“Go Organic” in San Francisco- Feb 6th

“Go Organic” is a group of short films about agriculture put together by the Rural Route Film Festival. The Meatrix series is included throughout the shorts and it makes for quite a wonderful presentation! I saw the program in NYC last summer and was able to meet Alan Webber, the person responsible for Rural Route films. If you are in San Francisco tonight or tomorrow night, stop by the Red Vic Movie House to check out the Rural Route tour!

Tonight (2/5) they are hosting another program from Rural Route tour- the appropriately called “Rural Route Tour.”

RURAL ROUTE MAKES SAN FRAN DEBUT THIS TUES & WED, FEB. 5-6!

VENUE:
Red Vic Movie House
1727 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117

SHOW TIMES:
“Rural Route Tour”: Tuesday: 7:15, 9:20
“Go Organic!” Wednesday: 2:00, 7:00, 9:20

Click “read the rest of this entry” to find out about both programs:

The “Rural Route Tour” program contains both fun and serious pieces from around the world. Included are films concerning Arctic owls in Montana (“Snowies”, Dir. Elliot Kennerson, US); Canadian lawnmower racing (“Wanderlust 2: Thunder on the Track”, Dir. Walter Forsberg, Canada); vignettes of life in a small village in the Carpathian Mountains
(“Pictograph”, Dirs. Miso and Lida Suchy, Ukraine); and the story of a plastic lawn doe who finds herself lost on the gritty streets of Brooklyn, NY (“Dear Deer” Dir. Alan Webber, US). Total running time is 97 minutes.

The “Go Organic!” program is a new component to the Rural Route tour and is essential viewing. These films provide a refreshing education on the current state of agriculture, and point out sustainable and organic practices that we all can take part in. “The Meatrix” (Dir. Louis Fox, US) and “Frankensteer” (Dirs. Ted Remerowski & Marrin Canell, US) expose the ways of unethical farming, while “Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil” (Dir. Faith Morgan, Cuba) and “Back to the Land…Again” (Dir. Gretta Wing Miller, US) provide us with inspiring role models. Also included is Academy Award Winner for Best Student Documentary, Ladies of the Land (Dir. Megan Thompson, 2006). Total running time is 110 minutes.