ARCHIVE OF EVENTS

Waiting to Inhale

Film Screenings and Discussions in New York

Stony Brook, NY

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

7PM-9:00PM Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007

SUNY Stony Brook, Student Activities Center, Ballroom B

Stony Brook, NY 11794

Contact: Karen O'Keefe karen@mpp.org

Panelists: Fred McLaughlin, a 32-year old from Long Island battling multiple sclerosis

Vince Marrone, director of New Yorkers for Compassionate Care

Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Albany, NY

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

4PM-6:30PM Friday, Nov. 2, 2007

University at Albany, Lecture Center 5

Albany, NY 12222

(The lecture centers are in the center of the uptown campus, surrounding the big fountain.)

Contact: Karen O'Keefe karen@mpp.org

Panelists: Mitch Earleywine, PhD., author, Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence

Andrew Smith, a disabled veteran with a service connected back injury

Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Buffalo, NY

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

7PM-10:00PM Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007

University at Buffalo, Student Union, Room 330

Buffalo, NY 14260

Contact: Karen O'Keefe karen@mpp.org

Panelists: Joel Peacock, who could benefit from medical marijuana if it were legal to alleviate chronic pain resulting from a 2001 car accident.

Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Waiting to Inhale

Film Screenings and Discussions in Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

6PM-8:30PM Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007

Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Humanities Screening and Discussion

Roosevelt University, Second Floor-Rooms 232-234

430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605

Contact: Alison Grimmer

Panelists: Bruce Doblin, M.D.

Christopher Fichtner, M.D.

Julie Falco, Patient (MS)

Jack Gierach, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Moderator: Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Canton, Illinois

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

7PM-9:30PM Friday, Nov. 9, 2007

Fulton County Coalition for Peace and Justice

United Church of Christ

159 North Second Ave.

Canton, Illinois 61520

Contact: Gordon James

Panelists: Christopher Fichtner, M.D.

Jamie Clayton, Patient (AIDS)

Moderator: Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Normal-Bloomington, Illinois

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

Sunday, November 11, 2007 7PM-9PM

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Illinois State University, Bloomington

Schroeder Hall, Room 138

Directions*

Normal-Bloomington, Illinois

Contact: Ryan Allured

Panelists: (to be confirmed)

Jamie Clayton, Patient (AIDS)

Moderator: Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Champaign, Illinois

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

Monday, November 12, 2007, 6:30 p.m.

Champaign County Healthcare Consumers

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Illinois Disciples Foundation, Wisgarver Hall (1st Floor)

610 E. Springfield Ave.

Champaign, IL 61820

(northwest corner of Springfield and Wright, in Champaign)

Contact: Claudia Lenhoff & Brent Baker

The Illinois Disciples Foundation is wheelchair accessible & offers free parking in the parking lot.

Panelists: Christopher Fichtner, M.D.

Jamie Clayton, Patient (AIDS)

Moderator: Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Springfield, Illinois

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

6:30-9PM Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007

Theater Three at the Hoogland Center for the Arts

420 S. 6th Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701

ACLU Student Chapter

Contact: Julian Borjas

Panelists: Christopher Fichtner, M.D.

Jamie Clayton, Patient (AIDS)

Moderator: Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

Carbondale, Illinois

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

7PM-9:30PM Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007

Student Film Program

Southern Illinois University, Student Center Auditorium

Carbondale, Illinois

Contact: Melvin Parks

Panelists: Christopher Fichtner, M.D.

Gretchen Steele, Nurse and Patient (MS)

Moderator: Jed Riffe, director Waiting to Inhale

* Directions: Normal-Bloomington, Illinois

Large parking lot right by the Bone Center (north edge of quad). Access can be obtained from Locust street. <www.ilstu.edu/map/>. The parking lot is the grey area just north of Bone Student Center.

Directions to parking lot from I-55. Get off at Main street and head south. You will pass a stoplight at Raab, a stoplight at Orlando, a stoplight at Gregory/Bowles, and a stoplight at Willow. Immediately after Willow, take a left on Locust. Parking lot is on the right two blocks down.

New Orleans

Waiting to Inhale

Screening and Panel Discussion

8PM Thursday, December 6,2007

2007 Drug Policy Reform Conference

Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana

Contact: Ed Kirtz

Filmmaker Jed Riffe and patient activists featured in the film in attendance.

THE NEW LOS ANGELES

Sunday, October 21st @ 7:05 PM

Oakland International Film Festival

www.oiff.org

Grand Lake Theater

3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA

Tickets $10

Program starts at 5:30 PM. THE NEW LOS ANGELES is preceded by 5 short documentaries.

