Dimensions of Political Ecology conference University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY Clips from Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story will be shown and discussed in the panel “Latent Destiny, Manifest Reversal” organized by July Oskar and Cleo Woelfle-Erskin. http://www.politicalecology.org/#!2014-conference/cdaa The program is here: http://media.wix.com/ugd/819ace_03f51e967bac47f284e65f33ed793ece.pdf       My presentation will combine a 3-5 minute video/introductory text with a 10-15 minute excerpt of my new film Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story (with Annie Sprinkle). The film’s story is told from my perspective as a native West Virginian. Using humor, situated knowledges, dialogical art, and sexuality Annie and I propose romantic/sensual/ecosexual love to create alternative relationships […]

GGM will be screening in Carbondale, IL at the Big Muddy Film Festival on Sunday, February 23rd.  We received second place for the John Michaels award category! This is an award given annually for the film that best displays an urgent message of social, political, or ecological significance. Your film will screen during the festival at a special John Michaels program with two other films, one that has been awarded second place and one that received an honorable mention. There is prize money!!  The first I’ve received so far. http://bigmuddyfilm.com

Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story is opening the Santa Cruz Film Festival tonight at 7PM.  I’m hoping that everyone I know can come out and join us for a screening at the Del Mar and an after party at the Museum of Art and History. http://santacruz.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/goodbyegauleymountainanecosexuallovestory_bethstevens_santacruz2013

A miracle has happened!!  Annie and I get to stay at home in Santa Cruz, CA where Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story is the opening feature at the Santa Cruz Film Festival.   Your ticket will win you entry into a fabulous gala party at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Our film is screening at 7PM at the incredible Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz.  There is no place like home.  Not a bad birthday present.

For Halloween Annie and I are headed off to Shepherdstown, WV to present Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story at the American Conservation Film Festival. http://conservationfilm.org  While we are there are also going to attend the producer’s campus and learn more about film making. I didn’t know anything about it before I started this film and I sure wish I had. GGM will screen on October 31st in the Opera Theater at 9:30pm.  We hope you will join us to celebrate our film in my home state.

Next week Annie and I are headed off to Montreal to present Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story. It will screen twice while we are there. First on Friday 18 October  in the CINEPLEX ODÉON QUARTIER LATIN SALLE 17 @ 7.15pm and again in the same theater on Saturday 19 October – 1.00pm.  We love Montreal and are very excited that the film is playing in that fabulous city. Here is the festival website.  http://nouveaucinema.ca Have fun exploring and we hope you can join us.

Come join us at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston, WV for the premiere of our new film, Goodbye Gauley Mountain—An Ecosexual Love Story. We’ll be serving cake and popcorn!! Admission is free. Many of the folks in the film will be at this premiere. We’ll even have a little red carpet for everyone to walk down. We are thrilled to host this event where Beth grew up in West Virginia.  It has been three years in the making and now we want to share it with our friends and colleagues in the place where the film was born.  Check out […]

Goodbye Gauley Mountain is going to be in México City in August-September.  We’ll keep you updated as we get more information.  This years MICGénero is focusing on Ecofeminism.  Their website is beautiful and awful.  http://www.micgenero.com

We presented another sneak preview of Goodbye Gauley Mountain at the Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid, Spain. This screening was in conjunction with Beatriz Preciado’s Somateca conference.  It was one of the most beautiful theaters I’ve ever seen.  The film looked great and was very well received, especially given that it was being shown to a non-english speaking audience, and without subtitles (although there was simultaneous translation).  Many people in the audience loved it and told me so afterwards.  The film is now very close to completion.  We simply need to clean up the sound mix a little and finish […]