We receive loads of comments about the quality of the music in our movie, A Chemical Reaction. For a documentary like ours, which was made with passion and grit and very few greenbacks, music is usually lacking. In our case, though, calling on major favors from friends made the soundtrack soar. We’re proud to say [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 15, 2010
A Movie Review, by John Valentine It is hard to believe that a subject like lawn care would find you awake after a ninety minute film, but it does. This past month, I had the privilege of attending a screening for the documentary A Chemical Reaction. It is the story of an organization called [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 9, 2010
Did you know that SafeLawns now has a fan page on Facebook and that our film, A Chemical Reaction, also has an active page? To celebrate Earth Day and promote our Facebook presence, we’re offering a contest where you can win a free copy of the movie. All you have to do is answer this question: [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 30, 2010
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE — After visits to 25 states and four Canadian provinces in the past three months, the award-winning environmental and health film A Chemical Reaction and its producers will spend Easter week in their home state of Maine. Two shows are planned, beginning Wednesday evening at 7 at Jewett Auditorium on the campus [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 27, 2010
This video and review aired last night on the NBC affiliate WCSH6 in Maine and New Hampshire: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/health/story.aspx?storyid=115916&catid=8. After our screening today at the Delray Beach Film Festival, the movie will appear Wednesday in South Portland, Maine, at Southern Maine Community College’s Jewett Auditorium and Thursday at Yarmouth High School’s Performing Arts Center.
Continue reading...Friday, March 19, 2010
We’re just hours from jumping on a plane to Chicago for this weekend’s screenings of A Chemical Reaction (http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2010/03/15/r_rtfgzfmr9utk8co_1olg/index.xml and http://spcpweb.org/attachments/PressRelease-AChemicalReaction.pdf). Please help spread the word about both of these events!
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
Gary Smith, a writer from Washington, D.C., sent me a preview of his article today that he’s writing in advance of our film premiere at the Environmental Film Festival on March 26 at the Globe Theater. Please spread the word. A Chemical Reaction Producer, Paul Tukey Meet the Lawn Care Pitbull He appears, in the words of one [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 12, 2010
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — With numerous leaders of the Canadian political and legal system in attendance for the packed Ottawa premiere of A Chemical Reaction on Thursday evening, EcoJustice founder Stewart Elgie summed up the event in a word: “Extraordinary.” “What can I say? It’s an incredible movie about an amazing town,” said Elgie, the attorney who [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Only a couple of hours from the Texas premiere of A Chemical Reaction as I sit here, I’ve just finished a round of preparations for my upcoming trip to Saskachewan, a western province of Canada. The film will play in Saskatoon next Tuesday, March 16, and in Regina on Wednesday, March 17. The details can [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 7, 2010
The North American Spring Tour of A Chemical Reaction officially kicks into high gear this week. Fresh off a standing ovation at Hartford’s Cinestudio on the Trinity College campus today, I’ll be in Houston on Monday and Tuesday, back in Maine for the annual Portland Flower Show on Wednesday, in Ottawa for the Ontario premiere [...]
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
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