North Carolina – once a beacon of light and generosity in a sea of red state reactionary politics – is now one of the most regressive and intentionally belligerent states in the union. The new documentary Democracy for Sale featuring NC native Zach Galifianakis uncovers the role that money has played in this shift and offers a lesson for the rest of the nation.
We’re thrilled to be partnering with Appalachian Voices, Democracy NC, The NC NAACP, and many others to organize more than a dozen screenings across North Carolina to inform and mobilize residents to demand campaign finance reform, environmental protection, and an end to racist gerrymandering....
Schedule of dates and cities below.
Monday January 23rd at 7pm – CullowheeRoom 210, Memorial Dr. Cullowhee, NC 28723 Hosted by: Student Democracy Coalition. A K Hinds University Center – WCU
Tuesday January 24th at 7pm – Walnut Cove
Rising Star
915 Windmill St.
Walnut Cove, NC 27052
Hosted by: Appalachian Voices.
Wednesday January 25th at 7pm – Asheville
The Grail Moviehouse
45 S French Broad Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
Hosted by: Buncombe County NAACP, Clean Water for NC, Democracy NC, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Southern Environmental Law Center.
Thursday January 26th at 7pm – Bakersville
The Old Courthouse
11 N Mitchell Ave.
Bakersville, NC 28705
Hosted by: Yancey Mitchell NAACP.
Sunday January 29th at 3pm – Shelby
Newgrass Brewing
213 S Lafayette St.
Shelby, NC 28150
Hosted by: MountainTrue, and Broad River Alliance.
Tuesday January 31st at 7pm – Fayetteville
Cameo Art House Theatre
225 Hay St.
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Hosted by: The Fayetteville Branch NAACP.
Wednesday February 1st at 7pm – Wilmington
The Cameron Art Museum
3201 S 17th St.
Wilmington, NC 28412
Hosted by: New Hanover County NAACP.
Thursday February 2nd at 7pm – Durham
Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
4907 Garrett Rd.
Durham, NC 27707
Hosted by: The Durham People’s Alliance, and NC WARN.
Friday February 3rd at 7pm – Chapel Hill
Church of Reconciliation
110 N Elliott Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Hosted by: Southern Environmental Law Center, Church of Reconciliation Justice and Peace Committee, and Raging Grannies.
Monday February 6th at 7pm – Boone
Price Lake Room at ASU's Student Union 287 Rivers St. Boone, NC 28608 Hosted by: Appalachian Voices, Democracy Matters, and Democracy NC.
Tuesday February 7th at 7pm – Raleigh
Community UCC
814 Dixie Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607
Hosted by: 350 Triangle, and the CUCC Social Justice Committee.
Tuesday February 7th at 7pm – Goldsboro
Saint Mark Church of Christ
700 W Ash St.
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Hosted by: Down East Coal Ash Coalition and Wayne County NAACP.
Tuesday February 7th at 6pm – New Bern
UU Fellowship of New Bern
308 Meadows St.
New Bern, NC 28560
Hosted by: Craven County NAACP and Democracy New Bern.
Additional screenings are being scheduled in Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Pembroke, and Winston Salem. If your city isn’t on the list and you’d like to bring Democracy for Sale to your town, contact Andy at amyers@workingfilms.org.
J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
The views expressed on WataugaWatch are solely those of J.W. Williamson or individual contributors and are not necessarily shared nor endorsed by the Watauga County Democratic Party nor by any other adults of sound mind in this or any other universe.
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