The Flicks for Thought Film Series was a terrific success thanks to everyone who attended and supported the series! We look forward to bringing you another great lineup of films “that will make you think” in 2011. Keep watching this site for updates! In the meantime, scroll down to check out the engaging films we screened in 2010. See you next year!
The 2010 independent film series was presented by the Greenville Organic Foods Organization (GOFO) and Upstate Forever. Film screenings were held every Tuesday evening beginning February 2, 2010 at the Upcountry History Museum. Whole Foods Market catered all of the film screenings. Premiere sponsorships were available for each independent film screening at $600. There was a limited seating availability and screenings did sell out.
Seating was limited to 60 tickets per film and attendees were encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance.
“Addicted to Plastic” Tuesday, February 2, 2010 5:30-8:30 PM
Sponsored by NURRC, Spartanburg, SC
Plastics are perhaps the most ubiquitous and versatile material ever invented. No invention in the past 100 years has had more influence and presence than synthetics. But, such progress has had a cost. “Addicted to Plastic” is a global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses, and why there’s so much of it.
“What’s On Your Plate?” Tuesday, February 9, 2010 5:30-8:30 PM
Sponsored by Chipotle Restaurant, Greenville, SC
This witty and provocative documentary was produced and directed by award-winning Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old multi-racial city kids as they explore their place in the food chain. The girls address questions regarding the origin of the food they eat, how it’s cultivated, how many miles it travels from the harvest to their plate, how it’s prepared, who prepares it, and what is done afterwards with the packaging and leftovers. The two friends formulate sophisticated and compassionate opinions on the state of their society, and by doing so inspire hope and active engagement in others.
Sponsored by Johnston Design Group, Greenville, SC
In the traditionally Irish-American working-class neighborhood of South Boston, MA, a new kind of building has taken shape. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen building is something different: a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design. But Boston’s steel-toed union workers aren’t sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer has to keep the project from unraveling. Building Boston’s first LEED Gold-certified building turns out to be harder than anyone thought. Yet among the I-beams and brickwork emerges a small cadre of unlikely environmentalists who come to connect their work with the future of their children.
Sponsored by Live Oak Farms, Woodruff, SC
With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what’s wrong with our malnourished bodies, it’s no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. The movie sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide ‘sickness industry’ and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for overcoming illness naturally. The focus of the film is in helping us rethink the belief systems fed to us by our modern medical and health care establishments.