How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Film Screening and Discussion
| Hours: | 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Movies |
Join Revolutionary Spaces for a screening of the film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, loosely inspired by the Andreas Malm manifesto of the same name.The film follows a crew of young environmental activists as they execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in West Texas.
It explores the use of property damage as activist tactics and the moral consequences of such decisions.
How to Blow Up a Pipeline premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving critical acclaim.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion and Q&A with director Daniel Goldhaber, who will explore the legacy of property destruction as a means of protest in America and its connection to the Boston Tea Party.
This screening celebrates the opening of Revolutionary Spaces' newest exhibition, Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party, which will be on view beginning on July 1, 2023.
This program is free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of The Lowell Institute.
Guests are invited to view the new exhibit free of charge at the Old State House from 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM, followed by the film screening at the Old South Meeting House at 7:00 PM.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
About the Director
Daniel Goldhaber is a director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles and New York.
The child of climate scientists, Daniel started making movies in high school, and worked as an editor on the Sundance documentary Chasing Ice.
He went on to graduate from Harvard University where he studied Visual and Environmental Studies.
He directed the Netflix horror film, CAM, which won Best First Feature at the 2018 Fantasia Film Festival.
Daniel went on to be named as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Film 2018.” He is passionate about finding ways to tell provocative, challenging stories in thrilling and accessible ways.
His new film, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, premiered in the Platform Section of the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.
Exhibit Preview - Old State House at 5:30 PM Film Screening - Old South Meeting House at 7:00 PM
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www.revolutionaryspaces.org/pipeline-screening/
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Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St, Boston, MA, 02108 map
Phone: 6177201713
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