The New Direction Film Series is showing the film “Who Killed the Electric Car?” at 6:30p.m. Tuesday at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd. Doors open at 6p.m. and the showing is free.
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.
Milking The Rhino examines the deepening conflict between humans and animals in an ever-shrinking world. It is the first major documentary to explore wildlife conservation from the perspective of people who live with wild animals. Shot in some of the world’s most magnificent locales, Milking The Rhino offers complex, intimate portraits of rural Africans at the forefront of community-based conservation: a revolution that is turning poachers into preservationists and local people into the stewards of their land.
Tuesday January 13th 2009 at 5 p.m
At Goethe-Institut – Corner of Loita/Monrovia Street Maendeleo House
Free Entrance
The film will run for 85 minutes and there will be time for discussion following the screening. Two special guests featured in the film will be in attendance, Dr. Helen Gichohi, President of the African Wildlife Society in Nairobi and Ian Craig of the Lewa Conservancy. [via]
Tin Roof Films will have a free, public viewing of its short film “Last Bullet” Friday evening at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts in Newnan, Georgia. The screening starts at 7 p.m. The Centre is located on Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan, GA.
In “Last Bullet,” best friends Shane and Matt dive into a nearby bunker to avoid the onslaught of bullets from Viet Cong fighters, only to discover that Matt has been hit and is rapidly losing blood. A decision is made in a matter of moments. Shane must run off for help in order for both men to survive.
Matt is on his own, his only connection to the world outside the foxhole a radio crackling with sporadic updates. When a nearby explosion leaves him deaf, he’s unable to hear that Shane is on his way with reinforcements.
Tension mounts as the question becomes, “Who will Matt kill with his last bullet?” [via]
In partnership with KETC Channel 9, the Missouri Historical Society sheds light on impact of drugs and race in a community today (Thurs., Jan. 8 ) with a special screening of Tulia, Texas.
The film shows a lone undercover cop moves into a small farming town. By the end of the blazing summer of 1999, 46 people are arrested for selling cocaine–nearly all of them African American. It was heralded as one of the biggest drug busts in Texas history, until a team of lawyers set out to uncover the truth.
Tulia, Texas is the story of a small town’s search for justice and the price Americans pay for the nation’s war on drugs.
KETC/Channel 9’s Living St. Louis personality Jim Kirchherr moderates a panel discussion following the program. Panelists include Redditt Hudson of the ACLU; Alderman Terry Kennedy; and Linda Trest, reporter with the Gasconade County Republican.
The screening for Tulia Texas will take place at 7 p.m., today (Thursday, January 8 ) at the Missouri History Museum, Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park. The panel discussion will immediately follow.
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