Description: All films will be
screened at 7:00 p.m., at the Elks Lodge, located at 130 S. 2nd St.
This location is a new one for events sponsored by the Danforth, which
usually screens films at the Empire Theater. “We wanted to mix it up
and concentrate our efforts to bring a more thematic festival to town,”
explained Bunkers. “We hope to generate a lot of cinematic buzz by
showing 16 films over three nights. We have amazing community support
this year, our downtown businesses have really stepped up to help us
bring this festival to Livingston.”
Ticket prices for the
event are $20 for a 3-Day Pass; $8.00/night for General Admission; and
$6/night for PCFA Members. There are no advance ticket sales. For more
information and a complete listing of films, check the PCFA website at www.pcfadanforth.org.
Rural Route Festival Highlights:
King Corn: Thursday, May 1, 7:00 PM
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends who move to the
heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of
friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful
herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s
most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But
when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what
they find raises troubling questions about how we eat—and how we farm.
Best of Rural Route: Friday, May 2, 7:00 PM
The best films from New York’s annual Rural Route Film Festival. This
world-class program includes short films about Arctic owls in Montana,
Canadian riding lawnmower races, films about light pollution, a
Ukrainian poetic peasant masterpiece, dancers in the snowy Norwegian
tundra, plastic lawn deer lost in Brooklyn, a man’s captivating search
for his ancestors in Lithuania, and some good, ol’ banjo playin’ at a
Kentucky old folks home. (9 films, total running time 97 minutes)
Go Organic: Saturday, May 3 - discussion panel at 6:00 PM, films at 7:00 PM
These films provide a refreshing look at the current state of
agriculture, and point out positive sustainable and organic practices.
The Meatrix and Frankensteer expose the ways of unethical farming,
while other films provide us with role models through CSAs, Cuban
community, sustainable lemon farms, organic choices, and a new wave of
female farmers leading the way. Includes Ladies of the Land, Academy
Award Winner for Best Student Documentary. (6 films, total running
time 110 minutes) COME EARLY for a panel discussion with local organic
farming and sustainability experts.
Age Group: All Ages Venue: Elks Lodge Address: 130 S. 2nd St. Phone: N/A
