Last night I traveled to Warner to watch Dirt! The Movie (2009) as part of the Warner Outdoor Documentary Film Series. Although I wanted to see the movie, I was also drawn to the event for two additional reasons. First, I would be able to return to the town where Dave and I bought our first home. Warner is a quintessential New England village, with white clapboard colonial style homes greeting you as you drive onto Main Street. Many things have changed over the thirty years since we lived there, such as the downtown grocery store that we could walk to closing and being replaced by a large supermarket just off the highway.
The Local restaurant now resides in that spot, offering a place to have lunch or dinner or to go later in the evening, staying open until eleven. The second reason I planned to attend the event was that I was looking forward to watching a movie outside on a warm August night. Unfortunately, wet weather during the day, and severe storms in the forecast for the evening, forced the moving of the event inside to
The Gallery located in the back of
Main Street BookEnds.
As its name implies, the documentary is all about dirt, its importance to the survival of life on earth, and the need to correct certain practices, including industrial farming, urban development and coal mining throughout the world. These activities are destroying dirt and, along with it, the living vegetation and people it supports.
There were about twenty people who attended the viewing, all who are supportive of living life more sustainably. This was evident by the heartfelt discussion that followed the movie, reiterating the point that no matter how small it may seem, we can each do our part to make a difference.
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