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WHEN October 8, 2009 at 7 pm

WHERE Oak street cinema

WHAT Screen. Act. Impact. The NYC-based Media that Matters Film Festival is coming to Minnesota! NEED magazine presents the Media that Matters Film Festival, including a spoken word performance by Poetic Assassins.

WHY This event will bring leaders from nonprofit and community organizations together to screen 12 award-winning short films that represent different social issues. Each organization leader will relate to a certain film and will be available to answer questions and spark conversation. Help us make an impact and hold true to the film festival’s mantra of “Screen. Act. Impact.”

Films and organizations involved:

• The Next Wave presented by U of M’s Institute on the Environment (IonE)
• Locusts presented by Poetic Assassins
• Lone Wolf presented by the Twin Cities Daily Planet
• Why Do White People Have Black Spots? presented by Marnita’s Table
• La Hoja presented by Witness for Peace
• Will I Be Next? presented by MAD DADS
• Exiled in America presented by Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (MIRAc)
• The Secret Life of Paper presented by Eureka Recycling
• Knock Knock, Who’s There? presented by Men As Peacemakers
• Looking Back presented by Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
• Bits and Pieces presented by Mizna

Food and drink sponsors: Finnegan’s and Stub & Herb’s!

Gig. Ga. Dee.