RIPL Film Series begins Sunday Jan. 10 with peak oil doc
January 10th, 2010 Posted in Culture/The Arts, Environmental cleanup, Politics, Energy, Community, Education, peak oilRIPL’s annual winter film series begins this year with the groundbreaking peak oil documentary, A Crude Awakening. Come to all of these films if you can. Bring a blanket, the theater can be chilly. Thanks to Judy and Gracious and Rhode Island Progressive League for their tireless efforts.
Rhode Island Progressive League
January 2010 Documentary Series
Sundays at 7 p.m.
Firehouse Theater
4 Equality Park Place , Newport, Rhode Island
Sunday, January 10th - A Crude Awakening; The Oil Crash, directed by Basil Gelpke & Ray McCormack, this intensively-researched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels & blissfully unaware of the looming “peak oil” crisis.
Sunday, January 17th – Garbage! The Revolution Begins at Home, directed by Andrew Nisker, asks an average urban family to keep every scrap of garbage for 3 months. By the end of this trashy odyssey, you are truly inspired to revolutionize your lifestyle!
Sunday, January 24th – The World According to Monsanto, by French director Marie-Monique Robin, reveals this company’s corporate influence in government & technology as it races to genetically engineer (and patent) the world’s food supply.
Sunday, January 31st – Rethink Afghanistan is directed by Robert Greenwald.
Rescheduled from Jan. 3rd.
$5.00 Donation requested