| SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Movie starts at 7 p.m. in Building F
Bring the whole family and a picnic dinner! |
 Free movies, popcorn and lemonade! This showing of two environmental movies is the second in a free, family-friendly environmental film series to raise awareness about our environment, ecology and present-day challenges and successes.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Screenings of FRESH the Movie and The Unfractured Future begin at 7 p.m. The films will be shown at Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center, 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights. Bring the whole family and a picnic dinner.
Produced and directed in 2009 by ana Sofia joanes, FRESH the Movie runs 72 minutes. FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur's 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.
The Unfractured Future is the product of a Pace University media class. It brings Native American voices to the forefront of an hot topic in New York State: the natural gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing. The film urges all to envision an unfractured future together. It offers perspectives rarely heard in the American environmental movement or in mainstream media today.
Following the show, WAC Communications Director Tara Collins and Hilltop Hanover Farm Manager Lu Munz will lead a discussion about clean water, sustainability and what you can do to make a difference. This summer film series is hosted by the Friends of Hilltop Hanover and sponsored by the Watershed Agricultural Council with funding from NYC DEP. For more information, contact Patti Schulman at (914) 420-7747.
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SUMMARY: On September 11, Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center will show two environmental films at 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights. Hosted by Friends of Hilltop Hanover and Watershed Agricultural Council, this event is free and open to the public. |
EVENT CONTACT:
Friends of Hilltop Hanover (914) 420-7747 |
WAC CONTACT:
Tara Collins
Communications Director (607) 865-7090 x226
(607) 643-5148 cell |
The Watershed Agricultural Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City Watershed region. The WAC is funded by The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service and other federal, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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