The Institute’s annual Wednesday Night Movie Series began on January 25. It will continue on the last Wednesday of each month through May. The movies begin at 7 pm!
January 25 DIVE!
“An eye-opening exposé of the excesses and waste of the American Food Industry.” — The News Tribune
Nominated “Best Call to Action Film,” Boulder International Film Festival, 2010
Inspired by a curiosity about the American tendency to send billions of pounds of food into the landfill each year, the award-winning documentary DIVE! follows young Los Angelenos as they dumpster dive behind some of the largest name grocery stores in the country. They salvage and consume thousands of dollars worth of good, often gourmet food that would otherwise be thrown away. DIVE! highlights the terrible irony of immense food waste and hunger existing in the same place. This film is at once entertainment, guerilla journalism, and a call to action! Running Time: 55 minutes (2009).
Watch the trailer HERE.
February 29 CARBON NATION
“…this excellent documentary is an inspiring look at the many recent advances in clean energy and green technologies.” – Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
“Thought-provoking and inspirational.” - The Austin Chronicle
“Carbon Nation zigzags across the United States, seeking out those who are developing low-carbon energy projects now—finding common ground among rural entrepreneurs, nonprofits, urban community organizers, and even planners in the Pentagon.”
- Robert Mellinger, yesmagazine.org
CARBON NATION is a dynamic film that explores innovative approaches to alternative energy and SOLUTIONS to climate change. Meet the entertaining innovators and entrepreneurs who are laying the groundwork for a clean energy future – from a wild Alaskan geothermal pioneer to airline exec Richard Branson, a former CIA Director, utility CEOs, a rancher turned wind farmer and wonky economists—all who showcase why it’s good business to be part of the new, low-carbon economy!
SHOW TIME: 7 PM Running Time: 85 minutes (2011).
Watch the trailer HERE.
March 28 BAG IT
“Gripping, funny, intelligent, and sure to change your life.” - Louie Psihoyos, director of the The Cove
“Bag It” moves from charming to alarming to downright terrifying as it reveals that the American Chemistry Council is a powerful lobby with deep pockets dedicated to promoting the use of plastics and other chemicals without regard to the welfare of the nation as a whole and in a manner that blatantly threatens the health of future generations.” – FilmSlate Magazine
Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes. But where do these bags go when we’re done with them? Where is “away?” BAG IT follows the journey of average guy Jeb Berrier when he resolves to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store—and ends up learning about much more than plastic bags. Discover the unknown consequences of rampant plastic use–from degradation to the risk of cancer and other human diseases. BAG IT makes it clear that it is time to question how we produce and consume “disposable” objects.
SHOW TIME: 7 PM Running Time: 78 minutes (2010).
Watch the trailer HERE.
April 25 FARMAGEDDON
“An eye-popping wake-up call revealing how the USDA and the FDA have increasingly waged war on America’s small farmers even when they can prove they are contributing healthful products to our food supply.” – The Los Angeles Times
“I can’t recommend it heartily enough. Who owns your body? What kind of terror do America’s food police inflict on heritage food providers? This is strong language, but we live in disturbing times. You owe it to your children to empower yourself with the truth about food safety and food choice.” - Joel Salatin
Americans’ right to choose fresh, healthy food is under attack. FARMAGEDDON tells the story of how small family farms are being harmed by regulations created for industrial-scale agriculture and threatened using extreme enforcement measures. FARMAGEDDON highlights the urgency of food freedom, encouraging consumers and farmers alike to defend their rights to eat and grow fresh, unprocessed foods.
SHOW TIME: 7 PM Running Time: 90 minutes (2011).
Watch the trailer HERE.
May 30 END OF THE LINE
Official Selection, 2009 Sundance Film Festival
“Vital, well-researched, [and] evenhanded… offering a persuasive case that the major species of edible fish are headed for extinction.”
- The New York Times
“…furious and compelling … It’s a film, in the spirit of David Guggenheim’s An Inconvenient Truth (2006) and Fran Armstrong’s The Age of Stupid (2009), that chronicles the marine Armageddon perpetrated in the name of consumer choice by big businesses over the last half century…. exposes the ongoing rape of the world’s seas and oceans by a multi-billion dollar industry that pursues shareholder profit over ecological concerns.” – The Telegraph, London
Imagine a world without fish. THE END OF THE LINE reveals the inconvenient truths about overfishing the world’s oceans. This is the first documentary to illuminate the true extent of the crisis facing our aquatic ecosystems. Taking us from the cod-depleted shores of the north Atlantic to the fish markets of Tokyo, THE END OF THE LINE sounds a powerful wakeup call: if we continue fishing as we are, we will see the end of many fish species before 2050.
SHOW TIME: 7 PM Running Time: 82 minutes (2009).
Watch the trailer HERE.
Where: Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion
Time: Movies begin at 7:00pm
Admission: $12.00 for the general public, $10.00 for Institute Members, and seniors & students over 18 with ID’s, and for those under 18 and Market vendors. Become an Institute Member the night of, and receive an immediate discount.
Thank you to our SPONSORS for their support of these great events!
Downtown Subscription, Green Party Santa Fe, La Montanita Co-op, Robert Marcus and Ann Coulston, Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, Bernie and Carol Toobin, Walter Burke Catering, Anonymous, Cafe Pasqual’s, Denman & Associates, Lakind Dental Group, Slow Food Santa Fe, State Employees Federal Credit Union, Todos Santos Chocolates.
