- -------- OPENING THURSDAY: THE 5TH ANNUAL ANTI-CORPORATE FILM FESTIVAL ------- Dear Friends, The 5th Annual Anti-Corporate Film Festival opens this Thursday, May 20, at
the Victoria Theatre on 16th Street in San Francisco with a film on how
small, local, and independent "micro-brewers" must fight for their daily
survival against the three corporate brewing behemoths that together control
more than 90% of the market. It's just the first of three beverage-related films in a line-up that
includes movies about the bottled water industry (which may soon rival the
beer industry in sales and influence), and the grand-daddy of all beverage
companies, and an international symbol of American culture and commerce: the
Coca-Cola Corporation. Also in the mix is a film about the pharmaceutical industry's effort to sell
women drugs and medical treatments that don't work for a disease that doesn't
exist (so-called "female sexual dysfunction"), a look at the birth and growth
of the Bay Area organic/sustainable food movement as part of the Berkeley
counter-cultural politics of 1960s, and a closing night examination of past,
current, and future U.S. energy policy as told with distinct drawl by the
Texas oilmen who feed the nation's petroleum habit. The Festival kicks off on Thursday at 7:00pm with the Northern California
premiere of BEER WARS, a behind-the-scenes look at the daily battles and
all-out wars that determine what kind of beer Americans get to drink. The
film follows the struggles of two small "craft brewing" entrepreneurs as they
battle the might and tactics of Corporate America in a contemporary David and
Goliath story about keeping your integrity ... and your house. The film will be followed by a reception at the SF Media Archive featuring
locally made beer and brewmasters discussing the difficulties they face
trying to sell higher-quality, better-tasting "micro brews" amidst the
domination of the market by international brewing giants Budweiser, Miller,
and Coors and their unlimited marketing budgets. At 9:00pm, the opening night film TAPPED screens with a disturbing look at
the bottled water industry, which goes the industrial beer giants one better
by pumping millions of gallons of public water — even during a drought —
from taxpayer funded municipal systems, and then selling it back to the same
people for six times the price. The Festival opens its second day on Friday, May 21, at 7:15pm with the San
Francisco premiere of ORGASM, INC, an expose on how the pharmaceutical
industry continues to define our notions of what "healthy" is, in its efforts
to replicate the success (and profits) of Viagra by developing a similar drug
for women. But first it must convince them that the norms of female sexuality
actually constitute an illness that can be fixed by taking a drug. The
screening with be followed by a Q&A with Carol Queen of the Center for Sex
and Culture. At 9:15pm, the centerpiece film this year is the West Coast premiere of THE
COCA-COLA CASE, a taut legal thriller about a court battle by two crusading
labor lawyers trying to bring the world's largest beverage company to account
for its role in the murders of union organizers in violence-torn Colombia.
The film will be followed by a Q&A featuring Ray Rogers of the Stop Killer
Coke! campaign, and other speakers on the situation in Colombia. The closing night of the Festival begins on Saturday, May 22, at 7:30pm with
the Northern California premiere of FOOD FIGHT, a look at birth and
development of the local/organic/sustainable food movement right here in the
Bay Area, as an outgrowth of the political upheaval of the 1960s. The film
will be followed by a Q&A with local chef and San Francisco Chronicle food
writer Eric Gower. The Festival's closing night film, HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM, screens at
9:30pm with a clear-eyed look at the current state of our energy addiction
through the eyes (and mouths) of the Texas oilmen who ride the boom and bust
cycle like a bucking bronco. Like dealers of any drug, they don't see it as
their job to help us kick our oil habit — but they can also see the day
coming when we won't need their product any more. For more information — including descriptions and trailers for each of the
films, the full Festival schedule, and links to buy tickets online — visit
the CounterCorp website at http://www.countercorp.org/film-festival. Thanks for your support and look forward to seeing you at the Festival! * * * CounterCorp: Putting An End to Business as Usual
5th Annual Anti-Corporate Film Festival, May 20-22
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the Victoria Theatre on 16th Street in San Francisco with a film on how
small, local, and independent "micro-brewers" must fight for their daily
survival against the three corporate brewing behemoths that together control
more than 90% of the market. It's just the first of three beverage-related films in a line-up that
includes movies about the bottled water industry (which may soon rival the
beer industry in sales and influence), and the grand-daddy of all beverage
companies, and an international symbol of American culture and commerce: the
Coca-Cola Corporation. Also in the mix is a film about the pharmaceutical industry's effort to sell
women drugs and medical treatments that don't work for a disease that doesn't
exist (so-called "female sexual dysfunction"), a look at the birth and growth
of the Bay Area organic/sustainable food movement as part of the Berkeley
counter-cultural politics of 1960s, and a closing night examination of past,
current, and future U.S. energy policy as told with distinct drawl by the
Texas oilmen who feed the nation's petroleum habit. The Festival kicks off on Thursday at 7:00pm with the Northern California
premiere of BEER WARS, a behind-the-scenes look at the daily battles and
all-out wars that determine what kind of beer Americans get to drink. The
film follows the struggles of two small "craft brewing" entrepreneurs as they
battle the might and tactics of Corporate America in a contemporary David and
Goliath story about keeping your integrity ... and your house. The film will be followed by a reception at the SF Media Archive featuring
locally made beer and brewmasters discussing the difficulties they face
trying to sell higher-quality, better-tasting "micro brews" amidst the
domination of the market by international brewing giants Budweiser, Miller,
and Coors and their unlimited marketing budgets. At 9:00pm, the opening night film TAPPED screens with a disturbing look at
the bottled water industry, which goes the industrial beer giants one better
by pumping millions of gallons of public water — even during a drought —
from taxpayer funded municipal systems, and then selling it back to the same
people for six times the price. The Festival opens its second day on Friday, May 21, at 7:15pm with the San
Francisco premiere of ORGASM, INC, an expose on how the pharmaceutical
industry continues to define our notions of what "healthy" is, in its efforts
to replicate the success (and profits) of Viagra by developing a similar drug
for women. But first it must convince them that the norms of female sexuality
actually constitute an illness that can be fixed by taking a drug. The
screening with be followed by a Q&A with Carol Queen of the Center for Sex
and Culture. At 9:15pm, the centerpiece film this year is the West Coast premiere of THE
COCA-COLA CASE, a taut legal thriller about a court battle by two crusading
labor lawyers trying to bring the world's largest beverage company to account
for its role in the murders of union organizers in violence-torn Colombia.
The film will be followed by a Q&A featuring Ray Rogers of the Stop Killer
Coke! campaign, and other speakers on the situation in Colombia. The closing night of the Festival begins on Saturday, May 22, at 7:30pm with
the Northern California premiere of FOOD FIGHT, a look at birth and
development of the local/organic/sustainable food movement right here in the
Bay Area, as an outgrowth of the political upheaval of the 1960s. The film
will be followed by a Q&A with local chef and San Francisco Chronicle food
writer Eric Gower. The Festival's closing night film, HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM, screens at
9:30pm with a clear-eyed look at the current state of our energy addiction
through the eyes (and mouths) of the Texas oilmen who ride the boom and bust
cycle like a bucking bronco. Like dealers of any drug, they don't see it as
their job to help us kick our oil habit — but they can also see the day
coming when we won't need their product any more. For more information — including descriptions and trailers for each of the
films, the full Festival schedule, and links to buy tickets online — visit
the CounterCorp website at http://www.countercorp.org/film-festival. Thanks for your support and look forward to seeing you at the Festival! * * * CounterCorp: Putting An End to Business as Usual
5th Annual Anti-Corporate Film Festival, May 20-22
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