CINEMA GREEN
Food, Inc.
A documentary film by Robert Kenner/USA/2009/94 min.

In “Food, Inc.,” filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly-mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, and even tomatoes that don’t spoil. But we also have new strains of E. coli — the bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Is there a connection? Shown in collaboration with the Environmental Coalition of Miami and the Beaches. The film on Friday will be followed by a Q-and-A session with Organic Farmer Gabriele Marewski from Paradise Farms Organic. The film on Saturday will be followed by a Q-and-A session with Chef Jeff Mcinnis from Dilido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach.
 
Friday, Aug. 21; Saturday Aug. 22 and Sunday Aug. 23 at 7 p.m.

Tony Manero
Directed by Pablo Larrain/Chile/2008/98 min. With Alfredo Castro, Paula Lattus, Héctor Morales.

As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, 50-year-old Raúl Peralta, obsessed with John Travolta’s character in “Saturday Night Fever,” gathers with his friends each weekend in a small bar on the outskirts of Santiago, and acts out their favorite scenes. Peralta longs to become a real showbiz superstar, however, and when the national television station announces a Tony Manero impersonating contest, it seems like he may finally have a shot at living his dreams. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Friday, Aug. 21; Saturday, Aug. 22 and Sunday, Aug. 23 at 9 :15 p.m.

GLOBAL LENS SERIES
The Photograph
Directed by Nan Achnas /Indonesia/2007. With Lim Kay Tong, Shanty, Lukman Sardi

Sita is a spirited young woman working as a singer and prostitute in a local brothel to support her family. Always short on funds and bullied by her pimp, she convinces an elderly portrait photographer, Mr. Johan, to rent her a room. The unlikely bond that develops between Sita and Mr. Johan is the basis of writer–director Nan Achnas’ visually brilliant and poignant human drama about the profound effect one life can have on another. In Indonesian with English subtitles.

Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 8:30 p.m.

The Miami Beach Cinematheque is located at 512 Espanola Way, Miami Beach. For more information call
305-673-4567 or visit mbcinema.com.

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