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Films Archive

2010 Films

Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives, The Environmental Footprint of War

January 14
Film website

Guest Speakers
• Peter Bergel, Executive Director of Oregon Peaceworks
• Dan Shea, Executive Director of Education without Borders | Courage to Resist | Veterans for Peace
• Kelly Campbell, Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility

 

A Sea Change

February 11, 2010
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Burke Hales, Associate Professor, Oregon State University
• George Waldbusser, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University.

 

Manufactured Landscapes

Thursday, March 11, 2010
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers
• Jennifer Baichwa, filmmker.

 

Secrecy

April 8, 2010
Film Web Site

Guets Speakers:
• Steven Wa, Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon

 

Good Food

May 13, 2010
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Karl Kupers, Food Alliance certified grain grower; Center for Sustaining and Natural Resources Advisory Committee; The Food Alliance; Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association.
• Steven Perkins, American Baker trained with a strong emphasis on whole grain breads.

2009 Films

The World According to Monsanto

January 8, 2009
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Lisa Weasel, Associate Professor of Biology, Portland State Univ.
• David Gould, Director of Technical Services for the Global ID Group

 

I.O.U.S.A

February 12, 2009
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Janet Ryan, Western Regional Director for the The Concord Coalition
• Marks Thoma, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Oregon | Blog

 

Addicted to Plastic

March 12, 2009
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Angelique White, Oregon State University
• David Allaway, Oregon DEQ

 

Contaminated Without Consent

April 9, 2009
Film web site

Guest Speakers:
• Sue Koger, Willamette University
• ReneeHackenmiller-Paradis, Oregon Environmental Council
Salem Citizens for Alternatives to Pesticides Web site

 

The Accidental Advocate

May 14 , 2009
Film web site

Guest Speakers:
• Dr. Kevin Ahern, Oregon State University | Biochemistry music CDs Web site
• Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Oregon Stem Cell Center

 

The Exonerated

September 10, 2009
Trailer  

Guest Speakers:
• Ron Steiner, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Murder Victims' Families for Reconcilliation

• Curtis Edward McCarty, exonerated in 2007 after serving 21 years | The Innocence Project

 

Crossroads On The Columbia:
Oregon Confronts America’s Energy Future

October 8, 2009
Film web site

Guest Speakers
• Bill Bradbury, former Oregon Secretary of State
• Olivia Schmidt, community organizer, Anti-LNG Coalition
• Dan Serres, Columbia Riverkeeper

 

Health, Money and Fear

November 12 , 2009
Film web site

Guest Speakers
• Dr. Paul Hochfeld
• Dr.Mike Huntingto

 

Garbage, The Revolution Starts At Home

December 10
Film website

Guest Speakers
• Bailey Paine, Marion County Recycling Coordinator
• Amy Korst, GreenGarbage Project

 

 

2008 Films

Big Bucks, Big Pharma

January 10, 2008
Film Web Site

Guest Speaker:
• Maribeth Healey, Executive Director of Oregonians for Health Security

 

Thirst

February 14, 2008
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Professor Aaron Wolf Ph.D., Geoscience Dept, Oregon State University
• Peter Fernandez, Director of Public Works, Salem

 

Independent Intervention

March 13, 2008
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Alan Bushong, Director of Capitol Community Television
• Nathaniel Cordova, Professor of Rhetoric, Willamette University
• Courtney Dillard, Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies

 

Subdivided

April 10, 2008
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Professor Emily Drew, Sociology Dept., Willamette University
• Professor Melissa Michaux, Politics, Willamette University
• Trenton Jacobs, Urban Planner with Nathan Good Architect Firm

 

Uncounted, The New Math of American Elections

May 8, 2008
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• David Earnhardt, Producer/director
• Bill Burgess, Marion County Clerk

 

No films in June, July and August.

 

Transforming Energy

September 11, 2008
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Chuck Davis, Producer/writer/director, Throughline Productions
• Christopher Dymind, Oregon Department of Energy
• Dr. Carel DeWinkel, Oregon Department of Energy

>> Go to the Transforming Energy web site

 

Washington, You’re Fired

October 9, 2008
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• David Fidanque, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon

 

Consuming Kids

November 13, 2008
Film web site

Guest Speakers:
• Ginger Carlson, author
• Carl Bybee, founder of the Oregon Media Literacy Project
   Teaching Apathy, Teaching Citizenship
   Media and Social Class: Citizenship v. Consumerism
   Schools, Media and Health

 

The Story of Stuff

November 13, 2008
Film web site

 

 

 

Food Matters

December 11, 2008
Film web site

Guest Speakers:
• Nancy Ludwig, nutrition instructor
• Suzanne Dixon, author, speaker

2007 Films

War Made Easy

September 13, 2007
Film Web Site

Guest Speaker:
• Peter Bergel, Director of Oregon Peaceworks

End of Suburbia

October 11, 2007
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Oregon State Representative Brian Clem
• Sid Friedman, 1,000 Friends of Oregon
• Matthew Arnold, Urban Planner with SERA Architect Firm

Future of Food

November 8, 2007
Film Web Site

Guest Speakers:
• Rick North, Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Chris Schreiner, Oregon Tilth

 

Maxed Out

December 13, 2007
Film Web Site

Guest Speaker:
• Angela Martin, Director of Economic Fairness Coalition of Our Oregon

 

No films in June, July and August