If you're in town and don't have any other pressing engagements, this Saturday you might want to take in the documentary below. I've not seen it, but some years ago I was fortunate enough to tour Hanford and see the B Reactor (see pic above) among other sites. A pretty amazing place. Anyone who is a history buff should make the effort to get into one of their public tours. You can find out more about that here.
EASTERN WASHINGTON DOCUMENTARY
"ARID LANDS" @ TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 6, 2:15 pm
Tacoma School of the Arts Theater
1118 Commerce
Filmmaker Josh Wallaert will be present for Q&A
Tickets $6 at the door
ABOUT THE FILM
Arid Lands is a documentary feature about the land and people of the Mid-Columbia Basin and the Hanford nuclear site in southeastern Washington. Sixty years ago, Hanford produced plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Today, it is the focus of the largest environmental cleanup in history. Arid Lands takes us into a world of sports fishermen, tattoo artists, housing developers, ecologists, and radiation scientists living and working in the area. It tells the story of how people changed the landscape over time, and how the landscape affected their lives.
Arid Lands premiered at the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in January, where it was named the "People's Choice." Since then, it has played at film festivals across the country and won awards including "Best of Fest," Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival; "Best Environmental Film," Seattle True Independent film Festival; and "Best Environmental Film," Plymouth Independent Film Festival. It is now on DVD from Bullfrog Films.
Check out the trailer, read reviews, and more at www.sidelongfilms.com
