The Redwoods senior community in Mill Valley will be joining students for these programs. Sign Up for Reserved Seats. The Programs are Free. This political fable has universal scope. The ensuing struggle confronts issues of honor, corruption and power.
Stunning costumes provide a gem-like backdrop.
Miranda Smith's Shaman's Apprentice profiles the controversial ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin and his research with rainforest shamans in Surinam. Director Sarita Siegel will be present for a post film discussion. Mark Plotkin has been invited but is not confirmed at press time. Bay Area filmmakers Rick Goldsmith and Abby Ginzberg followed a group of racially and economically diverse 18-29 year olds employed by the AmeriCorps program as tutors in the Bay Area's most underserved neighborhoods. It's an inspiring and realistic picture of what a generation labeled as self-indulgent are really doing and should be seen by every high school student.