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    Oct 18, 2015 @12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    Social Justice and Cinema Showcase -- Syracuse International Film Festival

    12:00 p.m.: Screening of Stink!

    Stink! (which recently won the Best Documentary Award at the Memphis Film Festival) opens with a foul smell and a pair of kids pajamas. And a single father trying to find out what that smell could possibly be. But instead of getting a straight answer, director Jon Whelan stumbles on an even bigger issue in America, which is that some products on our store shelves are not safe — by design. Entertaining, enlightening, and at times almost absurd, “Stink!” takes you on a madcap journey from the retailer to the laboratory, through corporate boardrooms, down back alleys, and into the halls of Congress. Follow Whelan as he clashes with political and corporate operatives all trying to protect the darkest secrets of the chemical industry. You won’t like what you smell.

    This film was directed by Jon Whelan and co-written and edited by incoming Le Moyne communications professor Bryan Cole. Both will be on hand for the screening.

    2:30 p.m.: Film Talks: A Conversation with Director and Producer Mark Achbar

    Mark Achbar will show clips from and discuss his award-winning documentaries The Corporation and Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, along with some more recent projects.

    Learn more and purchase tickets on the Syracuse International Film Festival web site.
    Location : Grewen Auditorium
    Category : Film Screening