Sneak Peek at Food, Inc., a new film from Participant Media,
with Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser in Conversation
Films to be screened: The Future of Food, Seeds of In Good Heart, Pressure Cooker, Our Daily Bread
San Francisco, CA (August 14, 2008)—Slow Food Nation today announced a free film series on Sunday, August 31, that includes a sneak peek at Food, Inc., a new film from Participant Media featuring Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser. Free films to be screened include The Future of Food, Seeds of In Good Heart, Pressure Cooker and Our Daily Bread.
An unprecedented event taking place over Labor Day Weekend in San Francisco, Slow Food Nation will bring together tens of thousands to experience an extraordinary range of activities highlighting the connection between plate and planet. It will feature Taste Pavilions, chef demonstrations, a major conference on food values, social justice and the environment, an urban farm, a music festival and workshops, forums, films and interactive exhibits. For more information, please visit: www.slowfoodnation.org
Food for Thought Free Films
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center
3 sessions: 12:00 – 3:15 p.m., 3:45 – 6:45 p.m. and 7:15 – 8:45 p.m.
Tickets to each session are free on a first-come, first-serve basis and require an individual RSVP at www.slowfoodnation.org.
Session I
12:00 – 3:15 p.m.
A screening of Seeds of In Good Heart and The Future of Food. Followed by a panel discussion on Agricultural Genetic Engineering: Where Do We Go From Here? With Ignacio Chapela, U.C. Berkeley; Andrew Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety; Fred Kirschenmann, President of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and Distinguished Fellow for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; and Deborah Koons Garcia, director, The Future of Food. Presented by Lily Films.
Session II
3:45 – 6:45 p.m.
A sneak peek at clips from Food, Inc., an upcoming documentary from Participant Media will be shown as part of a discussion with co-producer Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, and Michael Pollan, journalist and author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, both of whom are featured in the film; Producer-Director Robert Kenner and Moderator Harold Goldstein, California Center for Public Health Advocacy. Following the discussion, there will be a screening of Pressure Cooker. Presented by Participant Media.
Session III
7:15 – 9:00 p.m.
A screening of Our Daily Bread (2005, by Nikolaus Geyrhalter) introduced by Dieter Kosslick, Director of the Berlin International Film Festival, and Tommy Struck, head of Culinary Cinema at the Berlin Film Festival. Presented by Slow Food Nation and Alice Waters.
About Slow Food Nation
Slow Food Nation is a subsidiary non-profit of Slow Food USA and part of the international Slow Food movement. It was created to organize the first-ever American collaborative gathering to unite the growing sustainable food movement and introduce thousands of people to food that is good, clean and fair through enjoyable, accessible and educational activities. Slow Food Nation is dedicated to creating a framework for deeper environmental connection to our food and aims to inspire and empower Americans to build a food system that is sustainable, healthy and delicious.
Press contact:
Naomi Starkman
Communications & Policy Director
naomi@slowfoodnation.org
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