Free, but donations are appreciated. Soup and salad provided by JRAC.
RSVP and learn more about individual venue screenings across NW Lower Michigan: crosshatch.org/events
True Cost the Movie – a documentary about the real price of fast fashion
and Community Discussion
Can Northern Michigan support a full-loop textile system and become an economically viable industry that uses local sources? Can natural dyeplant growers, small farmers raising fiber from sheep, alpaca, yak, llama and goat, and small business owners, processors, and existing networks that support the different segments in the system sustain a full-loop textile system? Through discussion can we find the gaps that are current impediments to achieving 100% locally made products?
True Cost, the movie, is an opportunity to learn more about the reasons why there is an effort to move toward bringing textile manufacturing back to Northern Michigan. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?
Following the screening will be a panel discussion with people in the textile loop, such as textile designers, garment makers, community organizers, and others.
Learn more about the film: http://truecostmovie.com/
The Old Art Building
111 S Main St, Leland, MI 49654
Thursday January 19, 2017 6:30-9pm
(refreshments available)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1710976835886075/
Jordan River Arts Council
301 Main St, East Jordan, MI 49727
Saturday Feb 18, 2017 6-8:30pm
(soup and salad provided by JRAC)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1710976835886075/
Grow Benzie
5885 Frankfort Hwy (M-115), Benzonia, MI 49616
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 6-8:30pm
(potluck)
https://www.facebook.com/events/215182698929703/
North Central Michigan College
1515 Howard St, Petoskey, MI 49770
Library Conference Center
Wednesday April 19, 2017 6:30-9pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1189432211164200/
The Bay Theatre
214 N St Joseph St, Suttons Bay, MI 49682
Wednesday May 10, 2017 6:30-9pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/939554412844446/
A collaboration of Interlochen College of Creative Arts, North Central Michigan College, Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology Fiber Guilds, The Bay Theatre, Grow Benzie, Jordan River Arts Council and The Old Art Building.