Community Cinema

COMMUNITY CINEMA [DC] PRESENTS "DIRT! THE MOVI" The Story Of The Glorious And Underappreciated Stuff Beneath Our Feet

Community Cinema [DC] will host two screening events of DIRT! The Movie during the month of March : Sunday, March 21, at 3 PM - Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th Street, NW at Q. Sunday, March 28 at 5 PM - Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street, NW. A Q&A will follow the screening with Allan Baliett, the Farmer at Fresh and Local Community Supported Agriculture; Ariane Lotti (3/21) of the Organic Farming Research Foundation; Kim Rush (3/28) Backyard Gardner/Educator and former Director of the Washington Youth Garden at the U.S. National Arboretum; Aimee Witteman (3/28); executive director National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition; and Marsha Weiner, founder and President of Food Muse Media. The events are FREE and open to the general public. RSVP dirt@communitycinema-dc.org or call 202-939-0794

DIRT will have its television premiere on the Emmy(r) Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens in April 2010. (Check local listings)

Community Cinema is a free monthly screening series engaging communities through film produced by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with free advance screenings of upcoming PBS Independent Lens documentaries. For more information, visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/getinvolved or www.communitycinema-dc.org.

D.C.'s Community Cinema presented by ITVS in partnership with WHUT, Busboys and Poets, the Social Action and Leadership School for Activists, the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, and the Center for Social Media at American University. National partners for Community Cinema presentations of "DIRT! The Movie" include Bioneers and Youth Service America.

For more information, visit www.communitycinema-dc.org.