Revenge of the Electric Car

REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR comes to Vashon! Come to this exciting event on Sunday, March 11th, 2:30pm at Vashon Library. The after film discussion will be hosted by VEVA - Vashon Electric Vehicle Association. We are honored to have a guest speaker from Seattle, Chad Schwitters, President, "Plug in America" National Chapter of the Electric Car Assoc. Following a time of Q&A we are invited to adjourn to the parking lot of the Chamber of Commerce to enjoy an Electric Car Show. We will see a bright yellow Tesla, a black Nissan Leaf, a green converted Geo Metro Hatchback and a converted Ford Pick-up with a hydraulic bed - maybe more. It will be great to have a chance to chat with the proud owners.

REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR by Chris Paine is not a sequel to his 2006 film WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? He says that this is not an "issue movie". For him, "this is a personal view of different kinds of entrepreneurship in America (corporate and individual) in terms of one of the very biggest industries in the world." It is a story of four very different people who challenged the system on their own terms (three from within and one from outside). A lot happened between 2007 and 2010.

Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors and follows the race to be the first and best. In addition to these three major players, the film presents a growing movement of individuals making their own electric cars. We follow the challenges of Greg Abbott "gadget" who converts cars from gas powered to all electric vehicles and prides himself in being able to produce clean, quiet cars for California drivers.

It is the film maker’s hope that the movie inspires people to take chances on electric cars and overcome the disinformation and resistance to change that is out there. For example, one of the biggest users of electricity in the world is the oil industry-simply to refine gasoline from crude oil. We could save so many resources by simply putting the electricity directly in the cars. Have we got your interest up?

April 15th join us for HELL AND BACK AGAIN also at Vashon Library at 2:30. This Academy Award nominated film will be be Co-sponsored by American Quilt and Vashon VFW Post 2826. Susan Nebeker will present quilts and share stories. HELL AND BACK AGAIN contains innovative footage from combat in Afghanistan, travel with soldiers on the ground. How does a soldier come home - injured physically and psychologically - and build a life anew?

Community Cinema Vashon is presented monthly by We All Belong FREE film & discussion, a project of Welcome Vashon. All of our documentary screenings are FREE and are followed by lively moderated audience discussion. The films are aired the following month on Channel 9-KCTS-Independent Lens Series. We encourage you watch the excellent programing on PBS-TV and on line.

For more information: ccnw.tv (Community Cinema Pacific NW) and www.vashoneva.org (VEVA) - They meet the 2nd Sat of the month at Minglement. - Jane Berg, jane.e.berg@gmail.com 567-4532.