R.E.M. supporting the EcoFocus Film Festival

Started by High_Speed_Train, Mar 25 2012 04:38 PM

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#1 High_Speed_Train

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 04:38 PM

The EcoFocus Film Festival opened this Friday in the city of Athens, Georgia. R.E.M. is a sponsor while Bertis Downs sits on the Board of Advisors. The festival is directed by Sara Beresford and was first organised in 2007.

"The mission of EcoFocus is to inform and inspire audiences about environmental issues through film. Our primary activity is the annual film festival, which features engaging and often award-winning films from around the world presented with dynamic speakers, panel discussions and events."

("Photograph from festival's brochure)

For more information visit the festival's website at: http://www.ecofocusfilmfest.org/

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#2 thomas08

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:04 AM

I don't understand how R.E.M. can support this when they are no more? Maybe it's just me but it feels so funny seeing a picture of R.E.M. together supporting a film festival when they're no longer together :mellow:

#3 Driver Nate

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:58 AM

I'm sure they will continue to support a variety of causes under the name "R.E.M." even though they're no longer a band. Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and others continue to exist as entities in the same manner.

"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids

#4 High_Speed_Train

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:59 AM

They still operate as a business / legal entity. During some of the post-breakup interviews, Bertis Downs said he'd be taking care of these issues, that's how I explain it.

As imentioned in a recent salon.com article, music in the state of Georgia is a $3,7 billion a year industry, so attaching the name R.E.M. to these events does help in promoting the city as a destination.

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