Colo Environmental Film Fest Preview

Colo Environmental Film Fest Preview
Jan 24th, 2012 by Vince Curran
If the objective of a preview is to get you excited about an event, then, at least for me, mission accomplished.  Friday evening, January 20 at  HYPERLINK "http://www.mercurycafe.com/home.html" the Mercury Café, there was a really cool event to preview the happenings at  HYPERLINK "http://www.ceff.net/" The Colorado Environmental Film Festival coming up this February 23 thru 25.
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The Mercury Cafe
I hadn't been to the Mercury Café in many years, and I was really impressed.  It's a beautiful venue that is perfectly suited to this type of event, and they were gracious hosts.  More than 100 people attended, and they were treated to trailers from 10 of the movies that will be featured at the festival, live comments and stories from the producers and directors of those movies, and original music provided by Gabrielle Louise.  Gabrielle is a terrific performer, who reminded me of Joni Mitchell and Colorado's own Judy Collins.  And her passion for social justice is obvious in her work.  She even treated us to a couple of cover songs from classic and up-and-coming folk artists, because they helped the theme of the trailer she was honoring.  The whole event was emceed by Jonny 5 of the popular Colorado hip-hop group the Flobots, and he did a terrific job.
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the lovely Gabrielle Louise
When I heard the name, “The Colorado Environmental Film Festival”, I assumed it was just a film festival held in Colorado.  Not so.  All of the trailers that we were privileged to view had a serious Colorado connection.  Some were specifically about Colorado issues.  Some were directed or produced by people from Colorado, but all had a connection to our beautiful state, and all of them were fascinating.  I'm looking forward to seeing all of these movies, I'm just wondering how I'm going to budget my time to watch 53 movies
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Robbie Knight, Danette Dacey Bohl,  ‎Alison Kapsalis and Vince Curran
If you care about Colorado, or the environment, or anything really, I encourage you to come and watch these movies and support all the people who are working on these issues.  That's the way movements start, by starting.  See you there!