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An Environmental Conversation with the Filmmaker of Dirt! The Movie
April 21, 2011Eugene Rosow’s film Dirt! The Movie broadcast on Independent Lens in April 2010 and brought together more than 6,000 people to Community Cinema events in 60 cities across the country. As we gear up for Earth Day celebrations and events across the country, we wanted to reflect on two extraordinary films that ITVS had the opportunity to take out to…
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A Love Story Set Within an Environmental Nightmare
April 7, 2011Filmmaker Bennett Cohen sets his FUTURESTATES short The Dig on the verge of an environmental collapse. The film is streaming free today on FUTURESTATES.tv. As the world faces an environmental apocalypse, a group of archaeologists venture into a toxic desert wasteland, determined to unearth a lost civilization. Can this ancient disaster help them…
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We are the garbage collectors. Always blessed.
April 27, 2010Garbage Dreams records the tremblings of a culture at a crossroads... the film digs into the politics of a life that few would choose but many depend on. -The New York TimesWelcome to the world's largest garbage village located on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The Zaballeen (Arabic for "garbage people") recycle 80 percent of the trash they collect -- far…
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Los Angeles and San Francisco Proclaim April 20th to be "Dirt Day"
April 20, 2010The cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco have issued proclamations naming April 20th to be “Dirt Day” in honor of Dirt! The Movie, the award-winning documentary airing nationwide on PBS’ Independent Lens tonight at 10 PM (check local listings). San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Councilwoman Jan Perry will sign the official Dirt! Day…
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Dirt! The Movie Premieres Tonight on Independent Lens on PBS
April 20, 2010"Charming... Dirt! The Movie digs deep into soil. -San Francisco Chronicle "An invigorating look at an invaluable substance we take for granted that makes the case that 'dirt might be more alive than we are.'" -Los Angeles Times It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s…