Env Film Festival (2017) -- "The Last Pig" (w/Allison Argo) @ Carnegie Inst:
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Description of Pictures: The Last Pig
Special Advance Screening
The Last Pig is a lyrical meditation on what it means to be a sentient creature with the power to kill. For over a decade, Bob Comis has provided a humane—even idyllic—life for the pigs he farms. But as he cares for the pigs, he develops a respect that begins to haunt him; weekly trips to the slaughterhouse become agonizing. With 250 pigs on the farm, Comis suddenly finds himself trapped in a life he can no longer live. Through this immersive and intimate journey, The Last Pig raises crucial questions about equality, the value of compassion and the sanctity of life. Comis’ soul-bearing narrative carries us through his final year of farming pigs, the struggle to reinvent his life, and the ghosts that will haunt him forever. Directed by Allison Argo.
Discussion with director Allison Argo (filmmaker), Dawn Moncrief (Founding Director, A Well-Fed World), and Gene Baur (President and Cofounder, Farm Sanctuary) follows screening. Moderated by Maryanne Culpepper, Executive Director of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital.
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LAST_170326_019.JPG: Flo Stone and Allison Argo
LAST_170326_196.JPG: (left to right) Maryanne Culpepper, Allison Argo, Dawn Moncrief, and Gene Baur
LAST_170326_204.JPG: Dawn Moncrief
LAST_170326_223.JPG: Maryanne Culpepper
LAST_170326_240.JPG: Gene Baur
LAST_170326_280.JPG: Allison Argo
LAST_170326_571.JPG: Gene Baur and Tommy Wells are on the right
LAST_170326_583.JPG: Allison Argo and Maribel Guevara
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2017_MD_EFF_AFI: Env Film Festival (2017) -- Marque @ AFI/Silver (3 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Water_Power_170314: Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Water & Power: A California Heist" (w/Adam Keats) @ Natl Geographic Society (138 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Sea_Of_Hope_170315: Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Sea of Hope" (w/Robert Nixon, Sylvia Earle, Max Kennedy, and Rob Edwards) @ Carnegie Inst (122 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Seasons_170326: Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Seasons" (w/Jacques Perrin and Jacque Cluzaud) @ Carnegie Inst (155 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Sacred_Water_170324: Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Sacred Water: Standing Rock" (w/Michelle Latimer and Caro Gonzales) @ Carnegie Inst (59 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Risk_170318: Env Film Festival (2017) -- Shorts: Risk and Resistance ("How to Stop a Pipeline" and "The Hudson: A River At Risk") @ Carnegie Inst (42 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Poisoned_River_170324: Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Poisoned River" (w/Michelle Latimer) @ Carnegie Inst (40 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Naledi_170326: Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale" (w/Geoff Luck) @ Carnegie Inst (42 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Moe_170320: Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner @ Natl Geographic Society (115 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_MoeR_170320: Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner -- Pre-Event Reception @ Natl Geographic Society (42 photos from 2017)
2009_DC_ReykjavikP1_090314: Revisiting Reykjavik: Nuclear Policy for the New Century @ Carnegie Inst -- Pictures taken of presentations before lunch (78 photos from 2009)
2009_DC_ReykjavikP2_090314: Revisiting Reykjavik: Nuclear Policy for the New Century @ Carnegie Inst -- Pictures taken of presentations after lunch (128 photos from 2009)
2009_DC_ReykjavikO_090314: Revisiting Reykjavik: Nuclear Policy for the New Century @ Carnegie Inst -- Pictures of everything else (94 photos from 2009)
2019_DC_Human_Element_190317: Env Film Festival (2019) -- "The Human Element" (w/Matthew Testa, Jesse Meisenhelter, Rafe Pomerance, and Heidi Nel) @ Carnegie Inst (116 photos from 2019)
2019_DC_Confluence_190315: Env Film Festival (2019) -- "Confluence" (w/Amy Marquis, Darren Durlach, and The Infamous Flapjack Affair) @ Carnegie Inst (110 photos from 2019)
2018_DC_Yochi_180318: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Yochi" (part of Shorts Program 5) (w/Kristi Drexler; Ilana Lapid; H.E. Francisco Daniel Gutierez) @ Carnegie Inst (36 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_Wasted_180317: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Wasted!" (w/Anna Chai, Tim Ma, Asha Carter, Jeremy Brosowsky, and Tim Carman) @ Carnegie Inst (105 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_WastedR_180317: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Wasted!" Reception @ Carnegie Inst (51 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_UntamedR_180318: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Untamed Romania" Reception (w/ Tom Barton Humphreys; Sarah Titcombe, and Paul Lister) @ Carnegie Inst (69 photos from 2018)
2018_DC_Tatra_180318: Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Tatra Mountains: Life on the Edge" (w/Erik Balaz; Peter Lim and Tereza Gemeranova) @ Carnegie Inst (64 photos from 2018)
2014_DC_Argo_140325 Env Film Festival (2014) -- Tales from the Wild with Allison Argo (both sessions) @ THEARC
Culpepper, Maryanne appears on:
2018_DC_Tatra_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Tatra Mountains: Life on the Edge" (w/Erik Balaz; Peter Lim and Tereza Gemeranova) @ Carnegie Inst
2018_DC_UntamedR_180318 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "Untamed Romania" Reception (w/ Tom Barton Humphreys; Sarah Titcombe, and Paul Lister) @ Carnegie Inst
2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA,
a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin),
New York City, and
my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona).
For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about:
"Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo),
"The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy),
"The American Spirit" (David McCullough),
"Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert),
"The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and
"The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover).
Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.