SIERRA CLUB TO SCREEN
AWARD-WINNING EXPOSÉ OF FACTORY FARMS’ POLLUTION DUMPING TACTICS ON AUG 27
at 7PM
OKLA. CITY - The risk to human health and vast
environmental damage caused by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
operated by multinational corporations will be the focus on Wed., Aug. 27 at
7PM, at the Oklahoma premiere screening of the award-winning film, “Shall We
Gather at the River.”
The film examines the impact of foregoing
traditional family farms for modern-day urban factory farms that concentrate
millions of animals in relatively small spaces without properly handling
vast amounts of sewage.
Emerging infectious diseases tied to related
industrial practices include avian influenza, known as “Bird Flu,” and Mad
Cow Disease.
The public is invited to attend the free
screening, sponsored by the Sierra Club Cimarron Group at 7 p.m. at
Mayflower Congregational Church, located at 3901 N.W. 63rd Street in
Oklahoma City.
Bruce Guthrie, film research director, and
retired Okla. Sen. Paul Muegee will be special guests.
In 2004, Sen. Muegee won the John F. Kennedy
Profile in Courage Award®, the nation's most prestigious honor for elected
public servants. Muegge wrote and passed legislation requiring hog producers
to limit their exposure to neighboring properties, submit to mandatory soil
and water testing and assume the costs of the new regulations.
Another well-known Oklahoman, Attorney General
Drew Edmondson, also appears in the film.
After years of attempting to reach a
settlement, Edmondson filed suit against out-of-state poultry producers to
force them to clean-up waste equal to that generated by 10.7 million people.
“Shall We Gather at the River” earned a
“Silver Remi” award at the Houston International Film Festival and was an
official selection for the 2008 Newport Beach, Santa Barbara, First Take,
Action on Film and Kansas International film festivals.
Additional information about the production of
“Shall We Gather at the River” is available at
http://shallwegatherattheriver.com
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