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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening night of a one-week engagement at The 
 Roxie!\n6:00-7:00pm - Reception with free Straus icecream\n7:00-8:30pm - 
 First showing of Bitter Seeds\n8:30-9:15 - Q&A with director Micha X. 
 Peled\n9:15-10:45 - Second showing of Bitter Seeds\n \nIf you can volunteer 
 at the event (hand out ice cream, ask people to sign in, etc) please 
 indicate that in the comments section below.\n \nFilm Description:\n"The 
 first two documentaries in Micha X. Peled’s globalization trilogy—Store 
 Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town (SFIFF 2001) and China Blue (SF 
 Asian-American FF 2005)—exposed the effects of multinational corporate 
 profiteering on workers, whether Americans at Walmart or young Levi’s 
 jeans factory workers in China. Bitter Seeds, the final film in the 
 trilogy, is a vibrant investigation of the predicament of central Indian 
 cotton farmers, caught up in a vicious cycle courtesy of Monsanto's 
 genetically modified seeds. Refused loans by the banks, the farmers borrow 
 from illegal moneylenders at exorbitant interest and inevitably fall into 
 irredeemable debt, further aggravated by low yields and a need for more 
 fertilizer and water. For the most desperate, the way out is suicide by 
 drinking pesticide—such deaths now number over 250,000. The tiny miracle 
 in this seemingly hopeless globalization tragedy is the daughter of one 
 such suicide victim. Eighteen-year-old Manjusha yearns to be a journalist 
 to expose the reasons for the suicides, but she has is up against family 
 objections and village traditions. Peled’s latest heroine fights on the 
 frontline of this global human and environmental crisis, driven by a desire 
 to voice the perspective and preserve the dignity of the powerless." 
 —Frako Loden. Prod & Dir: Micha X. Peled. USA, 2011, 88 min.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/26/18722448.php
SUMMARY:"Bitter Seeds" Opening Night
LOCATION:The Roxie\n3117 16th St\nSan Francisco, CA 94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/26/18722448.php
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