WITNESS is proud to co–present the screening Good Fortune, at the 33rd Annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, November 12–15! All screenings are held at the American Museum of Natural History.

Good Fortune

Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Levine * 2009 * 73 min * Kenya, U.S.

UN Habitat promises better housing to residents of the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Meanwhile in the Kenyan countryside, Dominion Farms, a private U.S. company, hopes to elevate the local standard of living by converting pastures and farmland into rice fields. By taking their camera directly to the communities affected by these two ambitious development projects, the filmmakers discover what these do-gooder institutions can’t seem to–why their presence is unwelcome to the very people they are trying to help.

Saturday, November 14
1:30 pm, Program F10
Filmmakers in person

To Order Tickets:
By Phone: 212-769-5200
Online: www.amnh.org/mead
On-site: During Museum hours at the Advance Group Sales desk in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda (Central Park West at 79th Street entrance), and at the Rose Center for Earth and Space (81st Street entrance).

WITNESS to receive Member price of $10!

To view the festival’s full schedule please visit: www.amnh.org/programs/mead/2009/

The 2009 Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival, the longest running showcase for international documentaries in the United States, celebrates 33 years!

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, New York 10024
www.amnh.org