Uncategorized

Ally of the Garbage Dreams Tour, Transition US, Featured in Great Article!

March 25, 2010 BY Molly Murphy

I just came across this great article about the Transition movement. This movement isn’t about sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves because of climate change and peak oil. It’s about doing something, or as the article says, “Transition wants people to envision and create models for that future — and find much to be cheerful about.”

I was excited to see the Transition movement getting the attention it deserves, especially because Working Films just recently worked with Transition US to put together a special offer for their supporters who want to host a screening of Garbage Dreams. We hope those in the Transition US network will be inspired by the pro-active recycling work of the Zaballeen and use community screenings of the film to support their own community- based solutions to environmental and economic changes!

RELATED NEWS

Partners: A Film to Strike To

In case you haven’t heard, the "Red Cup" season looked a little different this year. Starbucks workers across the country are on strike. Starbucks Workers United (SBWU), the union representing workers at over 600 stores nationwide, has walked off the floor during the company's busiest season. Their goal? To protest illegal union-busting and secure the fair pay and consistent hours they deserve. But while workers are on the picket line, a new documentary, Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution, is catalyzing community solidarity in union halls and theaters…

Honoring Working Films Bay Area Connections and Impact

Working Films was founded on the premise that Story Leads to Action. And for 25 years, we’ve made that tagline a reality by building trusting relationships between filmmakers and organizers, ensuring that when the lights come up after a film, audiences have meaningful ways to plug into efforts for change. Two and a half decades later we are still bringing the world of filmmaking together with social justice through dynamic programs that are tackling the most pressing issues of our time. Our connection to the San Francisco Bay Area is…

8 ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED TO PUT FILMS TO WORK

We are excited to announce the 8 organizations selected to participate in Putting Films to Work, a year-long training institute for Georgia-based nonprofits that will leverage the power of documentary media to advance their organizing, educational, and advocacy goals. The program is designed to help organizations embrace nonfiction film as a critical resource and a natural component of what they do; resource the organizations and individual leaders with specific films and the skills to put them to work; and increase the strategic use of documentary films in community settings, creating…