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DESCRIPTION:The evening begins with an optional social hour and pot luck supper at 6:00 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by a discussion at the end 
 of the film.\n\nTHE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN\n\nThis is the epic tale of a 
 maverick midwestern farmer. An outcast in his community, Farmer John 
 bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence.  By 
 melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free 
 expression, this powerful story of transformation and renewal heralds a 
 resurrection of farming in America.\n\nThe film is a haunting odyssey, 
 capturing what it means to be different in rural America. Director Taggart 
 Siegel made the film by shooting farmer John over 25 years of their 
 evolving friendship, and using multiple media that allowed him to capture 
 his alternately humorous, heartbreaking, and spirited life with raw drama 
 and intimacy.  With the death of his father during the late 60s, a teenaged 
 John takes over the traditional family farm, slowly turning it into an 
 experiment of art and agriculture, making it a haven for hippies, radicals 
 and artists.  But this idealistic era ends as the farm debt crisis of the 
 80’s brings about the tragic collapse of the farm.  As the intricate 
 weave of rural America unravels, vicious local rumors turn John into a 
 scapegoat, condemning him as a Satan-worshipping drug-dealer. Threatened 
 with murder, his home burned to the ground, John forsakes his farm and 
 wanders through Mexico, where he is transformed by the soulfulness and 
 pageantry of this ancient land. Mysteriously, his quest leads him back to 
 his hostile homeland.  Defying all odds, he gradually transforms his land 
 into a revolutionary farming community, a cultural mecca, where people work 
 and flourish providing fresh vegetables and herbs to thousands of people 
 every week.  The Peterson family farm has become Angelic Organics, one of 
 the largest Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms in the United 
 States, a beacon of today’s booming organic farming 
 movement.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/27/18604232.php
SUMMARY:The Real Dirt on Farmer John
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/27/18604232.php
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