CALIFORNIA'S "LOST" TRIBES

Saturday, October 20th 5:40 PM

Oakland International Film Festival

www.oiff.org

Grand Lake Theatere

3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA

PHONE:510.452.3556

(56 MIN)Filmmakers Jed Riffe, Jack Kohler and Maureen Gosling in Attendance

RIPE FOR CHANGE

Wednsday, October 17th 5:30 PM

New Orleans Film Festival

http://www.neworleansfilmfest.com/

Contemporary Arts Center

900 Camp Street, New Orleans,LA

Producer/ Director: Jed Riffe Co-Producer: Jack Kohler Editor: Maureen Gosling Cinematographer: Vicente Franco

(56 MIN)Filmmakers Jed Riffe in Attendance

THE NEW LOS ANGELES

Thursday, October 11th @ 6 PM*

La Femme Film Festival

www.lafemme.org

Wilshire Screening Room and Festival Lounge

8670 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA

Tickets $10

Program runs from 5-7 PM beginning with the documentary LOOKING FOR ELSE (62 mins) and continuing with THE NEW LOS ANGELES (55 mins).

THE NEW LOS ANGELES

Sunday, August 14^th @ 5 PM

Monterrey International Film Festival

www.ficmty.org

MM Cinemas TEC Muestra Alterna

Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2719 Sur

Monterrey, Nuevo LeÂ—n

THE NEW LOS ANGELES

Saturday, July 7^th @ 7 PM

San Frrancisco Labor Fest

www.laborfest.net

Roxie Theatre

3117 16th St., SF

Tickets $5

Program starts with Morristown (60 mins), then Uncommon Knowledge (28 mins), then THE NEW LOS ANGELES

RIPE FOR CHANGE

Sonoma-Napa Wine Country Film Festival Screening announcement:

Saturday July 21st - 11AM
Gaia Napa Valley Hotel & Spa
3600 Broadway Street (HIGHWAY 29)
American Canyon, CA 94503
For directions visit

www.gaianapavalleyhotel.com

Admission $8 general $6 seniors and children under 12

PRODUCERS: Emiko Omori and Jed Riffe
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Emiko Omori
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Chin
AUDIO: Sarah Chin
EDITOR: Wendy Blair Slick
SOUND DESIGN: Larry Oatfield
NARRATOR: Linda Hunt
55 Minutes, 2006, United States (scroll down for Past Events and Archive)

PAST EVENTS

Thursday, September 21th 9:00PM

WAITING TO INHALE

Oakland International Film Festival - www.oiff.org
Malonga Theater (formerly Alice Arts Center)
1428 Alice St
Oakland, CA 94612

Panel discussion with Dr. Donald Abrams (UCSF),
Jeff Jones (OCBC), patients Yvonne Westbrook
and Valeria Corral, caregiver Mike Corral

Filmmakers Jed Riffe, Katherine Covell, Maureen Gosling, and
Vicente Franco in attendance
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Saturday, September 23rd 4:00PM

RIPE FOR CHANGE

Oakland International Film Festival - www.oiff.org
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA

Panel discussion with organic farmers Will Scott,
Maria Inez Catalan, Dru Rivers, and professors Tyronne Hayes,
Miguel Altieri, and Richard Heinberg

Filmmakers Emiko Omori and Jed Riffe in Attendance
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Saturday, September 30th 3:00-5:00PM

WAITING TO INHALE

1st Annual LA County Medical Marijuana Exposition & Patients Rally
www.AboutMedicalMarijuana.com
West Hollywood Auditorium
647 N. San Vicente Blvd
Hollywood, CA
323-474-4602

Filmmaker Jed Riffe in Attendance
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Thursday, October 5th 5:30PM

CALIFORNIA'S "LOST" TRIBES

National Congress of the American Indian
1400 J Street Room#314
Sacramento, CA

Filmmakers Jed Riffe and Jack Kohler in attendance
with tribal leaders featured in the film
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Saturday, October 7th 2:00PM and 3:30PM

RIPE FOR CHANGE

City of Brentwood Community Center
730 Third Street
Brentwood, CA

2:00PM - 3:00PM Reading from David Mas Masumoto
"Epitaph for a Peach"

3:30PM - 5:30PM Screening and Discussion - RIPE FOR CHANGE

Filmmakers Jed Riffe and Emiko Omori in Attendance
Author David Mas Masumoto in Attendance
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Tuesday, October 10th 8:00-10:00PM

RIPE FOR CHANGE

Media that Matters Session
International Food Security Coalition Conference
www.bridgingbordersconference.org or www.foodsecurity.org

October 7-11
Sheraton Wall Centre
Vancouver B.C.

