Bullfrog Communities, a project of Bullfrog Films, is thrilled to announce the availability of major award-winning new releases for virtual or in-person community and campus-wide screenings this summer. THE FOOD REVOLUTION We all need to eat, but the way we do it is entirely unsustainable. While it may be tempting to admit defeat, we now know that one of the biggest triggers for global warming is something all of us do every day. FIXING FOOD tells the story of trailblazers developing novel ways to lower our carbon footprint by changing our approach to food. From a family raising tasty crickets to a pre-Colonial, Indigenous-centered approach to food service, find out how you can lower your carbon footprint by changing the way you eat. These innovators are leaving a trail of footprints out of the snowstorm of unsustainable eating. Will we follow them? ART HISTORY OR RACIST ART? George Washington had many monikers: Father of His Country, American Fabius, American Cincinnatus. The Seneca called him something different: Hanödaga꞉nyas...TOWN DESTROYER. In San Francisco's George Washington High School, Victor Arnautoff's New Deal mural "Life of Washington" vividly depicts Washington as the archetypal stoic pioneer and, in contrast to the master narrative, a true destroyer of towns, commanding slaves and the bloody seizure of Native American lands. At the center of the school, at eye-level, is a life-size Native American laying face down in the dirt, dead. TOWN DESTROYER grapples with trauma, cancel culture, and the role controversial art plays in the public discourse surrounding the brutal history woven into our country's DNA. This intersection of art, history, and the racial reckoning of our time all hinges on one question: should the school preserve the murals or destroy them? DANCERS, CHANCE-TAKERS & LEGACY Merce Cunningham is widely regarded as the most influential choreographer of the 20th century. 30 years after the premiere of his iconic work, AUGUST PACE: 1989-2019 chronicles the passing of the torch from one generation of dancers to the next as they collaborate to recreate August Pace. This experiment in group transmission echoes the fiercely exploratory spirit that defined Cunningham, a man who always looked to the horizon of dance and the world around it. GREAT AMERICANS & TRUTH What defines a great American? To Robert Shetterly, it isn't all about your purse and power; it's about peace, racial equity, environmental justice, and the truth. A longtime activist and artist, Shetterly's work has been exhibited throughout the US for two decades. TRUTH TELLERS tells the story about this intersection of activism and art. His series of portraits "Americans Who Tell the Truth" depict exemplary citizens who confront issues of social, environmental and economic fairness. Ranging from legendary civil rights leaders like Frederick Douglass to climate activists like Bill McKibben, Shetterly etches the legacy of true American paragons into his canvases and our memories. WAR CRIMES, FREE PRESS & ASSANGE ITHAKA: a father, family, and historic fight for journalistic freedom. The founder of WikiLeaks and famous political prisoner, Julian Assange, faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing hundreds of thousands of leaked classified documents, many of which expose the US for war crimes. One leaked video shows an American Apache helicopter open fire on a group of civilians, killing several people including two Reuters journalists. The film follows Assange's family and their unending battle to save him from the abyss of the US justice system. Assange's father, John Shipton, and fiancé Stella Moris join forces to campaign and advocate for Julian in an international odyssey that may come to define First Amendment law for decades to come. THE MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN IN AMERICA FIGHT LIKE HELL chronicles the life of the Irish-born American labor organizer and firebrand Mother Jones. From the coal mines to the textile mills, she made a reputation for herself as a fierce champion of workers' rights. Along the way, she made alliances with coal workers and enemies with robber barons. As the gap between the rich and the poor continues to get wider and wider, find out why powerful industrialists called her “the most dangerous woman in America”. THE BIRTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS 50 years ago, Stewart Udall was the first US public official to warn the country about global warming. He paved the way for climate awareness as we know it today, but do we know his story? The feature documentary STEWART UDALL: THE POLITICS OF BEAUTY examines the life and legacy of Udall from his childhood to his time as the most prominent Secretary of the Interior in history. While Udall made a reputation of himself for championing groundbreaking policies in environmental law, he was much more than an environmentalist; he was a de-segregationist, an advocate for the arts, and a good man. SAVING ANCIENT ARTHROPODS The endangered Red Knot population has crashed. The fate of this shorebird may be tied to an unlikely arthropod. HORSESHOE CRAB MOON follows scientists, researchers, and citizen scientists studying the depopulation of horseshoe crabs and the various migrating shorebirds that depend on their eggs. Can they prevent humans from destroying a species so ancient that it predates the dinosaurs? THE KEEPERS OF WHIDBEY ISLAND In EVER GREEN, Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson have, for the last 40 years, stood between the idyllic Whidbey Island and the environmentally reckless development projects that could jeopardize its ecologically diverse and rural character. Marianne and Steve's Whidbey Environmental Action Network (WEAN) has monitored county applications for development and logging; challenged projects that overtly violate state environmental law and led the way in science-based environmental public policymaking. Their efforts provide a model for people who want to keep trees standing and nature thriving. ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT, FREE SCHOOLS Amid the contemporary battle for the soul of American Education, the "free schools" movement of the early 70s seems small in the rearview mirror... or is it? Filmed over a full school year, WELCOME TO COMMIE HIGH chronicles one of the sole survivors of this wave of alternative, free schools: Community High School of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their anti-establishment, humanistic roots gave rise to the thriving public school they are today. WELCOME TO COMMIE HIGH, the school that gives students the freedom they need to flourish into creative, learned, and active members of their community. These films are available both virtually and for in-person events. For more information on booking a virtual screening right now, please go to Bullfrog Communities Streaming. Click the links above or below to see trailers and for more information. |
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FIXING FOOD |
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TOWN DESTROYER |
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AUGUST PACE: 1989-2019 |
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TRUTH TELLERS |
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ITHAKA |
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FIGHT LIKE HELL |
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STEWART UDALL: The Politics of Beauty |
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HORSESHOE CRAB MOON |
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EVER GREEN |
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WELCOME TO COMMIE HIGH |
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