Fuel the Film
Feb 4th, 2009 by Jervey
Haven’t seen it yet, but some colleagues at NRDC had a special screening and said it was great. Josh (the star/director) sounds like a force.
Join CUE’s Third Thursday and catch “Fuel” - the Sundance Film Festival’s Best Documentary 2008.
Thursday Feb. 19, 2009
6pm - 8pm
Center for the Urban Environment
168 7th Street, Brooklyn(No sitter? No problem! Bring your little ones along for a screening of Wall-E, the 2008 animated hit where a robot inadvertently stumbles upon the key to the planet’s future.)
$10 suggested for members and friends. Free popcorn!
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION with Brent Baker, CEO of Tri State Biodiesel.
ABOUT THE FILM: FUEL is an insightful portrait of America’s addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry-from Rockefeller’s strategy to halt Ford’s first ethanol cars to Vice President Cheney’s petrochemical company sponsored energy legislation - and reveals a gamut of available solutions to “repower America” -from vertical farms that occupy skyscrapers to algae facilities that turn wastewater into fuel. Tickell and a surprising array of environmentalists, policy makers, and entertainment notables take us through America’s complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminate a hopeful, achievable future, where decentralized, sustainable living is not only possible, it’s imperative. http://thefuelfilm.com/
To RSVP email rwelch[at]bcue.org by Wednesday, February 18th
It’s also premiering here in NYC tonight. There still seems to be space to RSVP.