings in:
Tok, January 28th
Kotzebue, Feb, 16-24th
Kodiak March. March 23-25th
Skagway. April 3-4th
Also ahead:
Wenatchee, WA
Environmental Film Series
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
FUN PRESS & REVIEWS
"A powerful story filled with adventure, surprise and beauty."
"Robby Kenner, Director, Food, Inc
We were also reviewed in Booklist. Here's what the "premiere book [and film] review journal" for librarians had to say:
"Caribou, salmon, and deer, oh my! If you think only men hunt and fish in the great Alaska outdoors, this documentary about eating healthy and sustainable foods raised locally will convince you otherwise...Great footage of Alaskan wildlife and rugged landscapes throughout the seasons punctuate the filmmaker’s witty and humorous coming-of-age as an omnivore learning to eat in a seasonable, sensible, and spiritually correct way..."
We were reviewed by Slow Food USA:
"...The story is charming, told in the first person by Ellen. The movie is accessible and thought-provoking. For those of us in urban and suburban areas where living sustainably means shopping conscientiously and buying from local producers, this movie provides a new lens through which to view sustainable eating..."
We were blogged about in Just Means:
"For those who see local food as a way to self-reliance and community development, expanding our understanding of what local food can be is a potentially challenging but life-changing experience...."
Finally, Shirley Thompson Eating Alaska's co-producer and story consultant blogs too:
"As many of you know, this film was a long time labor of love for me and Ellen, born out of Ellen's experience as a vegetarian who moved to the wild Alaska frontier and being confronted with the question, "What's the right thing to eat?" I had a similar experience 8 years ago when I moved from local, organic food friendly San Francisco to Dallas, Texas, where, despite being surrounded by cattle, the only local organic beef I could find was trucked in from Portland, OR.... Ellen and I realized that there was a budding food movement happening, and that EATING LOCAL was one way that all of us could have a powerful impact on creating a better world by supporting our neighbors who are food producers, helping keep local agricultural lands in the hands of the families who tend them, and using fewer fossil fuels to transport food..."
08/24/2010: "EATING ALASKA BROADCASTS, CONVERSATIONS & INTERNATIONAL SCREENINGS"
NewsJust back from screening Eating Alaska at the Annual meetings of the American Sociology, Rural Sociology and Society for the Study of Social Problems in Atlanta. Great post screening conversations with sociologists, as well as teachers and researchers who work in environmental studies, food science, human ecology and agriculture and fisheries.
Next trip: KUCHNIA.TV FOOD FILM FEST in Warsaw, Poland and two public libraries on the East coast, outside NYC.
Meanwhile, check you local listings. Eating Alaska is airing on public television.
PBS Stations pick the time and date and can change it too.
Here are some of the first dates we know-and these are what they call "first run." Show may be repeated.
Coming up soon
Houston, TX- KUHT-8.2: Mon 8/30 at 7 PM, Fri 9/3 at 9 PM
Chicago, IL-WYCC: 9/1/2010 at 8 PM, 9/5/2010 at 4 PM
Evansville, IN- WNIN-9.1 & 2: Thu 9/2 at 9 PM
Austin, MN- KSMQ-15: Fri 9/3 at 12 PM
Broomfield, CO- CO KBDI-12: Sun 9/5 at 8 PM
Charleston/Columbia/Spartanburg/Allendale/Beaufort/Florence/Sumter/Greenwood & Conway/Greenville/Rock Hill, SC: Sun 9/5 at 5 PM, Fri 9/10 at 9 PM
Kentucky KET2: Tues, 9/7 at 8:00 pm
Kentucky KET: Wed, 9/ 8 at 4:00 am
Greenville, NC- WNTV-29.2: Fri 9/10 at 9 PM
Durham, NH- WENH: Sat 9/18 at 8 PM, Fri 9/24 at 1 PM
Keene, NH- WEKW: Sat 9/18 at 8 PM, Fri 9/24 at 1 PM
Littleton, NH- WLED: Sat 9/18 at 8 PM, Fri 9/24 at 1 PM
Providence RI-WSBE/Rhode Island PTV RIPBS-36.1 Sun 09/1 at 2 PM
Eureka, CA- KEET-13: Thu 9/23 at 10 PM
Elmira/Syracuse/Utica, NY- WCNY-24.1: Sun 9/26 at 6 PM
East Lansing, MI- WKAR-23.4: Mon 9/27 at 9 PM
Milwaukee, WI- WMVS-10.1: Mon 9/27 at 10 PM
San Francisco, CA-KQED, the World
Sat, 10/9 at 11 PM, Tue, 10/12 at 9 AM, Tue, 10/12 at 12 PM
Salt Lake City UT-KUEN Sat , 10/16 at 8 PM
PBS Broadcasts in Alaska
KAKM, Anchorage, AK Tuesday 9/ 14 7 pm *LIVE SKYPE INTERVIEW*
AlaskaOne Thursday 9/30 9 pm
Friday 10/1, at 3am
We will skype in and talk to KAKM viewers in Anchorage and head to Juneau in early November to be part of the KTOO-TV pledge drive. KTOO is part of AlaskaOne which covers Fairbanks, Bethel, Juneau and more.
