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SUMMARY:SEED: The Untold Story - a documentary film
DESCRIPTION:Gesa Power House Theatre presents the Walla Walla premiere of “SEED: The Untold Story” on Wednesday\, March 29\, at 7:00 p.m. The film’s co-director and co-producer Jon Betz\, a Walla Walla native\, will attend and participate in a talkback session following the screening. \n \n“The most essential\, illuminating and enraging film since Food\, Inc. “\n-NYC Movie Guru \n“This is a gorgeously made film\, put together with as much care as it’s subjects devote to saving the remaining varieties of seeds.”\n-L.A. Times \nFew things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshiped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. “SEED: The Untold Story” follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12\,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century\, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds\, farmers\, scientists\, lawyers\, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story\, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a culture connected to seeds. The film features Vandana Shiva\, Dr. Jane Goodall\, Andrew Kimbrell\, Winona Laduke and Raj Patel. \nThe film\, which includes Academy-Award winning actor Marisa Tomei among its executive producers\, has received numerous awards: \nENVIRONMENTAL AWARD – Sheffield Doc/Fest; GREEN PLANET AWARD – Rhode Island FF; BEST DOCUMENTARY – Nashville Film Festival; BEST IN FESTIVAL – Princeton Environmental; AUDIENCE AWARD – American Conservation Festival; OFFICIAL SELECTION\nIDFA – Best of Fests; BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – UN Film Festival; ECOHERO AWARD – Portland EcoFilm Festival; AUDIENCE AWARD – Lunenberg Doc Fest; BEST FEATURE FILM – Tutti Nello Stesso Piatto; AUDIENCE AWARD – San Diego Film Festival; HONORABLE MENTION – Cine Eco Portugal; BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM – Et Cultura Festival; BEST DOCUMENTARY – Lunenberg Doc Fest \n\n\n\n\nJon Betz is an emmy-nominated\, award-winning independent documentary filmmaker. He is the co-director and co-producer of SEED: The Untold Story and the producer and editor for QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? (2010). QUEEN OF THE SUN was critically- acclaimed during it’s U.S. theatrical release and heralded by The New York Times as “Revelatory! A Critic’s Pick” His previous film\, MEMORIZE YOU SAW IT (2008) journals his experience as an aid worker living with former-child soldiers in Eastern Uganda. Betz is a Fledgling Outreach and Engagement and Lab Fellow\, a Britdoc’s GOODPITCH alumni and a graduate from Rhode Island School of Design. He is the director of Collective Eye Films\, a non-profit media production and distribution organization based in Portland\, Oregon.\n\n\n\nGeneral admission tickets ($15 Adults\, $10 Students\, including ticket fees) are available online or by calling the box office at 509-529-6500. RSVP on Facebook \n# # # \nWant to receive early notice and access to ticket sales? Become a Gesa Power House Theatre Member (highest priority) or sign up for our e-mail list! \n\nThe 2017 Gesa Power House Theatre Season receives support from: \n \n   \nCourtyard Marriott\, Inland Cellular\, Pacific Power
URL:https://phtww.org/show/seed-the-untold-story-a-documentary-film/
LOCATION:Gesa Power House Theatre\, 111 North 6th Avenue\, Walla Walla\, WA\, 99362\, United States
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