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MINI-FILM SERIES: SEEDS FOR THOUGHT

Sponsored by NY Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NYSAWG)
BEFORE THE FLOOD: October 30, 2019, Cuba Cultural Center  |  November 7, 2019, Olean Public Library
SEEDS OF SOVEREIGNTY & ABUNDANT LAND:  November 6, 2019, Cuba Cultural Center  |  November 20, 2019, Olean Public Library
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Join us for the first mini-film series planned to engage Western New Yorkers into a discussion about food, the economy, and ecosystems. This is a free event open to the public and will take place at the Cuba Cultural Center in Cuba, NY and Olean Public Library in Olean, NY.  No reservations are required, but if you’d like to find out more about the films contact Fileve Palmer at 716 945-5301.

Check out the film descriptions and trailers below to whet your appetite!

Join NYSAWG to view and discuss the three films over two days to unpack how climate change, human activity, and food systems work together to help or hinder our well-being as individuals and as a collective planet.

Before the flood (2016)
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/before-the-flood-2016/?trailer=true

Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
From Academy Award -winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor, environmental activist and U.N. Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet. The film follows DiCaprio as he travels to five continents and the Arctic speaking to scientists, world leaders, activists and local residents to gain a deeper understanding of this complex issue and investigate concrete solutions to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.

Seeds of Sovereignty (2013)
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/seeds-of-sovereignty-2013/

As the world’s agriculture and food systems face a crisis of disappearing seed diversity, a new short film tells the story of how African farming communities and organisations are reviving traditional seed diversity across the continent, and resisting mounting corporate pressure to use industrialised seed and farming methods.
This film is the follow up to our landmark 2012 film Seeds of Freedom, narrated by Jeremy Irons. Find out more and watch more films at seedsoffreedom.info

Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty (2017)
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/abundant-land-soil-seeds-and-sovereignty/

Abundant Land is a 60-minute documentary that follows a group of Hawaiian residents on the island of Moloka’i as they oppose the biotech industry's use of their land to test genetically engineered seeds, and work to restore an integrated food system based on ancient Hawaiian farming practices.
Go to abundantland.com for more info.