Alice Waters: Green Screen Film Festival

By JULIETTE ROSSANT Like many Americans, I love to learn from Film, whether it's science films or historical films or even ones based on the Bible. I believe that Film is one of the best ways to reach an audience and change hearts and minds about political and social issues. The great Iranian films of the 1980s and 90s have done much to widen our perception of Iran... but what if they served Iranian snacks at the movie theater? That is one idea involved in the Green Screen Environmental Film Festival which runs June 1-5 at the Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St. in San Francisco. The festival is being held in conjunction with United Nations' World Environmental Day 2005, which is also convening in San Francisco this year. Now, get this: Slow Food, a international organization dedicated to the pleasures of dining and rejecting fast food, will be featuring an environmentally friendly snack bar. Instead of stale popcorn and supersized candy bars, you'll be able to buy organic popcorn, organic ice cream, organic free-trade coffee, artisanal chocolate bars from E. Guittard, grass-fed beef jerky from Marin Sun Farms and seasonal organic fruit bowls. On June 4, Lady Slow Food herself, Alice Waters, will be on hand, and among the free screenings films will be free that day from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: thank you, Alice and Slow Food! For more information call (415) 338-1236 or visit greenscreenfilmfestival.org. Previous articles: STORE WARS: The Making of the Movie Year's Most Important Movie: STORE WARS Profile: Alice Waters for White House Chef Slow Food Thanksgiving, by Alice Waters and Prince Charles Politics, Billboards & Champagne Politics, Chefs & Billboards Inside Scoop on Dinner in the Control Room Technorati Tags: chefs food restaurants cooking branding slow food film film festival --> back to superchefblog