November 2nd, 2009

By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now

Here’s a movie you never thought they’d make.

Coming to the big, or maybe small,  screen near you, a film…about…laundry!

With a short opening feature on watching paint dry.

My laundry

OK, so that’s mean and I’m kidding, but not about the movie.  Drying for Freedom is really in the works, but it’s not  just about your laundry — though it is about your laundry. The movie delves into an issue that’s been popping up all over this green planet, and that is: What will we be allowed to do in the name of conservation or “going green.”

Will we be able to, perish the thought, dry our laundry on the line like our forebears?  (The ones that wore clothes anyway.) This would involve saving electricity and putting it all “out there” for the world to see, which is a valid response to the climate crisis, according to the film’s makers, who have posted a statement about why they feel strongly about this issue.

One might also ask: Will we be able to go pesticide free and let dandelions bloom in our lawn, along with the native wild flowers? Could we go turf free? Can we plant a giant, shimmering solar panel on our roof and not expect a posse at our door? Can we violate our home owners’ association’s mandates to roof with brown or gray asphalt shingles — or could we put up a reflective metal roof to cool our house? Would the glare so tick off the neighbors that we’d be green pariahs?

Drying the laundry, and its ilk, was never so filled with portent.

So I’m planning on seeing this film about our green freedoms, Drying for Freedom, as soon as it’s ready. The film is being made on a shoestring (or should that be laundry line?).

For now you can see a preview at their website.

(For more see our last laundry posting.)

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