Sustainable West Seattle‘s got a movie coming up – here’s the announcement:

Mad City Chickens
a documentary film

Monday, June 15
Doors open @ 6:30 pm (Q&A)
Movie starts @ 7:00 pm

Youngstown Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW

Cost: $3 donation requested

Mad City Chickens is a sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards.

From chicken experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen or an inexperienced family that decides to take the poultry plunge—and even a mad scientist and giant hen taking to the streets—it’s a humorous and heartfelt trip through the world of backyard chickendom.

Highlights:

* Mother Earth News Editor-in-Chief, Cheryl Long
* Leading bird flu expert, Dr. Michael Greger
* Rare behind-the-scenes at Murray McMurray Hatchery
* Backyard Poultry editor, Elaine Belanger
* Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities, Christine Heinrichs
* Stunning results from nutritional study on pastured eggs
* Follow an urban family for an entire year as they take the poultry plunge
* A factory farm hen that refused to die even after being gassed and dumped at a landfill

PLUS…coops, birds, eggs, art, images from Seattle Tilth, founding members of the Mad City Chickens group, a California musical hen, a Texas life-saving flock…and yes…even a mad professor and a giant chicken find their way into the mix.