Events

Ghosts in Our Machine - Screenings
September 9 and 11, 2014

Two upcoming screenings of The Ghosts In Our Machine.

Award-winning filmmaker Liz Marshall directs through the heart and lens of acclaimed animal photographer Jo-Anne McArthur. Haunting and heart-warming, audiences experience a diverse cast of animal subjects in this cinematic documentary illuminating the lives of individual animals rescued from and living within the machine of our modern world.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield Public Library
1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield MA
Show Time 7:00pm - Doors open at 6:30pm. Refreshments to follow.
Presented by Western MA Animal Rights Advocates (WMARA)  

Thursday, September 11, 2014
Florence Civic Center
90 Park Street, Florence, MA
Show Time 6:30pm - Doors open at 6pm. Refreshments to follow.
Presented by Ashtanga Yoga Northampton (formerly Florence Yoga) and Western MA Animal Rights Advocates (WMARA)

* Admission is FREE for both events!
* Please post flyers and share with others. Thanks!
* Contact Shrila at [email protected] for more information.


Written & Directed By Liz Marshall
View Trailer: http://vimeo.com/59741668#.
 

Over the course of a year, Marshall shadows McArthur as she photographs several animal stories in parts of the U.S., Canada and Europe, with each photograph and story serving as a window into global animal industries. This visually arresting one-of-a-kind documentary shines a cinematic light on the animals we don’t easily acknowledge, the “ghosts” who are the animals trapped within the cogs of our voracious consumer world. McArthur’s epic photo project We Animals is comprised of thousands of photographs taken around the world, documenting animals with heart-breaking empathic vividness. This powerful film charts McArthur’s efforts to bring wider attention to a topic most of humankind strives hard to avoid.