Channels: Stories from the Niagara Frontier

When: Sunday, December 11, 2011 @ 3pm
Where: Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Featuring: Anna Scime, John Fink & Vincenzo Mistretta

Please join us for the premiere screening of  four new short documentaries produced through Squeaky Wheel’s Channels: Stories from the Niagara Frontier initiative. Channels pairs area filmmakers with activist groups to produce videos about significant issues impacting our communities. This year’s projects highlight Buffalo’s water and air quality, the Peace Bridge expansion project, and community building on the city’s East Side.

The Videos:
Everyone Lives Downstream by Anna Scime & Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
This video examines the history of this city’s complicated relationship with the Buffalo River – the way we continue to alter this body of water through industrial exploitation as well as remediation and restoration efforts.

Living in the Shadow of the Bridge by Mark Barner & Niagara Gateway Columbus Park Association / Buffalo West Side Environmental Defense Fund
This video depicts the negative impact that the uncertainty the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority’s constantly changing expansion plans has on the quality of life, property value, and the health of West Side residents.

Reclamation by John Fink & the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
This video focuses on an inclusive community centered around this 100 year old congregation that has been continually adapting to challenges facing the health, safety, and economic stability of their often neglected neighborhood.

You Are Where You Live by Vincenzo Mistretta & the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York
This video chronicles the personal stories of the Clean Air Coalition’s fight for the people’s right to a healthy environment.

   

Channels 2011 is generously supported by the Nathan Cummings Foundation