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Thursday, April 25, 2024
University Heights Center - 5031 University Way NE, Seattle, WA
Free Film Screening of "The Smell of Money”
For more information, contact: marisa@socialjusticefilminstitute.org
(564) 225-2214
Content warning: This film contains strong language and mature themes that are not suitable for minors. Minor children will only be admitted with a parent or guardian.
Film Synopsis:
“The smell of money”—that’s what Big Pork calls the stench of pig waste in the air in eastern North Carolina, where much of the world’s bacon and barbecue is made. But to Elsie Herring and others who live near the state’s giant pig factories, the revolting odor is a call to battle against generations of injustice.
A story about the power of love for one’s family and community to triumph over even the largest forces of injustice, The Smell of Money calls upon viewers to see the people behind what's on our plates––and to join the fight for a better future for us all.
** After the screening, join us for an insightful conversation and Q&A with Larry Baldwin, Waterkeeper Alliance’s Pure Farms, Pure Waters Coordinator in North Carolina, and Seattle's own Paulina Lopez, Executive Director, Duwamish River Community Coalition.
Thursday, April 23, 2024
University Heights Center - 5031 University Way NE, Seattle, WA
Free Film Screening of "Calls From Home”
Film Synopsis:
A longstanding radio program sends familial messages of love to people incarcerated in Central Appalachia. Directed by Sylvia Ryerson, a former DJ for the show, CALLS FROM HOME follows the weekly broadcast through prison walls, portraying the many forms of distance that rural prison building creates—and the ceaseless work to end the racist system of mass incarceration and family separation.
CALLS FROM HOME was featured during the 2023 Social Justice Film Festival and was awarded the Documentary Gold Award.
“An exceptionally strong portrait of a grassroots approach to address the issue of mass incarceration in Appalachia. From the innovative animation which enables us to imagine that which cannot be filmed inside the prisons to the inclusive structure of storytelling that makes this more than one family's story, this film does important work.”
- Winner, 2022 Jack Spadaro Documentary Award, Appalachian Studies Association
** After the screening, join us for an insightful conversation and Q&A with the Director, Sylvia Ryerson and local representatives of the restorative justice community.
For more information, contact: marisa@socialjusticefilminstitute.org
