Location
Grand Theater
191 High Street NE
Salem, Oregon
Hours
Doors open at 6:15p
Films begin at 7p
Admission
Adults $3
Students $2
Contact
503-588-8713
503-779-5288
Grand Theater
191 High Street NE
Salem, Oregon
Doors open at 6:15p
Films begin at 7p
Adults $3
Students $2
503-588-8713
503-779-5288
January
8, 2009Celebrated journalist, and winner of the 1995 Prix Albert-Londres, Marie-Monique
Robin explores the past and present of Monsanto in this hit documentary.
The film documents the history of the global leader in genetically engineered
seeds, one of the most controversial companies in the history of modern industry.
From the production of chemicals such as PCB, and polystyrene to deadly herbicides,
such as the Agent Orange used in Vietnam, and bovine growth hormones used
in milk, Monsanto has accumulated since its founding in 1901 a long legal
record of trials stemming from the toxicity of its products.
But what are the real objectives this company? The fruit of three years of
exceptional investigation conducted on four continents, The World According
to Monsanto traces the origins of an industrial empire. The film alleges
that Monsanto by means of falsified reports, governments collusion, lobbying
and attempts at corruption, has become one of the largest seed companies
in the world. With offices in 46 countries, it is responsible for 90 per
cent of the genetically engineered crops grown worldwide.
Despite its long history of toxic products, Monsanto is now trying to represent itself as a “life-science” company, converted to the virtues of sustainable development. It has obtained 90 per cent of the patents on genetically engineered soy, corn, canola and cotton grown in the world. Through a succession of mergers and acquisitions, it is on its way to becoming the world leader in seed production, and along the way, to controlling the food chain of the entire planet. Roundup, its herbicide developed in 1974, has been key to its global conquest, as it has patented GE crops designed to be used with this herbicide. Given the long list of deadly products associated with the company, filmmaker Robin is accurate to label Monsanto as one of “the most controversial companies of the industrial era.”
"The World According to Monsanto" - Awesome video clips here
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LISA WEASELl |
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DAVID
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February
12, 2009Wake up, America! We're on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions.
"To the U.S. economy what 'An Inconvenient Truth' was to the environment." – Reuters
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JANET
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MARK THOMA Thoma's scholarly publications include "Electrical Energy Usage over the Business Cycle," Energy Economics, (2004); "Financial Market Variables Do Not Predict Real Activity," Economic Inquiry, (1998, with Jo Anna Gray); "Subsample Instability in Money-Income Causality," Journal of Econometrics, (1994); "Leading Transportation Indicators: Forecasting Waterborne Commerce Statistics Using Lock Performance Data," Journal of the Transportation Forum, (forthcoming with W. Wilson). Thoma blogs
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March
12, 2009
7 PM
ADDICTED TO PLASTIC is a feature-length documentary about solutions to plastic
pollution. The point-of-view style documentary encompasses three years of
filming in 12 countries on 5 continents, including two trips to the middle
of the Pacific Ocean where plastic debris accumulates. The film details plastic's
path over the last 100 years and provides a wealth of expert interviews on
practical and cutting edge solutions to recycling, toxicity and biodegradability.
These solutions - which include plastic made from plants - will provide viewers
with a hopeful perspective about our future with plastic.
"Addicted to Plastic was a wake-up call for me as a marine scientist.
This film presents the viewers with a grim, realistic look at how the food
chain is being affected due to plastic confetti invading nearly every square
centimeter on earth. It is a sobering must-see and needs to be shown at every
educational level globally!"
~
Dr. James M. Cervino, Assistant Professor,
Biology and Health Sciences, Pace University
>> Go to the Addicted to Plastic web site
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ANGELICQUE WHITE At present, Angelique is a postdoctoral research associate in the Letelier lab at Oregon State University. Her primary research is an exploration of how phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen fluxes are regulated by diazotrophic organisms. This project has been conducted in collaboration with the NSF-funded Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE). Additionally, she is working on a project led by Fred Prahl at OSU that seeks to develop an in situ biomarker approach to assay organism specific contributions to primary productivity and particle export. Angel has numerous scientific publications and has been in the Northern Pacific Gyra sampling the microbial communities and biogeochemical properties associated with this Pacific plastic patch. When not torturing cyanobacteria in the laboratory, she can be found playing outside (mountain biking, running, etc.) or staring into a microscope.
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