7-8 pm NJ FRESH! Short Film, Plus Q &A with local farmers (both nights) and Catherine Suttle, Hunterdon Land Trust’s Farm Market Manager (Fri only)

8-9:15 pm FRESH: THE MOVIE

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NJ FRESH! Episode one of NJN’s four-part series on New Jersey’s community farm markets, featuring Hunterdon County! The show explores Musconetcong Valley’s organic Comeback Farm and Bobolink Dairy, where cheeses are produced from the milk of grass-fed, free-range cows, in addition to a cooking demonstration by Flemington, NJ’s Matt McPherson of Matt’s Red Rooster Grill who prepares a delicious meal using farm market ingredients. Also featured, Hunterdon Land Trust Farmers Market.

Not Rated; 30 minutes; 2010

FRESH: THE MOVIE celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur’s 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.

Not Rated; 72 minutes; 2009

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This documentary takes audiences on a wild ride through the heart of Mississippi’s current blues scene – from sun-drenched cotton fields to whiskey-soaked juke joints. Following two self-proclaimed blues fanatics, Jeff Konkel and Roger Stolle, on a week-long road trip across the state, “M for Mississippi” explores the thriving underbelly of a dying American art form in the land where it began. Using exclusive interviews and all-new musical performances, “M For Mississippi” captures the proverbial “real deal” in its home where it is most comfortable and authentic. More than just a collection of concert performances, the film collects the sounds, images and feel of both the performers and their native landscape – an environment essential to their livelihoods and inseparable from their art.

Not Rated; 94 minutes; 2008

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Plus, Meet-the-Director, Stuart Copeland via Telecast

7 pm Film Plus Director

8 pm; 8:30 pm; 9 pm; 9:30 pm
Film Only

A moving documentary about Southern buck dancing legend Thomas Maupin, who, at the age of 70, remains one of the greatest old time dancers in America. In spite of the heartaches and hardships Thomas encountered, he never stopped dancing, gaining adoration, distinction, and most importantly, happiness. Let Your Feet Do The Talkin’ explores Maupin’s legacy and relationship with his sixteen year old, banjo-virtuoso grandson, highlighting music’s ability to form and strengthen relationships and lift us above our circumstances.

Not Rated; 28 minutes; 2010

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