Lifting Lucy Presents - A Screening of One Pint At A Time

21 Craven Street,Asheville NC 28806

27 May, 2022

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Join us for a screening of One Pint at a Time in celebration of BIPOC/BIWOC excellence in craft beer during AVL Craft Beer Week/GRINDfest! Lifting Lucy is honored to invite you to join us for a screening of One Pint at a Time. In celebration of Asheville's very own GRINDfest and Beer Week, Lifting Lucy is excited to kick off this extraordinary weekend with all of you as we witness the journeys various BIPOC entrepreneurs have embarked upon in craft beer. Attendees to this ticketed event will also have the distinguished honor of being the first craft beer enthusiasts to taste Lifting Lucy's collaboration beer Equity Over Everythang! Brewed in partnership with Burial Beer Co., GRIND (Asheville's first black-owned coffee shop), Lifting Lucy, Resident Culture, and Salud Beer Shop, this Coffee Milk Stout, inspired by the rich legacy of BIPOC/BIWOC entrepreneurship, creativity, and community, is sure to be the perfect beverage to toast to this incredibly important documentary.Additionally, all attendees to this 21+ event will have a choice of 1 of New Belgium Brewing's iconic beers on tap.Following the movie, we will host a brief Q&A session with the movie's Producers Brigitte and Aaron Hose, the founders of Lifting Lucy, and local entrepreneurs.We look forward to sharing an evening filled with good company, great beer, and even better conversation with you all! See you there, soon! About the film: BREWING ‘ONE PINT’Aaron Hosé, Director: “Several years ago, on a whim, my wife and I decided to visit Asheville, North Carolina, one of the few places to carry the moniker “Beer City USA”. I was never much of a beer drinker, but all of that changed one night when I was introduced to a series of mouth-watering brews. In particular, the Farmer Ted’s Cream Ale from Catawba Brewing Company permanently changed the way I would approach beer. The “craft beer bug” had officially bitten me.After Asheville, discovering new craft breweries became an adventure for us and a major part of our seasonal vacations and sporadic road trips. As much as we enjoyed drinking new beers, we quickly noticed just how homogenous these brewing spaces are. Among the clientele, brewing staff, and management, we were often the only–or among the few–people of color inside taprooms. Over time, the more aware I became of how “white” craft beer was, the more uncomfortable I felt. If craft breweries were presenting themselves as “a place to build community” and “a safe space for all,” then why isn’t everyone represented here?My curiosity and desire to understand the lack of diversity within the craft beer industry led me to create One Pint at a Time. While there is an extensive European legacy tied to beer-making, the reality is that beer has a far broader history rooted in the African continent. My goal is to tell those stories in craft beer that have been ignored because of society’s preconceived notions of “who” typically makes and drinks beer. For four years, we filmed Black brewers as they fought past discriminatory and financial hurdles to make a name for themselves within a multi-billion-dollar industry where they share less than 1% of annual earnings.Ultimately, I hope this film can act as a mirror for breweries and inspire them to take those actions necessary to make their industry more inclusive and equitable across the board. For those people of color who love craft beer and are considering it as a career, know that there are folks out there today who are clearing the way for your future success. Their journey is not about demanding a seat at the table, but about building their own table where others who look like them can have an easier path to walk… a table where everyone is welcome.”@onepintfilm About Lifting LucyThis organization is rooted in the undeniable truth that we are our sisters’ keepers and that BIWOC have always held a sacred space in fermentation. From being the mother of civilization (Lucy), to our participation in the rich origins of brewing and fermentation, to our future in the brewing industry - BIWOC have and will always make valuable contributions to beer culture and development. Ongoing fundraising and sales of merchandise will enable us to aid women of color who are interested in attending cornerstone events and participating in educational opportunities within the industry.Being truly seen in an environment and community that has stolen your heart is priceless! So, we thank you in advance for your support as we intentionally support those looking to affect long-lasting and impactful evolution within their business, local communities, and the industry as a whole.To learn more, please visit www.liftinglucy.org or follow us on Instagram at @BIWOCinBeerThe 7th Annual Asheville Beer Week will take place May 26 through June 3, 2017! The week kicks off with Asheville’s 8th Annual Beer City Festival on May 27!Organized by a beer-loving bunch of regional beer industry folks in collaboration with the Asheville Brewer's Alliance (www.avlbrewers.com), Asheville Beer Week will offer a variety of events, including tastings, dinners, talks, VIPS, and other fun events, Asheville-style. Dozens of breweries are slated to appear at Beer City Festival. Our mission is to celebrate that nectar known as craft beer—to taste many different styles of beer and variations on those styles; to pair beer with a smorgasbord of delicious foods; to learn about and explore beer in all its delectable complexity; and, most of all, to have fun drinking beer in the brew-centric mountains of Western NC.**SOCIAL**http://avlbeerweek.com/http://twitter.com/AVLBeerWeekhttp://instagram.com/AVLBeerWeek