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Tragedy has a way of changing the way we see things. By the light of darkness, experiences\u2014even seemingly mundane ones\u2014can be given a certain power. This is certainly true of Flower of Flowers<\/em>, a new 30-minute documentary from Stumptown<\/a> and Farm League<\/a> that follows four people around Antigua, Guatemala, the city some 10 miles from Sunday\u2019s Volc\u00e1n de Fuego eruption<\/a>. With the death toll continuing to rise\u2014up to 75 as of this morning<\/a>\u2014and Anacaf\u00e9<\/a> stating the eruption causing a total loss of .9% of the national coffee crop, Flower of Flowers<\/em><\/a> shifts from the documentation of a journey to a reminder vibrant country and the people on the front lines of the devastation.<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n Filmed earlier this year in February, the mini-documentary follows pro skateboarders Rick McCrank and Ray Barbee, artist Lori Damiano, and Stumptown Quality Assurance Manager Jim Kelso as they \u201cengage with local coffee producers and learn about what’s happening in Central America through the lens of music, art and skateboarding.\u201d But even in the 55-second trailer, the spectre of tragedy a few months in the future looms large; Volc\u00e1n de Fuego hangs in the background of multiple shots, still in its more placid state.<\/p>\n Having watched the preview before the weekend\u2019s events and then again after it, it is interesting how the focus moves away from the film’s four subjects and into the background, the people and places that surround them. But it is also a reminder of the beauty that once was not so long ago and can be again with our help. That\u2019s why Stumptown is donating all proceeds from today\u2019s (June 6th) cafe sales\u00a0will be contributed to relief efforts in collaboration with the Guatemala Bella Vista Mill.<\/p>\n Flower of Flowers<\/em> will premier on June 24th\u00a0at the Brooklyn Bazaar in New York, with screenings in Los Angeles and Portland taking place on June 27th\u00a0and July 9th, respectively. For more information on the film, visit Stumptown’s official website<\/a>. To donate directly to relief efforts, PBS has put together a list of places to do so here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n *all media via Stumptown<\/em><\/p>\n Disclosure:\u00a0Stumptown Coffee Roasters is an advertising partner on Sprudge Media Network.<\/em><\/p>\n The post A New Stumptown Documentary Is A Snapshot Of Antigua Before Tragedy<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tragedy has a way of changing the way we see things. By the light of darkness, experiences\u2014even seemingly mundane ones\u2014can be given a certain power. This is certainly true of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,41],"tags":[63,45,65,47,61,49,59,67,55,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}