What Would Jesus Buy? December 4, 2008

What Would Jesus Buy?
Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping

Host: Edmonton Small Press Association, Theatre Yes

Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008
Time: 7:00pm & 9:00 pm
Location: Zeidler Hall (Citadel Theatre)
Street: 9828 101A Ave, Edmonton, AB

DOCUMENTARY FILM: WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt! From producer Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME) and director Rob VanAlkemade
comes a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. Bill Talen (aka Reverend Billy) was a lost idealist who hitchhiked to New York City only to find that Times Square was becoming a mall. Spurred on by the loss of his neighborhood and inspired by the sidewalk preachers around him, Bill bought a collar to match his white caterer's jacket, bleached his hair and became the Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping. Since 1999, Reverend Billy has gone from being a lone preacher with a portable pulpit preaching on subways, to the leader of a congregation and a movement whose numbers are well
into the thousands. Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned preaching, Reverend Billy reminds us that we have lost the true meaning of Christmas. WWJB is a journey into the heart of America from exorcising the demons at the Wal-Mart headquarters to taking over the center stage at the Mall of America and then ultimately heading to the Promised Land Disneyland. Will we be led like Sheeple to the Christmas slaughter, or will we find a new way to give a gift this Christmas? WWJB may just be the divine intervention we've all been searching for.

DEC. 4 @ 7 & 9PM

ADMISSION $8 Suggested Donation (sliding scale)

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***Screened With***

Workers of the World Relax: The Jevon's Paradox
Directed by Conrad Schmidt
Canada, 2008, 18 min.

Can green technology save us? A growing body of evidence suggests that the answer is a resounding 'No' - by increasing energy efficiency, we actually increase energy usage. The principle of continuous growth which rule our economy have brought us here, but is there a different path? What if we used our gains in productivity to slow down? We could work less and produce less, but it would also mean consuming less. Workers of the World Relax is the entertaining & thought-provoking companion short film to the Work Less Party's excellent collection of essays by the same name, and features interviews with acclaimed author George Monbiot, UBC Professors William Rees and John Helliwell, Yves Cochet, former Environment Minister of France, John DeGraaf, Take Back Your Time founder, a host of enlightened Europeans and a cheeky soundtrack. Learn how we can create a better and more sustainable society by simply 'working less'

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