Upcoming Films: Stealing America: Vote by Vote & "Everything's Cool": America Gets Global Warming
Stealing America: Vote by Vote: Featuring Greg Palast, the film tells the story of the ways in which privatized election systems, disenfranchisement of certain populations and vulnerable voting technology are impacting our democracy. Also featured in this film, Jonathan Simon, co-founder Election Defense Alliance. Both Greg Palast and Jonathan Simon will be panelists at the Upcoming Forum:
Friday, June 1st, 7:00 PM, SUNY New Paltz
THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE CURRENT AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM
-- Tuesday May 22, Sponsored by CODEPINK - Hudson Valley Contingent: at B.S.P Backstage Studio Productions, 323 Wall street, in Kingston. Doors open at 6:00, cash bar and snacks. After the film, Andi Novick of Northeast Citizens for Responsible Media (Re-Media) www.re-media.org will be present for a Q&A on what citizens and registered voters can do. See www.hvan.org for more information. -- Tuesday, June 5th, Hosted by Schenectady Neighbors For Peace at Schenectady Main Library in downtown Schenectady on Clinton St. contact: 518 399-2080 http://www.peaceact.net/snp.htm 6:00 PM.
Q&A following film with Andi Novick of Northeast Citizens for Responsible Media (Re-Media) www.re-media.org. ____________________________________________ Re- Media & Clearwater are also co-sponsoring... "Everything Cool": America GETS Global Warming -- Thursday, May 31 at 8:15 p.m. at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck. A "toxic comedy" about global warming coming to America... Picks up where Al Gore left off. (2007, Dir. Daniel B. Gold & Judith Helfand, 100 min, http://www.everythingscool.org/ )
The two filmmakers will be present for discussion after the film. They won a Sundance award in 2002 for Blue Vinyl and were nominated this year for Everything's Cool. Daniel B. Gold is a Poughkeepsie native and graduate of the Poughkeepsie Day School and Vassar College.
Cost: $10.00 See hvan.org for more details
andi novick
Northeast Citizens for
Responsible Media (Re-Media)
www.re-media.org