Santa Cruz Film Festival 2008

Hi, my name is (insert name here), and I’m a Fossil Fuel Addict. You can’t help it… or can you? Most Americans know we’ve got a problem: an addiction to oil that taxes the environment, entangles us in costly foreign policies and wars, and threatens the nation’s long-term stability. Few are informed or empowered enough to do much about it. Enter Josh Tickell, filmmaker, author and expert young activist who, driven by his own emotionally charged motives, shuttles us on a revelatory, whirlwind journey to unravel this addiction—from its historical origins to political constructs that support it, to alternatives available now and the steps we can take to change things.
Winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award and filmed over 12 years in 5 countries by a team of scientists and filmmakers, Fields of Fuel provides some innovative, ethical and practical solutions while engaging us in a fast-paced styled An Inconvenient Truth. Fields of Fuel is a call to action and specifically empowers individuals to change their own energy use as well as the energy use of their communities.
Watching Fields of Fuel is the First Step A seven-month-long 50-city Community Action Campaign tour will bring the film to theaters, town halls, events and schools across the country, accompanied by a professional staff of scientists and educators.
Join Josh Tickell and Producer Daniel Assael for Q&A following the screening, and at the Opening Night Party at The Museum of Art and History. Please also join them at The Musuem of Art and History, Saturday May 10 at 3:00 pm for the panel discussion The Art of The Documentary: Understanding and Investigating this Vehicle for Social Change Producer Daniel Assael is a graduate of UCSC’s Business Management Economics Program Co-Editor Michael Horwitz is a graduate of UCSC’s Film and Digital Media Design Program