TALLADEGA EVENT – POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
Join the Alabama Rivers Alliance and Coosa Riverkeeper for a River Reels & Tales: A Night of Film and Discussion About the Coosa River! This exciting series of town hall events will bring the community together for engaging discussions, along with screenings of short films that spotlight the special people, unique history and current issues impacting the Coosa River. Enjoy conversations and connections, with delicious food and drinks. Mark your calendars and join us at one of our four tour stops at various locations along the Coosa River!
Thank you to Working Films’ Rural Cinema for their support of these events.
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Screening in: Talladega, Gadsden, Wilsonville and Wetumpka
THE COST OF FOREVER
SNEAK PEEK: Be the first to see Southern Exposure Films’ 2024 short documentary The Cost of Forever, which uncovers the hidden and costly dangers of ‘forever chemicals’ in our rivers and drinking water sources following Riverkeepers as they strive to protect communities—and themselves—from PFAS contamination.
Screening in: Talladega, Gadsden, Wilsonville and Wetumpka
VOICE OF THE COOSA
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Screening in: Talladega and Wetumpka
A FISHER’S RIGHT TO KNOW
Fishers throughout East Alabama depend on the mighty Coosa River for food, recreation and a family pastime that goes back generations. But do fishermen and women — and their families — have a right to know which fish are safe to consume? Not currently in Alabama, the River State. Coosa Riverkeeper and other advocates are working to give fishers across the entire state that right.
Screening in: Wilsonville and Wetumpka
THE LAST LAST HIKE
83-year-old Nimblewill Nomad is about to become the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. But he didn’t start at Springer Mountain, Georgia – his trek began on Flagg Mountain in Alabama, the true southern terminus of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Throughout his odyssey, he’s meeting hikers along the way and sharing the magic of Flagg Mountain, where he has been the caretaker for the past three years. With more than two decades and 50,000 miles of hiking experience behind him, will this really be his last last hike?
Screening in: Gadsden
OUR 100 YEAR FLOODS
Through the voices of community members in Birmingham and Gadsden, this visual exploration captures the struggles of families and homeowners impacted by decades of flooding.
Screening in: Wilsonville
ASHES TO ASHES
A small community in Northeast Alabama. A mayor whose town sits on the river’s banks. A businessman in the Mobile Bay. All of these communities are impacted by coal ash in Alabama. his film tells the grim story of coal ash in Alabama and what you can do to call on the electric utility companies to become leaders by cleaning up the pollution they have created.