Agenda

1. Jun

   20

   Thu
   1. SFGFF at SF DocFest: WILLIAM AND THE WINDMILL @ Roxie Theater

      9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

      Grand jury award-winner at the SXSW Film Festival, this documentary explores the brilliant young Malawi-based man, William Kamkwamba who builds a power-generating windmill from junk parts, effectively rescuing his family from famine and poverty.

      William and the Windmill tells the story of a unique individual whose incredible invention sets into motion a series of events that will forever change his life. Experience how Kamkwamba’s imagination and ingenuity can change a family, village, and a nation.

      Not only must William overcome poverty, he must also grapple with newfound fame outside his native African country, Malawi. William’s success leads him to new opportunities and complex choices about his future, distancing himself miles away from the life he once knew.

      Although William Kamkwamba’s story is rooted in Africa and the problems facing his local community, the film looks at issues that affect us all: education, food production, energy, cultural transition, and international development.

      William and the Windmill is director Ben Nabors’ directorial film debut.

      12th Annual SF DocFest: June 6-23, 2013
      In San Francisco, Palo Alto, Oakland and Santa Cruz

      Information & Tickets: sfindie.com/

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2. Jun

   23

   Sun
   1. SFGFF at SF DocFest: THE LAST OCEAN @ Rio Theater

      9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

      The little-known Ross Sea of Antarctica is the most pristine stretch of ocean on Earth. Scientists describe it as our last “living laboratory” that can teach us about the workings of all marine ecosystems. As the film’s stunning cinematography suggests, it’s also a place of remote and wild beauty. But fishing vessels have begun to intrude here, targeting Antarctic Toothfish. THE LAST OCEAN joins the race to protect the Ross Sea, and raises the simple ethical question: must we fish Earth’s last untouched ocean?

      12th Annual SF DocFest: June 6-23, 2013
      In San Francisco, Palo Alto, Oakland and Santa Cruz

      Information & Tickets: sfindie.com/

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3. Jun

   29

   Sat
   1. SFGFF at Frameline: OUT HERE: A QUEER FARMER FILM PROJECT @ Victoria Theatre

      1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

      Expected to attend: director Jonah Mossberg.

      American farming is welcoming new immigrants, women, people of color, and queer people back to the land. From the Bronx to Alabama, from Kansas to Berkeley, meet queer farmers and agripreneurs using permaculture and organic farming to provide a healthier alternative to commercial agriculture, increase food access, and express allegiance to the earth.

      Hard work and devotion to farming connect people across social boundaries. Courtney, Denise, and son Marek in Kansas identify as family farmers first, yet bring a queer ingenuity to creating goat butter soaps. Queer trans farming newbies Oliver, Suze, and Elijah are seen as odd in rural Alabama, yet are mentored by older straight farmers desperate to pass on their wisdom to continue the farming way of life. Queer people of color emphasize social justice and food access. As African American–owned farms are foreclosed, Karen in the Bronx and Christopher in West Philadelphia are teaching youth of color to farm for self-sufficiency and heal their painful history as enslaved cultivators. All these queer farmers are seeding diversity and bringing a queer activist sensibility to our food and the land.

      Frameline37 Film Festival
      San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
      June 20 – 30, 2013

      Information & Tickets: frameline.org/festival/

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