Friday, May 4, 2007, 7:00 pm, $6
We invite you to come join us in Celebrating urban sustainability from San Paulo to San Francisco, from clean food and water to dumpster driving.These films are not to be missed! They will inspire laughter, awe, and action. A must see event for all urban activists.
Mountainfilm on Tour Films 2005/2006
MINI CINE TUPY: Sergio Bloch & Marcos Mota
This delightful short documents a trash gatherer in Sao Paulo, one of the world´s largest cities. He set up a small movie theater made from materials found in the garbage to show free movies to neighborhood kids. (Brazil, 2004, 12 min) CULTURE
ANCIENT MARKS: Ethen Boehme
Ancient Marks celebrates the 2,000-year-old ritual of tattooing and scarification. World renowned photographer Chris Rainier traveled for seven years to more than thirty countries to capture these rare images that link culture and the tradition of body marking as a form of initiation, beauty and highly ritualized ornamentation. This short features original music composed byAnoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar.(USA, 2004, 11 min) CULTURE
THE LOST PEOPLE OF MOUNTAIN VILLAGE: Neal Marlens, Carol Black
Anthropologist Wade Davis calls it “no less than the most spectacular archaeological and anthropological discovery of our lifetimes.” Jerrold Sapphire, author of VANISHED: Why Bad Things Happen to Bad Civilizations,” calls it… Well, you´ll see what he calls it. When a lost backcountry skier stumbles onto a monumental complex of structures – apparently completely uninhabited – the only thing on which experts agree is that we may never know what really happened to the lost people of Mountain Village. (USA, 2005, 14 min) HUMOR
CHICKENS IN THE CITY: Christie Herring
From a chicken´s-eye view of life in the metropolis of San Francisco, this film examines how keeping chickens has shaped urban eating habits. When is the last time you looked your dinner in the eye?(USA, 2004, 8 min) CULTURE
WATER: A CLEAR SOLUTION: Beth & George Gage
Drinking water is becoming more scarce and less safe. Every day, a billion people spend at least three hours fetching and carrying it. Beautifully shot all over the world, this film examines this problem and offers solutions – usually low-tech, low-cost, low-maintenance, and developed at the community level. (USA, 2005, 28min) ENVIRONMENT/CULTURE
There will be light refreshments, tea and coffee included.