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MY BEAUTIFUL NICARAGUA: A Film Screening
October 21, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
MY BEAUTIFUL NICARAGUA
Sneak Peek and Panel Discussion
Soho House
29-35 Ninth Avenue (NYC)
Friday, October 21
7-9 pm
Join us for a special screening of BYkids’ PBS Television Season Two opener – My Beautiful Nicaragua – a remarkable new film that tells of the devastating impact of climate change on Nicaraguan coffee farms and the farmers who are struggling to provide for their families – through a child’s eyes.
The screening, part of the Soho House Creative Solutions Series, will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A with BYkids Executive Director Holly Carter, Executive Producer Sammy Chadwick, and Shoko Sekiguchi, urban green living expert and founder of the sustainability firm Ampleen.
ABOUT THE FILM
Climate change is dramatically affecting the livelihood of Nicaraguan coffee farmers. Increasingly erratic rainfall and higher temperatures have resulted in an epidemic of coffee disease that is having devastating effects on coffee crops. In My Beautiful Nicaragua, 12-year-old Edelsin Mendez—with mentoring from legendary filmmaker Joyce Chopra—brings us onto her family’s coffee farm, offering a personal, moving portrait of a family holding on to hope in the face of the crisis.
Climate change is dramatically affecting the livelihood of Nicaraguan coffee farmers. Increasingly erratic rainfall and higher temperatures have resulted in an epidemic of coffee disease that is having devastating effects on coffee crops. In My Beautiful Nicaragua, 12-year-old Edelsin Mendez—with mentoring from legendary filmmaker Joyce Chopra—brings us onto her family’s coffee farm, offering a personal, moving portrait of a family holding on to hope in the face of the crisis.
Doors open at 7pm
Cash bar
Screening at 7:30, followed by panel discussion
Cash bar
Screening at 7:30, followed by panel discussion
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