YASUNI MAN - Benefit Screening and Panel Discussion
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YASUNI MAN - in Los Angeles for One Night Only!
Join filmmaker Ryan Patrick Killackey, Amazon Watch and SoCal350.org for a special screening of the multi-award winning feature documentary, Yasuni Man.
Nearly ten years in the making, YASUNI MAN tells the story of a conflict raging deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon. It's a real-life Avatar story. Once under siege by missionaries seeking to civilize them, the Waorani people battle industry operatives and their own government in a fight to survive. Join filmmaker Ryan Patrick Killackey and his native friend Otobo as they embark on an expedition into the most bio-diverse forest on Earth. Witness what may be lost as oil companies encroach, human rights violations run rampant, and a forest Eden is destroyed - all for the oil that lies beneath Yasuni.
Watch the trailer here - YASUNI MAN
Please join us at the Harmony Gold Theater in Hollywood for an inspiring night of film and discussion. Following the movie screening we will be hosting a panel discussion with movement leaders on the impacts of oil drilling on rainforest biodiversity and indigenous peoples, as well as its connection to fossil-fuel-polluted communities and climate chaos in California and beyond.
California's oil policy matters for the Amazon. Nearly 70% of Ecuador's crude is exported to California refineries. The Trump administration is dismantling the EPA and expanding offshore drilling in the Pacific Ocean. Join us on June 14th to tell Governor Jerry Brown it's his last chance to plan for a managed decline of fossil fuel production!
From California to the Amazon, #EndAmazonCrude and #KeepItInTheGround!
*For more details:
Yasuni Man AWARDS and FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
SPEAKERS:
Ryan Patrick Killackey, Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, YASUNI MAN; Tom Smith - Founding Director, UCLA Center for Tropical Research, Monic Uriarte - member of the coalition Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling (STAND-Los Angeles), Grandma Gloria Arellanes - Elder of the Tongva Tribe
Moderator - Leila Salazar-López - Executive Director of Amazon Watch
SPECIAL GUESTS and HOST COMMITTEE:
Atossa Soltani - Founder and President, Amazon Watch: Jack Eidt - Administrator, SoCal 350.org and WilderUtopia.com; Mickey Sumner - Actress - American Made, Frances Ha, The End of the Tour, TNT's Snowpiercer; John Densmore - Drummer - The Doors; Frances Fisher - Actress -Titanic and Unforgiven; Ed Begley, Jr. - Actor - Arrested Deverlopment, Portlandia, Better Caul Saul; Sheila Laffey - Filmmaker and Proffessor of Film Studies, Santa Monica College; John Quigley - Activist and Environmantal Advocate; Max Frauchiger - Filmmaker, Dronez Brigade; Roberta Giordano - Development Manager, Amazon Watch; Roxanna Soltani - Attorney; Brie Elise - Media Specialist; Andrew Beath - Founder, EarthWays Foundation; Richard Wegman - COO, Global Green; Patty Killackey - Senior Producer, Print Media.
More Special Guests to be announced soon!
SCHEDULE of EVENTS:
6:30-7:30pm - VIP reception ($100) - Green carpet event with celebrity guests. Includes reserved seat for screening + beer, wine and food.
7:00pm - Doors open to General Admission ticket holders.
7:30-7:45pm - Welcome and film introducton by guest host
7:45-9:20pm - Screening of Yasuni Man (92min)
9:20-10:00pm - Q&A with guest moderator and expert panelists.
10:00-10:30pm - Post-screening Reception/Meet and Mingle - Coffee, Tea and evening sweets
*FOOD: The Harmony Gold Theater doesn't have concessions, but we plan on having one of Los Angele's best VEGETARIAN food trucks on the street in front of the theater.
*PARKING: The Harmony Gold Theater has 100 free parking spots on premises. First come first serve!
**This event is co-sponsored by Amazon Watch, SoCal350,org, Pachamama Alliance, Earthways Foundation, Center for Biological Diversity, UCLA Center for Tropical Research, and the Congo Basin Institute.
**Our media partners for the event are KNEKT.tv and Getty Images.
**For questions, contact Roberta roberta@amazonwatch.org, Ryan ryan.killackey@gmail.com, Jack jack.eidt@wilderutopia.com
