Reel clubs.Perhaps capitalizing on the recent popularity of Netflix and copycat services--which mail DVDs to subscribers for rental--youthful visionary Adam Werbach Adam Werbach is an environmental activist who was elected as the youngest-ever national president of the Sierra Club in 1996. He was 23 years old. [1] In 1991, he founded the Sierra Student Coalition, the United States' largest student-run environmental has launched a new, progressive film club called Ironweed ironweed Any of about 500 species of perennial plants constituting the genus Vernonia (family Asteraceae). Small herbaceous (nonwoody) species are found throughout the world; shrubs and trees are found primarily in tropical regions. . Werbach became famous in the environmental community, and earned a spot on E's September/October 1997 cover, by being elected to the national presidency of the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club at the tender age of 23. Since his days with the Club, Werbach has run San Francisco-based Act Now Productions, which produces and distributes progressive films. Now, Ironweed makes it easier than ever to bring such films into your home. By subscribing for $14.95 per month (shipping is included), you'll get a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. each month that is packed with a feature film, shorts, and various extras you're unlikely to see anywhere else. March's selection is a pair of McCarthyera films from blacklisted directors. Unlike Netflix, however, you get to keep the films, and you can have the satisfaction of knowing that your fee supports independent filmmakers and various nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. partners. Local viewing clubs are also being started. CONTACT: Ironweed, (866)456-WEED, www.ironweedfilms.com. |
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