Mossville: When Great Trees Fall
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#DocFilm: One man refuses to be forced off his family’s land as oil and gas plants threaten to destroy a historic Black community in Louisiana. @ReelSouthDocs
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**BREATHING WHILE BLACK** Join us next Thursday at 6:30 PM for a virtual film screening of Mossville: When Great Trees Fall, Q&A, and break out groups with local environmental activists. RSVP now! bit.ly/BREATHINGWHILE… Southerly DC Environmental Film Festival National Caucus of Environmental Legislators NC Environmental Justice Network Mossville: When Great Trees Fall GASP
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Incredibly proud to have highlighted Mossville: When Great Trees Fall in our fifth season! This film widens our scope of anti-Blackness to show how it emerges in the air we breathe. Black communities like Mossville are too prevalent to list. scalawagmagazine.org/2020/06/mossvi…
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.Mossville: When Great Trees Fall producer, Daniel Bennet, Executive producer Michelle Lanier, and director Alex Glustrom talked with audiences at Scalawag’s virtual screening of the film about the destruction of Mossville and the global impact of environmental racism. scalawagmagazine.org/2020/06/mossvi…
We directed newfound interest in Black stories towards projects with lasting impact—like this sold-out screening of Mossville: When Great Trees Fall. We put movie-goers in actionable conversation with organizers DOING the environmental justice work featured in the film. scalawagmagazine.org/2020/06/mossvi…
Last chance to catch Mossville: When Great Trees Fall at SalemFilmFest! The film won the festival's Michael Sullivan Award for Documentary Journalism and is available for streaming in the encore program, "Best of the Fest." **Watch it today and tomorrow here: bit.ly/33eIfW8**
A once thriving, garden-filled, historically black community withers after the invasion of petrochemical industries.🌻🌳🏡 Coming this September - Mossville: When Great Trees Fall is the story of one man's fight against industrial expansion. #breathingwhileblack #pollutionfree #climatechange
We are excited to share that we'll be offering a free screening of Mossville prior to a LIVE Virtual Panel Discussion next Wednesday with our friends at the @jeworleans, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, JNOLA, RISE ST. JAMES and more! Learn more at bit.ly/mossvillenola
Watch RISE's Sharon Lavigne and Mossville: When Great Trees Fall's Alexander Glustrom discuss the Mossville film, about a man who fought the industrial destruction of his home even as they shut off his power, water, & sewage, and the connection to the fight to #StopFormosa wwltv.com/video/news/loc…
Join us this Wednesday (tomorrow!) for a panel discussion around Mossville: When Great Trees Fall, with community leaders in Greene County, PA hosted by CoalfieldJustice Register at bit.ly/greenefilm