BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1432@meaningfulmovies.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231012T210000 DTSTAMP:20231003T181650Z URL:https://meaningfulmovies.org/events/special-co-screening-event-with-th e-seattle-latino-film-festival/ SUMMARY:Special Co-Screening Event with the Seattle Latino Film Festival DESCRIPTION:Come and celebrate our 20th Anniversary with a special FREE in- person co-screening event with Seattle Latino Film Festival Mt. Baker Mean ingful Movies Group and Mt. Baker Community Club.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nEvent starts at 6 PM with Minute Mic. Ever wonder who's in the room with you dur ing an event? Well\, no need to wonder at this event!  Take a minute or l ess to introduce yourself and/or your organization during Meet and Mingle.   Enjoy some light refreshments on us in honor of our 20th Anniversary. A nd it wouldn't be a film festival event without picture opportunities on t he Seattle Latino Film Festival Red carpet.\n\nPASSWORD for Trailer: gato\ n\nI\n\nWe are fortunate to have REFLECTING RESILIENCE as our Opening Film  by Director Lindy Boustedt. SHARE is a program where screenwriting and f ilmmaking are used as a redemptive tool for incarcerated communities aroun d the State of Washington that might not otherwise have a voice. In this s hort film\, we interviewed SHARE students at Echo Glen High School\, a juv enile detention facility in King County\, WA\, what resilience looks like and means to them.\n\n \;\n\nOur Feature Film will be TUPUNGATO - Empa thy in Death. It follows Rafael Pease’s six-year obsession of visibilizi ng a threatened area. A winter expedition to the highest peak\, Volcan Tup ungato 21\,555ft\, evolves into a fight for conservation.\n\n[caption id=" attachment_260403" align="alignright" width="405"] The team (Rafeal Pease\ , Jeremy Anderson\, Erich Roepke and Joonas Mattila) approaches the mining company “DANGER” signs enroute to Tupungato\, a 21\,550 ft. Strato Vo lcano in the Central Andes\, Chile[/caption]\n\nJn hopes of creating a nat ional park\, containing 350\,000acres in one of the world's biodiversity h otspots\, as well as a significant source of water for 40% of Chile’s po pulation. Interviews with renowned scientists and activists unveil a web o f corruption in the government and multinational corporations\, stemming f rom imperial religion and a dictator's constitution. This explosive film i s set against the backdrop of historic protests\, as the people of Chile r ise up for social and environmental rights.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nJoin us for a Q&\;A Discussion with our filmmakers:\n\n\n\nLindy Boustedt is an award-winning writer\, director\, and producer who specializes in char acter-driven stories. As co-owner of First Sight Productions\, she’s sp ent the past 19 years working on everything from shorts\, features and ser ialized productions\, to branded content\, podcasts and VR/AR media. Her n arrative work has over 16M views on YouTube.\n\nIn addition to being the f ounder/lead instructor of the SHARE screenwriting program for incarcerat ed women and youth\, she also teaches screenwriting at Seattle Central Co llege.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nRafael Pease is a 29 year old Chilean/Cuban filmm aker who uses his backgrounds in environmental sciences\, socio-environmen tal rights activism and career as a professional snowboard mountaineer to create forward thinking documentaries. With the goal to educate\, inspire and create change in every documentary\, while giving a voice to marginali zed communities and accurately depicting the science and importance of thr eatened areas and people.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nTickets: In spirit of M eaningful Movies Project's\, no cost screening\, the Seattle Latino Film F estival is offering the film at no cost to all Meaningful Movie participan ts. We gratefully accept donations to help offset the costs of presenting the films we screen. To click here to register.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nT his event is made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n Founded in 2009 by Jorge Enrique Gonzalez Pacheco\, the Seattle Latino Film Festival (SLFF ) is the Northwest's unique celebration of Latino artists and filmmakers. Operating on a modest budget\, SLFF's passionate team showcases diverse fi lms in October\, coinciding with National Hispanic Heritage Month.\n\nOur films explore "Latinidad" through various genres\, celebrating daily exper iences like music\, literature\, dance\, and painting. We've cultivated pa rtnerships with key organizations\, attracting over 1000 attendees annuall y since 2009.\n\n \;\n\n Established in 1909\, the Mount Baker Communi ty Club is dedicated to providing a gathering space for neighbors to come together\, get to know each other and build community. We believe strong c onnections among neighbors are key to our common humanity\; our mission is to be the heart of the Mount Baker community. The Community Club hosts ev ents and celebrations all year long!\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nAbout SHARE:  \n\nSHARE is a program for catharsis\, healing\, and job-skills for thos e about to re-enter society.\nThis screenwriting and filmmaking program fo r incarcerated women and youth is a first of its kind\, using a shared lov e of movies to help students see themselves as heroes of their own stories \, leveraging the craft of storytelling as a way to investigate the way pe ople think\, feel and act.\nSHARE Link: https://sharescreenwriting.com/  \n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meaningfulmovies.org/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/09/Tupungato-6-banner-_-english-.png CATEGORIES:Mt. Baker LOCATION:Mt Baker\, Mt. Baker Community Club\, 2811 Mt. Rainier Drive S\, S eattle\, WA\, 98144\, United States GEO:47.5778838;-122.28785670000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mt. Baker Community Club\, 2811 Mt. 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