{"id":3020,"date":"2012-10-19T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T14:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2012-10-19T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T14:01:55","slug":"bioneers-conference-screening-of-the-people-and-the-olive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=3020","title":{"rendered":"Bioneers Conference screening of “The People and The Olive”"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the Great Lakes Bioneers Conference, an encore screening of Stone Hut Studios’ documentary The\u00a0People and The Olive: The Story of The Run Across Palestine<\/em> will be held October 21 at NMC’s Milliken Auditorium from 3:30 \u2013 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

This screening is open to the public, and tickets are available at the door for $8 per person and $6 for Bioneers participants. Children under 10 are free.
\nThe October 21 screening will be the grand finale of the 2012 Great Lakes Bioneers conference.<\/p>\n

The film follows the Run Across Palestine, a 129-mile ultra-marathon in February 2012, when six Americans ran five days across the West Bank in Palestine planting olive trees along their route and shedding light on the daily joys and struggles of Palestinian Fair Trade olive farmers.<\/p>\n

Directed by Traverse City filmmaker Dennis and produced by journalist Jacob Wheeler, the film debuted to a sold-out State Theater crowd in September, and has since played in the Chicago International Social Change Film Festival and the Boston Palestine Film Festival.<\/p>\n