Tag: Eva Longoria

“If you can make it there”… New York embraces CIW, “Food Chains” at US premiere of new documentary!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="NY embraces @CIW, @FoodChainsFilm at @TribecaFilmFest!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=19310"] Eva Longoria headlines at Tribeca premiere, joins with New York Times to carry CIW all the way to #7 on the global Twitter trending list...  Last Friday, the New York Times featured -- on the front page and above the fold -- an excellent story on the CIW's Fair Food Program ("In Florida Tomato >> Read More

Countdown begins to Saturday premiere of “Food Chains” at Tribeca Film Festival in NYC!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Countdown to @TribecaFilm begins! @FoodChainsFilm to premiere this week in #NYC..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=19276"] Tribeca Talks panel following premiere to feature Executive Producers Eva Longoria, Eric Schlosser and the CIW’s Gerardo Reyes… Here’s the media advisory, hot off the presses.  If you’re in the NYC area, we look forward to seeing you this weekend at the big premier!   U.S. PREMIERE >> Read More

Tribeca Film Festival makes “Food Chains” an official selection with screening set for April 26th in NYC!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Documentary @FoodChainsFilm in OFFICIAL SELECTION for @TribecaFilmFest!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18952"] Film also premiered in Mexico this past Sunday at Guadalajara Film Festival to packed house, huge press conference (pictured below), and wildly positive audience reaction! [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Jorge Camara (left, with mic) -- the renowned Mexican American journalist and past president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- moderates >> Read More

Fair Food movement takes Berlin by storm!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW, @FoodChainsFilm takes @berlinale by storm!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?post=18202"] Compelling new documentary, "Food Chains," premieres at 2014 Berlin Film Festival to sold-out screenings, generates serious buzz at star-studded festival...   What happens when Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, Golden Globe Award nominee Eva Longoria, best-selling author Eric Schlosser, and an incredibly talented and dedicated crew of filmmakers and producers join forces >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="World responds to @Walmart joining #FairFoodProgram! Press, statements, social media..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17932"] The world responds to news of the Walmart agreement! [caption id="attachment_17944" align="aligncenter" width="530"] A member of the Walmart delegation holds the Fair Food Program rights booklet during a meeting among CIW members, Florida tomato growers, Walmart representatives, and the Chairperson of the UN's Working Group on Business and >> Read More

A good couple of days for Fair Food… Part 2

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Part 2 of @CIW's fruitful trip to #NYC! Plans for upcoming @FoodChainsFilm & fair blueberries" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16914"] Following the exciting Roosevelt Medal ceremony, CIW team meets with allies on two important new fronts in the Fair Food movement! The photo above is a still from a compelling new documentary on farm labor in the United States entitled "Food Chains."  The >> Read More