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Liberal-Conservative Film Series: The Big Trees

Date:
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Time:
7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
David Giesen
Location Details:
Notable House
189 Ellsworth St.
San Francisco, Ca 94110

Film fans,

Snarfle up some of our hickory-smoked popcorn (just kidding) as we watch The Big Trees this Thursday evening, August 11 at Notable House Theater, 189 Ellsworth in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood.

Kirk Douglas stars in this 1953 Northern California tale of private interest versus spiritual claims to nature as part of the commons. There are fewer big trees today than back in '53, and certainly fewer than when the film is set, in 1900.

But think a minute, after the 1906 earthquake and big fire in San Francisco, how would you have rebuilt the homes and businesses of people? With the trees that Julia Butterfly Hill certainly would have attempted to protect? Adobe clay? Bricks? Riverbed gravel concrete? And who should gain monetarily from those resources themselves? The owners of nature, or all of us? Who should be held accountable for nature transformed into human domiciles and museums and business places, just the few nature owners, or all of us?

Big questions for enviros and libertarians, Obamanistas and Xmas tree stealing Gingrichs!

All are welcome to follow this pre-Silent Spring movie, and then to join the after-screening discussion. Bring a friend and you get chocolate!

FREE

http://www.HenryGeorgeHistoricalSociety.org
Added to the calendar on Sun, Aug 7, 2011 10:39PM
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