Stewart Udall and The Politics of Beauty
Join Havurah Shalom’s Climate Action, Oregon PSR, and other Community Partners as we continue the Earth Justice Film Series-Stories to Inspire with the showing of Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty on Sunday, March 29, 3-5pm. Doors open at 2:30 to allow time for people to connect with community organizations who will be tabling. A discussion with the film maker will follow the showing of the film. Popcorn will be served. The event is Free. Register at https://www.havurahshalom.org/event/ip-hcat-film-series-2.html
Havurah Shalom is located at 825 NW 18th St, Portland, OR 97209
Free parking is available on the street and at Legacy - 1919 NW Lovejoy. Park in any spot except 1-10.
For details about the film series, including a flier, go to: https://linktr.ee/earthjusticefilms
Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty is a feature documentary that examines the trajectory of Udall’s life from his childhood to his years as Secretary of the Interior and beyond. The film explores how Udall skillfully shepherded breakthrough environmental legislation (Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, among others) through two administrations, finally being passed into law by President Nixon. We see the relevance of his concerns—he was the first public official to speak out about global warming—to our current day crises. In our angry, polarized time, Americans are looking for positive inspiration. The story of Stewart Udall delivers inspiration and more.
After the documentary, the film’s director and writer John de Graaf, will speak and answer questions. De Graaf has been producing and directing PBS documentaries for 43 years. He spent 31 years at KCTS, the Seattle PBS affiliate. Fifteen of his programs have been broadcast nationally in primetime on PBS, including his 1997 hit special, Affluenza. https://www.johndegraaf.com
With many crises roiling our world these days, and many of us working hard in response, this series enables us to gather in community to be uplifted by stories of people making a difference, and to connect with others who share our concerns and determination to work for a better future.
Our goal is for these films to give us hope and inspiration to make a difference.
As R. Buckminster Fuller said, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." The economist Kenneth Boulding stated, “If it exists, it must be possible.”