Common Ground: Film Screening and Q&A Discussion in Ithaca, NY

Name: Common Ground: Film Screening and Q&A Discussion in Ithaca, NY
Start: 2024-05-10T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-16T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Cinemapolis

Schedule

Fri May 10 2024 at 04:00 pm to Thu May 16 2024 at 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Cinemapolis | Ithaca, NY

Returning by popular demand, watch the award-winning documentary film 'Common Ground' (follow-up film to Kiss the Ground) at Cinemapolis in Ithaca, New York for a special one week run of screenings May 10th-16th, with the opening night followed by a Q&A discussion with leaders in food and agriculture.
Get Info + Tickets:
https://www.cinemapolis.org/movie/common-ground
Q&A Discussion:
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**Screening presented by Big Picture Ranch and Area 23a. Thank you to Cinemapolis, the panelists, and all the passionate people and organizations in/around this region who are supporting this screening, the film and the movement of regenerative agriculture.
ABOUT THE FILM:
The sequel to Kiss the Ground fuses journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system, an reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.
FEATURING:
The film is directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell and features narrators Rosario Dawson, Laura Dern, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Jason Momoa, and Ian Somerhalder, along with interviews with regenerative farmers, ranchers, scientists, leaders, allies and beyond, including: Gabe Brown, Rick Clark, Jonathan Lundgren Ph.D, Mark Hyman M.D., Kara Brewer Boyd, Ray Archuleta, Allejandro Carillo, Carey Gillam, Leah Penniman, Robyn O'Brien, and more.
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Common Ground received the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2023 Human/Nature Award, “…a prize established to amplify a film that exemplifies solution-oriented environmental storytelling," and was also in the Top 10 Limited Release Documentaries of 2023! It has has received the Boston Film Festival EcoFilm Award, and Mass Impact Award, and 14 other awards including Best Documentary Audience Award from Palm Springs International Film Festival, 'Best Documentary Feature' from Environmental Media Association, and the Cinema for Peace "International Green Film Award 2024."
The film has shown in 200+ theaters and garnered sold out premieres in cities across the country since debuting September 2023, including Seattle, Portland, NYC, Boulder, Austin, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, San Rafael, San Francisco, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Phoenix, and more. Over 10,000 people have requested the film in their local theater.
Learn more about the film and join the movement:
CommonGroundFilm.org
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Thank you.