See the World from a Different Perspective!! A One-Week Engagement!

"HOME"

A View From Above That Will Change Your World

A Film By: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Produced By: Luc Besson & Denis Carot | Narrated By: Glenn Close

As a Gift to New York City, Yann Arthus-Bertrand is offering the public

Free Admission to all Village East Cinema screenings of "HOME"

from February 4-10, 2011

Tickets are available at www.VillageEastCinema.com and at the Village East Box Office

(12th St @ 2nd Ave)

Yann Arthus-Bertrand is in New York for interviews

January 31st-February 6th

Contact for DVDs & Interviews with Director:

Erin Bruce, Falco Ink., (212) 445-7100, ErinBruce@FalcoInk.com

Screening Times, Press Notes, Artwork & Trailer available at:

www.homethemovie.org

Directed by photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and narrated by Glenn

Close, “HOME” takes you on a visually stunning, spectacular voyage around the world. It is a

unique film that approaches the current debate about climate change from a whole new angle,

giving the viewer the opportunity to see how our earth is changing. Going well beyond the

scientific reports, charts and graphs, this film is an inspiration that speaks to our hearts and

touches our souls.

Humans have upset the balance of planet Earth. We must act now. It's too late to be a pessimist.

The price is too high. Humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend and change its patterns

of consumption.

Spanning 54 countries and 120 locations, all seen from the air, the film captures the Earth's most

amazing landscapes, showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability.

“HOME” is an emotional reminder of what is at stake: the Earth, in all its beauty, and the

people who live on it. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to

further the call to action to take care of our HOME and encourage viewers to become good “eco-

citizens.”

“HOME” is the first film made using only aerial footage. The film marks Yann Arthus-

Bertrand's feature film directorial debut. The movie is carbon offset. This means that all of the

CO2 emissions engendered by making the film are calculated and offset by sums of money that

are used to provide clean energy to those who don't have any. For the last ten years, all the work

of Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been carbon offset.

“HOME” is a non-for-profit film project, produced by film director and producer Luc Besson

(Europacorp), Denis Carot (Elzevir Films) and supported by François-Henri Pinault of PPR

Group, the branding portfolio that handles Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and several other luxury

brands. In the United States, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment represents the film.

After completing the amazing imagery of "HOME," Yann Arthus-Bertrand began his next

journey around the world by screening the film for free wherever there was an audience curious

to experience it. The journey began on World Environment Day, June 5, 2009, when the film

was released worldwide across all media platforms -- theater, television, DVD and Internet. Free

screenings took place across 5 continents. Since then, more than 400 million people have

watched "HOME."

Yann Arthus-Bertrand's next journey brings him back to New York City, a city he loves, where

several events inspired by "HOME" culminates in a one-week run of free screenings, from

February 4-10, 2011, at the Village East Cinemas in New York.

ABOUT YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND

Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a world famous French photographer, filmmaker and

environmentalist who has always had a passion for the animal and natural

world. Some of his works include Lions, Six Billion Others -- Climate Voices,

Earth from Above, 365 Days to Think About Our Planet and New York From

the Air. He founded Altitude, the world's first aerial photography agency. His

foundation GoodPlanet works with individuals, companies and institutions to

help improve their environmental awareness in a variety of ways, including

campaigns to help groups reduce their carbon footprints by 10% in a year.

GoodPlanet Junior is a collaboration with the French League of Education to teach students how

to be good eco-citizens. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment

Programme (UNEP). After the release of HOME, his next project is to launch the official UN

declaration of 2011 as the "International Year of the Forest," by producing a short-film, a book,

an educational poster campaign and an exhibition on the theme of FORESTS.

Sign the Petition!

New York Jobs with Justice has started a new online petition to urge the City Council to keep from allowing Wal-Mart to move in to NYC. The petition states:

When Walmart enters a community, it kills three retail jobs for every two poverty-wage job it “creates.” When a Walmart opened in Chicago, 25% of businesses surveyed within four miles closed. We must prevent this from happening in our communities, which are devastated by high unemployment.

We urge our local elected officials to bring good jobs to our communities, not companies like Walmart that lower the average wage in an area and destroy jobs!

Please sign this petition. Wal-Mart affects all areas of this city from the health of it's residents to the small businesses that make up NYC.

Sign the Petition Here!

News from Wal-Mart Free NYC!!

FILE UNDER WALMART BELIEVE IT OR NOT:

1 DAY AFTER NEW NATIONAL STUDY LINKS WALMART TO INCREASED OBESITY, RETAILER PROMISES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY FOODS

Smoke Screen PR Push Comes From Largest US Employer of Workers on Food Stamps

New York City Green Grocers Say They’ll Be Squeezed Out by Walmart

New York- Walmart’s announcement today to promote healthy, affordable food was met with skepticism by New York City’s anti-hunger advocates, faith leaders, and green grocers.

