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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“Green Book” has received numerous awards, winning three Academy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe.

The National Board of Review also awarded it Best Film, and was recognized as one of the Top 10 films of the year by the American Film Institute.

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