SYRCL announces its featured guest for January's film festival

Patrick Stewart

From Shakespearean theatre to Star Trek's Jean Luc Picard to the X-Men, Patrick Stewart is now doing his part on the green screen as the narrator for the new environmental adventure film, Nature Propelled, which will premiere at the Wild & Scenic film festival.

 Patrick Stewart will be the featured guest at SYRCL’s 8^th annual Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17 in Nevada City.

 From Shakespearean theatre to Star Trek's Jean Luc Picard to the X-Men, Stewart is now doing his part on the green screen as the narrator for the new environmental adventure film, Nature Propelled, which will premiere at the Wild & Scenic film festival this year. Nature Propelled was filmed by Seth  Warren who received a People's Choice Award for his film Oil & Water at Wild & Scenic in 2008.

 SYRCL’s annual film festival is known for an artful blend of film, activism, truth and community.  The year of 2010 is shaping up to be no different and this year’s theme will focus on what nourishes our bodies ever day - Food and Water. 

 Food and Water and its cultivation, procurement, and consumption has seen an extensive revolution, most of which is considered “underground”-  that is until you see this year’s selection of films.  Our 20 feature films will provide savvy consumers of today with critical information on the history of food, organic farming practices, overfishing, community supported agriculture (CSA), organic cuisine, soil, colony collapse disorder, and the national food industry’s evolution over the last 50 years. 

 Kathy Dotson, Wild & Scenic Film Festival Director, and her festival team has had the exciting and challenging role of sifting through hundreds of films to uncover the one’s that are considered must see for anyone who has a vested interest in their food source.

 Films such as Food Inc., What’s Organic about Organic?, Big River (a follow up to King Corn), and Nourish, starring Cameron Diaz will bring to light the variety of issues to debate and consider as individuals and ultimately communities figure out how to collectively make fundamental choices about the kind of world to live in.   

 All advance ticket buyers will be entered into a drawing for a pass to the 2011 festival and other prizes including a CSA package. Advance tickets sales and the film schedule will be available online beginning Dec. 1 at www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org. 

 Tickets can also be purchased at Nevada City’s Victorian Christmas sponsored by the NC Chamber of Commerce. Tickets will be sold on December 9, 13, 16, and 20 at Festival Headquarters, which is located at 221 Broad St. (formerly the Broad Street Furnishings building).