28-min
TEACHING IN ARIZONA follows three Tucson educators
to deliver an intimate portrait of what it’s really like
to be a teacher today. It also depicts the impact of
the teacher workforce crisis on the future
generations that will influence the prosperity of a
state and a nation.
With decades of research showing that the quality of
the teacher in the classroom has the most significant
impact on student achievement, the high rate of
teacher turnover threatens the quality of education
all children receive. Fortunately there are teachers
who excel despite the challenges but they do so at a
significant personal cost.
Filmmaker
Lisa Molomot
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA - A visual artist and a musician search for beauty and inspiration in the alleyways,
intersections, power lines, and utility poles of a sprawling desert city. An intimate portrait of creation and
collaboration as painter Megan Jonas and composer Jordan Ignacio create four new works. Featuring
ground-breaking animation that brings painting and music to life in ways never seen before.
64-min
Shot over a period of ten years, HIPPIE FAMILY VALUES is an intimate chronicle that explores the
legacy of the hippie movement and ethos through the stories of hippie elders, along with their
kids and grandkids. These families are members of a communal ranch in New Mexico.
Today, the legacy of the hippie counterculture of southern Arizona and New Mexico is a fluid
network of artists, organic gardeners and farmers, food co-ops and CSAs, community organizers,
educators and activists, musicians and dancers, alternative health practitioners and natural
builders, connected by a shared vision of social justice, communitarianism and sustainability,
which stands in stark contrast to the consumerist values of mainstream corporate America.
“A seamless, lyrical, poignant piece of work”
–Chris Wilson, J. B. Jackson Chair of Cultural Landscape Studies, University of New Mexico
MUD
Lisa Molomot has directed and edited documentaries that have aired on
PBS’s Independent Lens, Discovery Channel, A&E, and ESPN. Her work has
been seen at Sundance, SXSW and the Mill Valley Film Festival, and her
hugely popular film School’s Out has been an integral part of the movement
for providing outdoor education for young children. She has taught film
production and documentary film history at Yale University, Wesleyan
University, Trinity College, and most recently, the University of Arizona.
Film’s Sponsor
Tucson Values Teachers (TVT) is a partnership of business leaders, educators and
individuals with a shared mission to help schools and districts attract, retain and
support the very best teachers for every K-12 classroom in Southern Arizona.
Information Site: www.teachinginarizonafilm.org
NOTE: QUESTION & ANSWER PANEL WILL FOLLOW FILM SCREENING
PRODUCTION TEAM FOR HIPPIE FAMILY VALUES
BEVERLY SECKINGER
Producer/Director/Camera
MITZI COWELL
Original Music
JIM KLEIN
Editor
VICTORIA WESTOVER
Executive Producer
An intimate and moving examination of an almost mythical life. Leaves the viewer hopeful for the future of
human relationships and with renewed faith in the seductive lure of following one’s dreams.
–Ellen Hansen, Professor of Geography and Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emporia State University
For detailed information about this
documentary and the filmmakers see:
7:00PM
AFTER-PARTY AT THE LA GITANA BAR
WITH MUSIC BY TUCSON’S
“THE WAYBACK MACHINE”
Wayback Machine Acoustic Quintet beside stage door of
the Rialto, August 15, 2009. Left to right: Mike Begala
(guest), Jim Lipson, Beverly Seckinger, Tom Woolley and
Shanti Foster (guest). Photo by Deo Wright.
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to help cover costs associated with the event including: facility rental, website, signage,
food & drink, equipment rental, administrative and the band! See link at right.
Psychotropic Films llc & Bart Santello of Arivaca are the organizing sponsors.
watch the film’s trailer below
Contact - Joshua Provost
Matter of Chance Productions
3010 W Sentinel Rock Rd,
Phoenix, AZ 85086
online: matterofchance.com
Director's Biography
Joshua J. Provost is self-taught filmmaker born in Boston
and based in Phoenix, USA. He has produced over thirty short
films and music videos as a partner in Matter of Chance
Productions. His most recent short film "L'amour en cinq
parties" played at more than forty international film
festivals, winning Best Experimental Film at Faludi Film
Festival in Budapest, Hungary. "Coalesce: A City Composed" is
his debut feature-length film, a documentary about the city
he lives in and the art that it inspires.
26-min
POT LUCK DINNER - 5:00pm
The pot luck dinner is our yearly tradition
here at the Arivaca Filmmakers Exhibition,
Where our film-going community makes it happen!
A time to relax, socialize and recharge
before our evening of independent short films!
PS: No obligation to bring food; especially if you’re
traveling long distance or attending at the last minute.
We got you covered!!
Jeff Wirth is a photographer, filmmaker and story
teller. His work has appeared in outlets all around the
world such as publications like New York Times and New
Zealand Geographic to television networks such as
Animal Planet, ABC, CNN, and Democracy Now. His
focus is documenting and story telling and has been
fortunate enough to travel around the world,
photographing, filming, and documenting todays most
important issues.
Arivaca Independent Filmmakers Exhibition
afternoon DOCUMENTARY program
Saturday March 2nd / 12:00 Noon - 5:00pm
Arivaca Community Center
