film festival

Posted by Kerry Trueman, Eating Liberally

The fine folks at Arts Engine, who brought us The Media That Matters: Good Food Festival back in 2006, premiered this year’s Media That Matters Film Festival on May 28th at the Independent Film Center in NYC. The festival featured a dozen films created to engage and inspire us on a wide range of issues, everything from the impact of globalization on Tibetan nomads to the slow rebirth of post-Katrina New Orleans to the empowerment of factory workers in Argentina. What the films all have in common is that they “spark debate and action in 12 minutes or less.”

Posted by Kerry Trueman, Eating Liberally

Last month’s Food For Thought film festival drew a great turnout, and much of the credit goes to FSNYC member Martha Ma, the festival’s executive producer. Ma, who is a health counselor, community chef, and multimedia dynamo (she hosts a public access tv show “the Tasty Life,” and edits the e-newsletter “Eater’s Digest,”) recently discussed the festival and her dreams for a healthier, saner food chain with Feministing, a website dedicated to empowering young women.

Read the entire interview here.