Filmmaker Jed Riffe in Attendance
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Friday, October 20th-31st

WAITING TO INHALE

Australian International Film Festival - www.aiff.com.au

Filmmaker Jed Riffe in Attendance
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Sunday, November 5th

RIPE FOR CHANGE

Planet in Focus (Int. Film Festival) - www.planetinfocus.org
Bloor Cinema
506 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario

Filmmaker Jed Riffe in Attendance
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Saturday, November 11th 2:00PM

RIPE FOR CHANGE

Sonoma County Museum Exhibition
Food Documentaries And Their Maker
Sonoma County Museum - www.sonomacountymuseum.org
425 Seventh Street
Santa Rosa, CA
707-579-1500

Panel Featuring: Emiko Omori and Jed Riffe (Ripe for Change) and
Deborah Koons Garcia (The Future of Food)
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Wednesday, September 13th 7:30-9:30PM

WAITING TO INHALE

The First National Debate on Medical Marijuana
E Street Cinema
555 11th Street NW
Washington , DC 20004

Debate and Panel Discussion to follow featuring
leading government officials and opponents of medical marijuana
and the heads of the two largest drug reform organizations in the US.

Click here to go to the official website for a transcript of the debate

Filmmakers Jed Riffe and Maureen Gosling will be in Attendance
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Friday, September 15th 5:20PM

CALIFORNIA’S “LOST” TRIBES

Kansas International Film Festival - www.kansasfilm.com
Glenwood Arts Theatre
9575 Metcalf Ave.
Overland Park, KS
(on the east side of Metcalf South Shopping Center)
913-642-4404

Filmmaker Jed Riffe in Attendance
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Saturday, September 16th 7:00PM

RIPE FOR CHANGE

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema - www.bhoutdoorcine.org
Bernal Heights Park
Folsom Street & Bernal Heights Boulevard
San Francisco, CA
415-641-8417

Filmmakers Emiko Omori and Jed Riffe in Attendance
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11.15.2005
Vine Deloria, Sioux Activist, Dead at 72
Vine Deloria Jr., a groundbreaking author and an influential advocate of American Indian rights, has died, family members said. He was 72. Deloria, a Sioux Indian, died Sunday of complications from an aortic aneurysm, said his son, Phil Deloria. The author was considered one of the most outspoken --! and persuasive -- proponents of Indian cultural and political identity. His best-known book, ''Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto,'' attacked the American Indians' treatment by settlers and the government.

9.07.2005
Waiting to Inhale screening at the Kansas International Film Festival.
Friday September 9th at 7:30 PM
at the Glenwood Arts Theatre
9575 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS
Filmmaker Jed Riffe, Dr. Andrea Barthwell, Laura Green, Drug Policy Forum of Kansas, and AIDS Patient Jamie Clayton will participate in a Q&A panel immediately following the screening.
For more information visit the www.kansasfilm.com

7.02.2005
Waiting to Inhale screening at the Palace Theatre in Hilo, Hawai'i.The next screening of Waiting to Inhale will take place at the Palace Theatre in Hilo, Hawai'i on :

Friday & Saturday, July 8 & 9 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 10 at 2:30 PM
Monday & Tuesday, July 11 and 12, at 7:30 PM.

For more information visit the Palace Theatre web site.

6.30.2005
Waiting to Inhale screening at the New Jersey International Film Festival.The next screening of Waiting to Inhale will take place at the New Jersey International Film Festival on:

July 8th and July 9th, 2005 at 7:00 PM at Scott Hall, #123, CAC, Rutgers University.
For tickets and information, visit the festival web site.

6.15.2005
House Defeats Medical Marijuana Bill.

Less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could legally prosecute patients who smoke marijuana at the recommendation of their doctor, the House rejected a bill that would have undercut this decision by preventing the Justice Department from criminalizing patients who smoke cannabis in the ten states that had previously passed legislation in favor of medical marijuana. The bill was defeated by a 264-161 marjin, receiving support from 72% of House Democrats and 15 republicans.

6.12.2005
Supreme Court Votes Against the Legalization of Medical Marijuana.

On June 6, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the medical marijuana movement when it ruled that those who smoke marijuana in order to treat chronic pain and debilitating symptoms of serious illness may still be prosecuted by federal authorities. The ruling applies not only to those who grow the drug, but also to those patients who smoke marijuana at the recommendation of their doctor.

