MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Coyote Film Festival Presents ‘DIRT! The Movie,” on Saturday, April 23.

There will be a 1:30 p.m. matinee and 7:30 p.m. screening at Cartwright (Calpine) Geothermal Visitors Center, 15500 Central Park Road, Middletown.

The cost is $10 at the door for adults, $5 for children age 16 and under.

If you bring in food of at least $5 in value to support the local food banks, you get in free.

Why dirt? Dirt feeds us and gives us shelter. Dirt holds and cleans our water. Dirt heals us and makes us beautiful. Dirt regulates the earth's climate. Dirt is the ultimate natural resource for all life on earth.

Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book “Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth,” “DIRT! The Movie” takes a humorous and substantial look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.

“DIRT! the Movie” – narrated by Jaime Lee Curtis – brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil.

“DIRT! the Movie” is simply a movie about dirt. The real change lies in our notion of what dirt is. The movie teaches us: "When humans arrived 2 million years ago, everything changed for dirt. And from that moment on, the fate of dirt and humans has been intimately linked." But more than the film and the lessons that it teaches, DIRT the Movie is a call to action.

The movie is directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow. It takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility – from its miraculous beginning to its crippling

“Thought-provoking … welcome humor and visual pizzazz.” – Andrew Barker, Variety

“... an uplifting story about people from all walks of life who are striving to renew our relationship with the ground beneath our feet.” – Shannon L. Bowen, The Hollywood Reporter

The film is great plus there will be special surprises.

Let’s get dirty!