The program will be on Friday, January 24 at 6pm at 134 on Main, located at 134 S. Main Street in Warrenton, NC. The documentary filmmaker, John Rash will be present.

LOGLINE:
The story of a rural community in the American South that inspired the environmental justice movement and articulated the concept of environmental racism in 1982 by fighting the state of North Carolina’s toxic landfill.

DESCRIPTION:
The story of a rural community in the American South that inspired the environmental justice movement and articulated the concept of environmental racism by fighting the state of North Carolina’s toxic landfill in 1982. 40 years later, the citizens of Warren County commemorate the anniversary and inspire the next generation of activists to grapple with the inequities of climate change and systems of institutional racism that continue to target communities with the least power to fight.

DIRECTOR BIO:
Co-Directors John Rash and Melanie Ho both work as professors and filmmakers at the Southern Documentary Project, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. Their work aims to preserve the stories of the American South, especially those from underserved and under-documented communities. John Rash was born in North Carolina and received his MFA in Experimental and Documentary Art from Duke University. Melanie Ho was born in Jacksonville, Florida and received her
MFA from UCSC’s Social Documentation program.

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In Remembrance of Martin – 10:00am

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., A Historical Perspective – 11:00am

The March – 12:00pm

I Am MLK Jr. – 1:00pm

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some back story:

My dad, Jean-Luc Bombardier with the Plaisted Polar Expedition made the trek to the north pole on Bombardier Skidoos reaching 90° N on April 19, 1968.

1st to reach the pole, congratulations to Jerry Pitzl, Ernst Michel, John Moriarty, and those who have passed: Jean-Luc Bombardier, Ralph Plaisted, Walt Pederson, Art Aufderheide, Don Powellek, Weldy Phipps, Col Andy Horton, George Cavouras, Bumps Woolsey.

After an unsuccessful, but fantastic attempt in 1967,(covered by CBS journalist Charles Kuralt and written in his book https://www.amazon.com/Top-World-Adventures-Misadventures-Expedition/dp/B0006BU5NA), this time starting earlier and at Canada’s Ward Hunt Island on Ellesmere Island, Plaisted began the 412 miles traverse on March 8, and successfully reached the pole 90°N on April 19, 1968, confirmed by the USAF on April 20).

Confirmation by National Geographic that the Plaisted Polar Expedition of 1968 was the first to travel across the surface to the north pole was HUGE. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082XLHP8G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_trfxEbDXPC8ZT?fbclid=IwAR0Vtb5wU_Z98n_3QeIrpixEWkNj1rrWuK_0X_Sfu0vomyf5XGxnvUvHi24
another great article featuring Jerry Pitzl: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/last-of-the-ice-party-that-made-it-to-the-pole-marks-milestone/article_d67a1715-c671-51af-ae7f-15cef20024ec.html

we always knew this, but now the world can too. changing the history books will be another project. a fun article here: https://artfulliving.com/plaisted-polar-expedition-north-pole-adventure-travel/

more expedition links:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1726542572

https://www.facebook.com/pg/omegaspeedmasterprofessionalmoonwatch/photos/?tab=album&album_id=35811549086537

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The Warren County Memorial Library will be screening the Smithsonian’s Green Book documentary in the library’s community room at this after‐hours program.

See how The Negro Motorist Green Book helped African-Americans navigate the roads of a segregated nation.

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Kiss the Ground is a documentary that sheds light on an “new, old approach” to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that has the potential to balance our climate,and feed the world.

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We will show the documentary: “Warren County Birth of a Movement”.

Where: Warren County Courthouse, 109 S. Main Street, Warrenton, NC, 2nd floor.

Panelists: Walk down memory lane with the Honorable Eva Clayton, Dollie Burwell and Wayne Moseley, all of whom played instrumental roles in the protests.

Preview: Events and plans for next year’s 40th Anniversary.

What we need: Please bring items you have saved from the protests such as buttons, bumper stickers, photos, posters, newspapers. Plus, please help us identify people in the photos and videos that we have.

What we plan: If you were at the protest, we would like to record your story. Where were you during the six weeks of protests in 1982? What do you remember?

Bring your friends. Bring your family. Refreshments will be served.

Masks required. Social distancing will be practiced. Please stay safe & sanitized.

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