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February 19: DROP Event Screening the Feature-Length Version of Water Warriors and Panel in New York, NY at 7:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Tour together with YouthNoise is screening The Water Front, the feature-length version of Water Warriors from the Good Food Collection, on February 19, 2009. Media That Matters festival and outreach manager, Leah Sapin, will be a panel member after the screening discussing DIY screenings and using the film to promote activism, along with filmmaker Liz Miller and YouthNoise Outreach Organizer, Lauren Hauser. Event starts at 7:00 p.m. at the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, NY, NY 10014 7:00 pm : The Water Front Documentary Screening. The award winning documentary, The Water Front is the story of one community fighting against the seemingly inevitable path to water privatization. In coordination with Food and Water Watch, the film is on tour around the Great Lakes through March 2009. 8:00: Panelists! Liz Miller: Award winning filmmaker Liz Miller is based on Montreal and teaches filmmaking at Concordia University. Miller will answer questions about the film and how she has connected the film to an international movement around water security. Lauren Hauser - is a Youth Noise activist and DROP campaign organizer. As the Outreach Organizer for Youth Noise, a social networking site for activists under the age of 27, Lauren will discuss how she is using the Internet to get youth involved. Leah Sapin - is Festival & Outreach Coordinator for the most successful on-line short film festival, Media That Matters. Leah will share inside strategies on connecting on-ground to on-line organizing efforts. 9:00-10:30 pm: Re-Mix Competition Release Party to follow Sponsors and Partners: Food & Water Watch Youthnoise & the DROP Campaign Media that Matters on-line festival *COST: sliding scale $5-15 STUDENTS: contact Rachael at rrichardson@fwwatch.org to get in for free!Published on February 19, 2009
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