Boston-area Earth Day Weekend Screenings of Common Ground Film & Panel Discussions

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Seth Itzkan

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Apr 16, 2024, 7:33:14 PMApr 16
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Dear Friends,

Local environmental groups Soil4Climate, 350 Mass, and The Sierra Club of Massachusetts, in addition to film producers, Big Picture Ranch, and film distributors, Area 23a, present Boston-area Earth Day weekend screenings of the award-winning documentary film 'Common Ground' (the follow-up film to Kiss the Ground). 

These screenings are at The Luna Theater in Lowell, Massachusetts, on April 21st at 7pm, and at the AMC Boston Common 19 Theater, in Boston, on Earth Day, April 22, at 6:30 PM. Both screenings will be followed by a panel discussion.

Tickets for the Boston screening are only $5. Get them now!


ABOUT THE FILM:
The sequel to Kiss the Ground fuses journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system, an reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.

FEATURING:
The film is directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell and features narrators Rosario Dawson, Laura Dern, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Jason Momoa, and Ian Somerhalder, along with interviews with regenerative farmers, ranchers, scientists, leaders, allies and beyond, including: Gabe Brown, Rick Clark, Jonathan Lundgren Ph.D, Mark Hyman M.D., Kara Brewer Boyd, Ray Archuleta, Allejandro Carillo, Carey Gillam, Leah Penniman, Robyn O'Brien, and more.

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Common Ground received the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2023 Human/Nature Award, “…a prize established to amplify a film that exemplifies solution-oriented environmental storytelling," and was also in the Top 10 Limited Release Documentaries of 2023! It has received the Boston Film Festival EcoFilm Award, and Mass Impact Award, and 14 other awards including Best Documentary Audience Award from Palm Springs International Film Festival, 'Best Documentary Feature' from Environmental Media Association, and the Cinema for Peace "International Green Film Award 2024."

The film has shown in 200+ theaters and garnered sold out premieres in cities across the country since debuting September 2023, including Seattle, Portland, NYC, Boulder, Austin, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, San Rafael, San Francisco, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Phoenix, and more. Over 10,000 people have requested the film in their local theater.
Learn more about the film and join the movement:
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Seth J. Itzkan

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