“Walmart’s rhetoric doesn’t match reality,” said Bertha Lewis, President, The Black Leadership Institute. “They promise to create jobs- but they just squeeze out the little guy. Now they’re promising to promote healthy foods. The fact of the matter is, right here, right now, they’re contributing to the obesity epidemic.”

“If Walmart wants access to OUR communities, it should come back when its track record is as impressive as its PR campaign,” Lewis continued.

The retailer’s announcement today comes on the heels of a new national study reported yesterday by NPR linking Walmart to increased obesity rates. According to Charles Courtemanche, an assistant professor ofeconomics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro: “the most obvious story is that Walmart lowers the price of foods and a lot of the foods it has big price advantages on are the processed, inner-aisle types of food that aren’t that good for you."

New York’s green grocers said they’re working hard to provide high quality fruits and vegetables in every corner of the city, but they don’t stand a chance against Walmart. Studies have shown that Walmart pushes out small businesses and the workers they employ when it opens new stores.

“More than 1,200 green grocers offer fresh, affordable produce to New York’s low-income communities,” said Sung Soo Kim, President of the Korean-American Small Business Service Center of New York. “If Walmart moves in, they’ll all be squeezed out.”

A 2009 study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University Chicago found that the closer a store’s proximity to Walmart’s location in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, the more likely they were to go out of business.

In Chicago, 82 local retailers were pushed out by Walmart: “The findings support the contention that urban Walmart stores absorb sales from other city stores without significantly expanding the market.” In addition, the study found that there was no increase in retail activity or employment opportunities.

“This study reveals what we have suspected to be true all along, When Wal-Mart comes to urban areas, communities suffer. Not only jobs and small businesses are threatened but peoples bodies are put at risk. NYC needs solutions that cultivate the image of god in our communities; that support local business and public health,” said Lisa Sharon Harper, Executive Director of New York Faith and Justice.

Adults in East New York and New Lots, where Walmart is proposing a new store, have an increased risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes- 3 in 10 adults are obese.

ABOUT WALMART FREE NYC

Walmart Free NYC is a coalition of concerned workers and residents, small business owners, community leaders, clergy and elected officials who are committed to increasing economic opportunities, preserving local businesses, and bringing more jobs to communities across New York.

You're Invited!

New York Civic

in association with

the New York Divinity School

is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion

Morality and Politics:

Are They Mutually Exclusive?

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

6:30p.m. - 8p.m.

at the Calvary Baptist Church

123 West 57th Street (between 6th & 7th Aves.)

Moderated by Henry J. Stern with Special Guests:

Richard Brodsky, Former NY Assemblyman

Grace Rauh, NY1 Political Reporter

Dr. Paul de Vries, NYDS President

Arthur Engoron, Civil Court Judge

FREE ADMISSION

Join New York Civic and the New York Divinity School for a spirited panel discussion of politics, ethics, corruption and how to restore the public's faith in government.

Space is limited, so RSVP as soon as possible.

To attend or for inquiries, email morgan@nycivic.org or phone (212)564-4441

Volunteers needed

On January 19th there will be a mass day of Rider Rebellion leafleting. We will be handing out "Service Advisory" leaflets all across NYC, warning riders to: "Watch Your Wallet, It's Budget Season in Albany." We need your help to get this important message out. Please e-mail volunteer@transalt.org to volunteer on January 19th and stop Albany from robbing our transit dollars.

To find out more information on Transportation Alternatives visit there website here.

Join the Fight!!

This MLK Day Join the Fight for a Living Wage!

Mass Meeting for Living Wages
Thursday January 13th, 6:30 PM
Convent Ave. Baptist Church
145th St. & Convent Ave.
1, A, B, C, D to 145th St.

Over 40 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rallied striking sanitation workers and their supporters in Memphis, TN saying, "It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation & receive starvation wages."

Today, in NYC we are asking the City Council to call a hearing on the Fair Wages for New Yorker's Act which will guarantee that all workers in taxpayer subsidized developments are paid at least $10 an hour plus benefits or $11.50 without.

We are going to kick off 2011 and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by uniting community, faith and labor from around the city for the common cause of dignity and a living wage. We must show the city council through our massive numbers that the people of New York will not stop until a Living Wage is won.

Program will include:

• First Corinthian Baptist Church Choir
• Monique Walker, Grammy Award-Winning Singer
• Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.
• Comptroller John Liu
• Members of the NYC Council
• Spoken word by Sistas and Brothas United
• Sermon by Michael A. Walrond, Senior Pastor, First Corinthian Baptist Church
• Lillian Roberts, President, DC 37

For more information on the LIving Wage NYC click here!

**Submitted by Living Wage NYC and the Micah Institute

Rally at City Hall!

Join small business owners and community members prior to the New York City Council hearing on Wal-Mart and tell the City we don't need or want a Wal-Mart in NYC!

What: Keep Wal-Mart Out of New York City Rally

Where: Steps of City Hall

When: Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

@ 11am

**submitted by the UFCW local 1500

UPDATE: Due to the incoming snow storm, the rally has been rescheduled for February 3 at 11 AM