Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival and Series

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Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival and Series

Introductory Note—from the Executive Director

Welcome to the second-annual Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival. Our broad aims are to raise awareness and encourage activist action, social justice, collective equality, ecological sustainability, and a peaceful world. As a result, we are not just showing films; we are also conducting discussions afterward–and we encourage you to stay for these, and participate in them, as you can. We hope you will join us as part of a broader, growing progressive movement that is developing right now in the Eau Claire area, a movement that is striving to reclaim and carry forward our state’s proud progressive heritage.

I want to thank the following supporters of the Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival for all they have done to help us make it happen this year: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Department of English, WHYS Community Radio, The Liberator, Volume One, the Progressive Media Network, Jeremy Gragert, Davin Haukebo-Bol, Dana Thompson, Andy Swanson, Paul Kaldjian, Sean McAleer, Brian Standing, Marty Wood, Judy Knoll, Don Schleicher and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Learning and Technology Services, Melissa Geheran, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Facilities Planning and Management, Elsa Va, Mike Fries, Patti See, Shane Leonard and Northern Cities Vowel Shift, Hot Sauce Holiday, Allanna Wood, Greg Bauwens and Company, Jarrett Waite, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire WAGE center, Erin Polnaszek, Rachel Hawkins, Mary Jo Klinker, Jessica Bryan, Sara Harless, Kirby Harless, and Laurel Kieffer.

I also want to thank all of the film makers and film distributors who have worked with us to bring you the great films that make up our festival line-up. And of course you our audience–without you our festival would be nothing!   But most of all I want to thank the great staff of great people who have shown tremendous, inspiring dedication, enthusiasm, and commitment in working to produce and conduct this film festival: John Nicksic, Katie Barker, Jeremy Behreandt, James Boland, Maria Boland, Lisa Cooper-Murphy, Sarah Janes, Katie Miles, Katie Nichols, Tracy Phillippi, Joe Pichotta, Rick Slembarski, Victor Smith, Matt Troge, Bill Verthein, and Ted Waldbillig. I dedicate this festival to the sixteen of you.

Bob Nowlan

Executive Director, Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival

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