Films on Second - 2011
This project was a documentary film series comprised of seven titles that were also being shown by the Nicollet County Historical Society in St. Peter with whom we collaborated. A blanket license to show the films was purchased. The seven films were purchased in DVD format. Book lists were made to encourage further reading on each topic and a variety of publicity was done to promote the screenings.
Location: North Mankato Taylor Library, 1001 Belgrade Avenue, North Mankato, MN 56003
Partners: Nicollet County Historical Society
Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: This documentary film series comprised of seven titles that were also being shown by the Nicollet County Historical Society in St. Peter with whom we collaborated.
- No Impact Man: Thursday, 10/21/10 @ 7pm (Attendance = 0)
- Food, Inc.: Thursday, 11/10/11 @ 7pm (Attendance = 9)
- Beer Wars: Thursday, 12/16/10 @ 7pm (Attendance = 0)
- Man on Wire: Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 7pm (Attendance = 0)
- Who the #$&% IS Jackson Pollock?: Thursday, 2/17/11 @ 7pm (Attendance = 0)
- King of Kong: Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 7pm (Attendance = 0)
- I.O.U.S.A.: Thursday, 4/21/11 @ 7pm (Attendance = 0)
Attendance was minimal to say the least. Only one of the screenings had any attendance at all - that being Food, Inc. with 9 people in attendance. Each month new things were tried to promote the project but nothing seemed to work. Possible reasons for the failure of this project include: bad winter weather, the fact that all films were at least one year old and could have already been viewed.
While the Food, Inc. session was a success for those in attendance, in general the project was a dismal failure. It's possible that we will try something like this again but with brand new films that folks haven't seen before.
Program Outputs: The fact that the films were all shown in St. Peter the week prior to our scheduled showings, and/or that people in the greater Mankato area are just not interested in this type of program which has been highly successful in St. Peter.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.
- Participants will become more aware/knowledgeable about topics of interest.
- Participants will have an opportunity to discuss topics of interests with other's in the community.
- Participants will receive a bibliography at each session to aid them in gathering further information about each topic.
The nine participants at the screening of Food, Inc. reported an increase in awareness and knowledge about the food production system in the United States. During discussion, they thought that something should be done and several thought they would write to their Legislators. They thought we were brave to show the film as the big industry food producers have a lot of clout. They appreciated the bibliography and additional materials that were handed out.