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The Flickering Light Film Screening Series
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Join us this Saturday October 10th for The Price of Sugar,
narrated by Paul Newman, which tells the story of modern day
sugar cane plantations and the workers' attempts to organize for better
conditions--a film we were bullied by the plantation's American legal
firm to not show! Come see what they don't want you to know.
Details.
7137 Germantown Ave. $5 admission. Locally made concessions by the Kimz. Come early and have a dinner with one of our sponsors in the 'hood, Earth Bread & Brewery and Geeche Girl Rice Cafe, or some ice cream at Scoop.
What else ya got?
This week's films not your thing? Check out the rest of our line up at www.flickeringfilms.com.
Next week we're excited to bring California's Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project to northwest Philadelphia for a program of short films called Electrifying Escapades!
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 In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock
to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of
dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations
harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work
grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water,
electricity, education or healthcare.
Narrated by Paul Newman, "The Price of Sugar" follows Father
Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some
of this hemisphere's poorest people to fight for their basic human
rights. This film raises key questions about where the products we
consume originate and at what human cost they are produced.
Where & When
Sedgwick Theater
7137 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119
October 10, 2009
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The mission of The Flickering Light is to expand the limited
exhibition opportunities for independent short and feature-length films
in order to benefit both filmmakers and audiences. TFL offers events where film enthusiasts and neighborhood residents can
come together to watch curated film selections in a comfortable
community setting for an affordable price.
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The Flickering Light
@ Sedgwick Theater
7137 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119
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