Following the screening, filmmaker Hilan Warshaw joins BBS artistic director and violinist Eugene Drucker for a conversation about Bach’s life, music, and the ideas behind the documentary.
"This is a creative community that thrives with the inspiration and energy of hundreds of concerts, performances and exhibits throughout the year, as well as the educational and thought-provoking programs created through the CPB. All would be jeopardized if the nation no longer celebrated or supported the arts as integral to our democracy.”
--- Beryl Jolly, executive director of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington
The fact that 1Berkshire would take a position on the Kinder-Morgan natural gas pipeline while accepting funds from Kinder-Morgan raises many questions, just as it did when they opposed the Housatonic River cleanup while accepting a large, secret donation from General Electric.
"We are teachers. We travel the world spreading our message of peace, love, and harmony. What could be better or more important than that.”
-- Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder and leader Joseph Shabalala
In January 2011, 1Berkshire received $300,000 from General Electric and then proceeded to develop a public relations and social media campaign to oppose dredging GE’s PCB pollution from the Housatonic River. The surreptitious funding and anti-environmental campaign led to the resignation of two 1Berkshire directors, both members of Berkshire Creative.
