If you love Eco-Etsy and rail against cheaply-made mass manufactured products, then get over to the Silent Movie Theater RIGHT NOW, where Handmade Nation‘s screening!

Ok — The premier screening started at noon, so you’ll have sadly missed that and the Q&A with the filmmaker Faythe Levine and the goodie bags — but you’ll be there just in time for the mini-craft fair happening from 2 pm – 6 pm today. That FREE fair will feature talented L.A. crafters, a Handmade Nation book signing with Faythe Levine, and craft demos.

Plus, the second screening starts tonight at 7 pm — so you can just stay at the Silent Movie Theater all Saturday. Can’t make it today? Four screenings of the film happen tomorrow, but sans the fair.

Anyone who’s shopped at Etsy, gone to the Renegade Craft Fair, Unique LA or Swap-O-Rama-Rama, or visited Majestical Roof in Pasadena will have an appreciation for this film. Handmade Nation “documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY (do it yourself) ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism, and art.”

Handmade Nation‘s also holding screenings across the U.S. — including Atlanta, Milwaukee, Albuquerque, Austin, and Seattle — in coming months. Watch the trailer below, then check the Handmade Crafts blog to find out when the film will be in a theater near you.

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