CUE Third Thursdays:
Special Screening of
"Fuel
Join CUE's Third Thursday and catch "Fuel" –
the Sundance Film Festival's Best Documentary 2008.
Thursday Feb. 19, 2009
6pm – 8pm
Center for the Urban Environment
168 7th Street, Brooklyn
(No sitter? No problem! Bring your little ones along for a screening of Wall-E,
the 2008 animated hit where a robot inadvertently stumbles upon the key to the
planet's future.)
$10 suggested for members and friends. Free popcorn!
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION with Brent Baker, CEO of Tri State Biodiesel.
ABOUT THE FILM: FUEL is an insightful portrait of America’s addiction to
oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions.
Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to
track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry—from
Rockefeller’s strategy to halt Ford’s first ethanol cars to Vice
President Cheney's petrochemical company sponsored energy legislation —
and reveals a gamut of available solutions to "repower America"
—from vertical farms that occupy skyscrapers to algae facilities that
turn wastewater into fuel. Tickell and a surprising array of environmentalists,
policy makers, and entertainment notables take us through America’s
complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminate a hopeful, achievable
future, where decentralized, sustainable living is not only possible,
it’s imperative. http://thefuelfilm.com/
To RSVP email rwelch[at]bcue.org by Wednesday, February 18th