FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Shira Evergreen
607-319-0461 shiraevergr...@gmail.com *Five Year Anniversary Screening and Panel Discussion featuring* *“Empowered: Power from the People” and “Frac Attack: Dawn of the Watershed”* ITHACA, N.Y. – On Sunday, April 30th, 2017 at 6:30pm, The Space @ Greenstar will host back-to-back screenings of the environmental zombie short Frac Attack: Dawn of the Watershed (18 min) and the feature documentary Empowered: Power from the People (1 hr 16 min), which highlights the many ways that Tompkins County residents have embraced renewable energy from wind and solar, to geothermal and biodiesel. The event is sponsored by Greenstar Cooperative Market and takes place in partnership with Earth Day Ithaca and Cornell Cooperative Extension's Go Solar Tompkins program. The films will be followed by a panel discussion on the topic of sustainability and how it intersects with movements for social change like Black Lives Matter and the fight against the Dakota Access and Keystone pipelines. Moderated by Shira Evergreen, Director of both films, panelists include Don Barber, former Town Supervisor of the Town of Caroline; Lexie Hain of Black Oak Wind Farm; Fabina Colon of the Multicultural Resource Center; Annie Koreman, candidate for Tompkins County Legislature District 5; Lily Gershon of the Dacha Project; and McKenzie Jones. Frac Attack is a co-production of Shirari Industries and The Dacha Project, in association with the Shaleshock Citizens Action Alliance. The campy zombie thriller was made by over seventy community members and helped galvanize local activism against the exploitative drilling of the Marcellus Shale by multinational corporations. Empowered: Power from the People is a co-production of Shirari Industries and Earthwalk Farm and was screened at numerous community venues and six environmental film festivals, from Olympia, Washington to Freiburg, Germany. Renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben said, “Empowered is a remarkable ground-up account of the revolution that’s really starting to alter things on this earth – and with any luck this movie will help many more people shake up their communities!” Shira Evergreen, Director of both films noted “In all movements for social and environmental justice, it takes a combination of strategies to create positive change. The arts, and films specifically, are powerful tools to reach people at an emotional level, and it’s our hope that Frac Attack and Empowered continue to inspire people who might not have otherwise gotten involved to start asking questions and taking action.” This event will provide the community an opportunity to review how far we've come in the transition to a renewable energy future and to look ahead to further collaborative efforts on a spectrum of fundamental social issues. The event goes from 6:30-9:30pm. Tickets will be $10 suggested donation and free for kids. Refreshments will be available. ### For photos and more information, contact Shira Evergreen: 607-319-0461 or shiraevergr...@gmail.com More about Empowered: www.empoweredthemovie.com Facebook event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/804743229691999/ Irene Weiser irene32...@gmail.com Brooktondale, NY 607-539-6856 *Joy to the world* *All the boys and girls* *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea* *Joy to you and me. *[image: 🐸] For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
