Powerful coal export documentary to make its PDX debut
350 PDX is proud to co-sponsor Columbia Riverkeeper’s showing of the NW premier of Momenta on January 16th!Momenta, a powerful documentary about coal export, was named one of the Top 10 documentaries of 2013 and captures stories from the mines of Montana and Wyoming to the ports threatened by Big Coal.
Watch the trailer, then make sure to join us at the premiere!
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WHEN | Thursday, January 16, 2014 (Doors open at 7pm, film starts at 8) |
WHERE | Patagonia Portland, 907 NW Irving Street, in the Ecotrust building |
SUPPORT | $10 suggested donation at the door, includes raffle ticket for great outdoor gear; beer available for purchase. No one turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds from the Portland screening will support ongoing Power Past Coal efforts, taking the film to the threatened places it features and beyond. |
“Momenta is about you, me, everyone who lives here, loves it and cares about what happens to our planet,” says Eric Wallis, the Portland-based producer of Momenta. “We set out making this film to demonstrate the overwhelming unpopularity of coal export and crossroads of the American West: old innovation vs. new. We want it to be a step towards winning the campaign against coal export.”