For the Stage 2 Indie Screenings – will it be necessary to book a room with wi-fi access ? Are you planning to do live online discussion or introductions to the film? or do we just need to book any old room to show a DVD in on wed 9th Sept?

helen

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We just showed FRESH to over 150 people with 11 cosponsors with wildly fun discussions about what people are DOING about creating and strengthening a local food system; after the film.

thanks / just cant wait to screen In Transition to a large audience

saw just little of the movie, cause had some problems with the stream,… anyway

1. brilliant Idea to make the film

2. in the comments I read something, that some scenes produce kind of strange feeling of a sect.
This could be very dangerous for producing wrong impessions – I think it was mentioned in the context of some obligatory course people have to attend in order to get part of the transition community. – I think, that quality management is very important, but that to much of it and to stringent obligatory processes would be counterproductive.The already lively community of diverse projects fitting into the transition pattern already existing in Austria do communicate, that they are not interested in obligatory matters like these. Courses and Trainings are important, and people will atend them anyway as they are interested, forcing obligations will – as far as I can think of understanding the matter – not be accepted.

3. The starting sequence of the movie was critizised in a comment. I want to express my positive critics to that scene. The metaphor I think is very nice and easy understandable.
That the old Lady and Sir look kinda different to the youngsters (eye colors do not match for example) does not give any importance to the metaphor as I think. I do Workshop in schools and to produce some kind of understanding for past developments and future developments I do ask the kids in the pre-workshop preperation what year their parents and grandparents were the age they have at that moment, and what year they be of the age of their parents and grandparents at that moment themselves.

That produces some Kind of intergenerational understanding, and provides the grounds for understanding future perspectives for future generations (linked to information about Energy, Climate Change, ways of living and happieness…)

so – short: I think the starting sequence, and also the theme is very succeeded

; )

cheers
josef

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Enjoy

Do you have a version with subtitles available?
I fear a lot of people in this country will have problems understanding it without subtitles, esp. if people are speaking quickly and/or using colloquial expressions (maybe worth considering for the final cut DVD….)