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Tuesday, August 24th
EATING ALASKA BROADCAST! CREATING CONVERSATION!
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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.
Prepping to head to talk at some public libraries on the East coast and to go to Poland for a international event and broadcast.
Meanwhile, check you local listings. Eating Alaska is airing on 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:
KUHT-8.2 Houston TX Mon Fri 8/30/2010 7 PM
Fri 9/3/2010 9 PM
CO KBDI-12 Broomfield CO Sun 9/5/2010 8 PM
WRET-49. Spartanburg SC Sun 9/5/2010 5 PM
(also shows in Florence, Sumter & Greenwood)
WNIN-9.1 & 2 Evansville IN Thu 9/2/2010 9 PM
KSMQ-15 Austin MN Fri 9/3/2010 12 PM
PBS Broadcasts in Alaska
KAKM, Anchorage, AK Tuesday 9/ 14 7 pm
AlaskaOne Thursday 9/30 9 pm
Friday 10/1, at 3am
Later in the month in the lower 48
WENH-.3 Explore Durham NH Sat 9/18/2010 8:00 PM
WENH-11.1 Prime Durham NH Fri 9/24/2010 1:00 PM
WEKW-.3 Explore Keene NH Sat 9/18/2010 8:00 PM
WEKW-52.1 Keene NH Fri 9/24/2010 1:00 PM
WLED-.3 Littleton NH Sat 9/18/2010 8:00 PM
WLED-49.1 Prime Littleton NH Fri 9/24/2010 1:00 PM
KEET-13 Eureka CA Thu 9/23/2010 10:00 PM
WMVS-10.1Milwaukee WI Mon 9/27/2010 10 PM
WCNY-24.1 Elmira NY Sun 9/26/2010 6 PM
WCNY-24.1 Syracuse & Utica NY Sun 9/26/2010 6 PM
WKAR-23.4 East Lansing MI Mon 9/27/2010 9:00 PM
PARTIAL LIST--MORE TO BE ADDED
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?"
Ellen Frankenstein, on 08.24.10 @ 16:51AKT [link]
