National College of Natural Medicine and Sierra Club Team Up for Impact Film Festival

Festival seeks to build community around environmental health awareness
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On June 14th, National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) and Sierra Club will present the “Impact Film Festival” at the Hollywood Theater in NE Portland. The one-day festival will feature documentary films and an expert panel discussion about the intersections of environment, community, and public health.

"We’ve named this the ‘Impact Film Festival’ for two reasons: first, to raise awareness of the impact that environmental concerns have on our health and our community, and second, to empower our community to positively impact the world around them," asserted Tom Messinger, NCNM student and one of the event’s organizers.

The festival begins at 7:00pm with the screening of four short films (Intersection Repair, The True Cost of Food, The New Dream, The Appalachians). At 8:30pm there will be a question and answer session with experts in the fields of renewable energy, the green economy, public health, and sustainability. The festival will conclude with the feature presentation, “The Power of Community” at 9:20pm.

The event is free for NCNM students and $7.00 for the public. Doors open at 6:30pm, with the feature presentation concluding at 10:15pm.

WHAT: Impact Film Festival, including the following documentary films:

Intersection Repair—featuring Portland’s City Repair Project
The True Cost of Food—the impact of buying local and organic
The New Dream—green jobs and equality, featuring Van Jones
The Appalachians—how the Appalachians Mountains feed coal to our power plants

FEATURE PRESENTATION:
The Power of Community—how Cuba survived a peak oil crisis and lessons we can learn

Plus, a panel of experts including:
Susan Anderson, Director, Office of Sustainable Development for the City of Portland
Sussanna Czeranko, N.D., National College of Natural Medicine
Christopher Metro, N.D, Lac, National College of Natural Medicine
Barbara Byrd, Treasurer, Oregon AFL-CIO
Nat Parker, Regional Representative, Sierra Club
Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Cities Program Manager, the Post Carbon Institute

WHERE: Hollywood Theater (4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland)

WHEN: Saturday, June 14th. Doors open at 6:30pm, films begin at 7:00pm. Expert Panel Question and Answer begins at 8:30pm, and feature film begins at 9:20pm.
WHO: Presented by the National College of Natural Medicine and Sierra Club. Open to the general public. $7.00 admission price, free for NCNM students.

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