PARTIAL LIST--MORE TO BE ADDED
Stations including San Francisco, Detroit, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Honolulu, Wichita, Phoenix, Tampa, Boise and Austin have commited to scheduling and broadcasting Eating Alaska.
MORE CITIES/BROADCASTS TO COME, including another major PBS release for Earth Day 2011.
RESPONDING TO A PBS VIEWER'S COMMENT
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE ISSUES? WE WELCOME DISCUSSION.
From an e-mail we got the week after a special release in Philly and Seattle.
"I am a long time vegan and wish to comment on your question of whether it is better to eat tofu that has traveled from long distance or consume a local deer. The aspect of the animal's capacity to suffer in the process of being hunted, wounded and finally slaughtered was not well addressed, only glossed over, labeled as a "not so clean" kill merely causing an inconvenient, uncomfortable fleeting thought. But minimizing that is negligent and ignores an even bigger issue.
Regardless of the energy cost in getting tofu (that could easily be produced locally) to Alaska, the value of that deer's life was far more expensive in that he or she has value in existing for him or her self, not as a resource for exploitation. We diminish our humanity by harming a sensitive animal who has as much a right to live and thrive as any human. This is their world, too. Regardless of how killing deer is sugarcoated, it is disrespectful of that animals desire to live."
Our response-
"Appreciate you writing. I assume you saw Eating Alaska on PBS in Seattle or Philly?
Did not mean to lack respect but to ask questions and stir up conversation.
That was a harsh scene in the film.
However:
I think we have to realize our place in the food chain and to face life and death and to think of all the ways we as humans impact our environment. To grow food, to grow soy or wheat, we clear forests, When we do that we destroy habitat. We exploit.I just keep wondering, how we can do the minimal harm--what will happen to this computer when it is past use (it is 3 years old)--where does all our garbage go? What is the ethics of polluting our world, that all living beings inhabit, with toxic waste?"
SOME SCREENINGS AHEAD
September 16-20TH
Ston. Croatia
Kinookus (Cinetaste)
This is Croatia's first gastronomic film festival
whose topic is food eduction, environmental protection and sustainable development
September 21st st 6 PM
Cineco
A free Environmental Film Festival in and around the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
September 30th at 6 PM
Reel Food Film Festival
Ottawa Main Public Library
Ottawa, Canada
for more info. click here
September 30-October 3th
Kuchnia.TV Food Film Fest
Warsaw, Poland
Director and Associate Producer, Valerie Lapinski attending
October 6-13th
Beirut International Film Festival
Beirut, Lebanon
NEW YORK
October 5th at 7 PM
Meet the Filmmaker Series
Hewlett/Woodmere Public Library
October 6th at 7:30 PM
Port Washington Public Library
Nov. 4-6th
Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Tuesday, November 9th, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Film & Media Festival
Social Justice
Denver, Colorado
Far North Conservation Film Festival November 5-7, 2010
Fairbanks with a traveling series including screenings in:
Tok, January 28th
Kotzebue, Feb, 16-24th
Kodiak March. March 23-25th
Skagway. April 3-4th
Also ahead:
Wenatchee, WA
Environmental Film Series
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
FUN PRESS & REVIEWS
"A powerful story filled with adventure, surprise and beauty."
"Robby Kenner, Director, Food, Inc
We were also reviewed in Booklist. Here's what the "premiere book [and film] review journal" for librarians had to say:
"Caribou, salmon, and deer, oh my! If you think only men hunt and fish in the great Alaska outdoors, this documentary about eating healthy and sustainable foods raised locally will convince you otherwise...Great footage of Alaskan wildlife and rugged landscapes throughout the seasons punctuate the filmmaker’s witty and humorous coming-of-age as an omnivore learning to eat in a seasonable, sensible, and spiritually correct way..."
We were reviewed by Slow Food USA:
"...The story is charming, told in the first person by Ellen. The movie is accessible and thought-provoking. For those of us in urban and suburban areas where living sustainably means shopping conscientiously and buying from local producers, this movie provides a new lens through which to view sustainable eating..."
We were blogged about in Just Means:
"For those who see local food as a way to self-reliance and community development, expanding our understanding of what local food can be is a potentially challenging but life-changing experience...."
Finally, Shirley Thompson Eating Alaska's co-producer and story consultant blogs too:
"As many of you know, this film was a long time labor of love for me and Ellen, born out of Ellen's experience as a vegetarian who moved to the wild Alaska frontier and being confronted with the question, "What's the right thing to eat?" I had a similar experience 8 years ago when I moved from local, organic food friendly San Francisco to Dallas, Texas, where, despite being surrounded by cattle, the only local organic beef I could find was trucked in from Portland, OR.... Ellen and I realized that there was a budding food movement happening, and that EATING LOCAL was one way that all of us could have a powerful impact on creating a better world by supporting our neighbors who are food producers, helping keep local agricultural lands in the hands of the families who tend them, and using fewer fossil fuels to transport food..."
Ellen Frankenstein, on 08.24.10 @ 16:51AKT