6.9.2005
Waiting to Inhale Screening at the Maui Film Festival.

The next screening of Waiting to Inhale will take place at the Maui Film Festival on Friday, June 17th, at 9:30 PM, at the McCoy Theater (Maui Arts and Cultural Center). Filmmaker Jed Riffe and editor Maureen Gosling will be on hand to answer questions about the film.

4.19.2005
GW Announces Regulatory Approval of Sativex® in Canada.

Health Canada has approved Sativex® (Cannabis sativa L. extract) a new drug developed as adjunctive treatment for the symptomatic relief of neuropathic pain in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Canada becomes the first country in the world to approve Sativex, a novel prescription pharmaceutical product derived from components of the cannabis plant shown to have therapeutic properties.

3.20.2005
Waiting to Inhale Screening.

Waiting to Inhale was screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival on March 19th, 2005 at the Michigan Theathre in Ann Arbor. Filmmakers Jed Riffe and Maureen Gosling were in attendance along with Mae Nutt, who is featured in the film. Waiting to Inhale was featured in the news.

1.4.2005
Lauded A&M Professor Dies.

Robson Bonnichsen, a Texas A&M University professor considered a leading expert nationwide in archaeology focusing on early human dwelling, died Saturday while vacationing in Oregon.

11.29.2004
Old Military Sites Pose Risk to Indian Tribes.

In the August 2004 issue of American Sociological Review, two sociologists reported their review of closed military sites in more than 3,100 counties in the lower 48 states. They found that a significant number of sites rated "extremely" dangerous by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were located near reservations.

11.19.2004
Indians' Genetic Material Sold on Internet.

The Brazilian government has asked Interpol, the international police, to intervene in what it says is the illegal sale of genetic material from its indigenous peoples by a U.S. research centre.

11.16.2004
Bill Would Redefine Indian Tribe.

Kennewick Man's Fate in the Balance. After eight years of bitter controversy, the ultimate fate of the ancient hunter known as Kennewick Man may hinge on a quiet attempt by outgoing Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell to change "is" to "is, or was."

4.18.2004
Kennewick Man, US 9^th Circuit Court Rehearing.

The Ninth Circuit denied the request for rehearing en banc of the Bonnichsen decision (Kennewick Man case) by the entire panel. In short, this means that the case is effectively over, unless there is an appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

3.05.2004
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9^th Circuit Ruling on The Kennewick Man.

To view or download the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
click here.

2.12.2004
Anthropologist perspective on US 9^th Circuit Court Ruling Kennewick Man.

For those anthropologists who specialize in American Indian research, the recent successful suit brought by a handful of archaeologists demanding the right to scientifically study the Kennewick Man skeletal remains is a dark hour in the history of our discipline. I can think of nothing more dangerous for anthropology in the United States than a court decision (reaffirmed in the 9th circuit appeal) that subordinates the 1^st amendment rights of American Indians to the interests of "science". These decisions will further galvanize opposition to all kinds of anthropological research among American Indians. It also seems clear that the weaknesses in NAGPRA may well be fatal. An appropriate response to these unfortunate court decisions is a

NAGPRA summit similar to the Native American Church summit that occurred when the Supreme Court denied the first amendment rights of members of the Native American Church (the so-called Smith Case). A legislative initiative by the Tribes will probably be required if the weaknesses in the repatriation sections of NAGPRA are to be overcome.

Deward E. Walker, Jr., PhD.
Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies
University of Colorado, Boulder

2.5.2004
Federal Court Upholds Scientist's Suit to Study the Kennewick Man

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled, on Wednesday, February 4, 2004, against five native American Tribes and the US Army Corps of Engineers in the ongoing case of one of the oldest sets of human remains Found in North America. Known as the Kennewick Man, the 9300 year old skeleton has been the subject of long dispute between eight archaeologists opposed to repatriation of those and other ancient human remains found in North America to Native American tribes seeking their immediate reburial.

1.29.2003
The Public is Invited to a Free Screening and Discussion of a New Documentary Film
Who Owns the Past?
December 3rd, 7:00 PM Kansas History Center & Museum
6424 Southwest Sixth Ave. Topeka

11.29.2003
The Public is Invited to a Free Screening and Discussion of a New Documentary Film
Who Owns the Past?
December 4th, 7:30 PM
Navarre Hall Conference Room - Haskell Campus, Lawrence

11.27.2003
Jed Riffe Films LLC, new web site launced.