Climate Films Special Event

"These movies hit us viscerally . . . " --Bill McKibben Trailer https://vimeo.com/879865715 Films from four continents give expression to what we're feeling—hope and cynicism, climate denial and climate grief, rage and heartbreak, resilience and resolve—and offer paths toward climate empowerment. America's leading voice on climate, Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org and Third Act, introduces the Festival. Building on powerful screenings in the US, India, Australia and New Zealand, this 'mini festival' comes to our community! Drama, documentary, comedy, and award-winning animation films from different continents give expression to what we're feeling—hope and cynicism, climate denial and climate grief, rage and heartbreak, resilience and resolve—and offer paths toward climate empowerment. THE OPERATOR Matt Riley, Director United Kingdom (20:00) Narrative Connecting long-distance intergalactic calls is usually boring. This call is different. It's life or death for those on the line. An allegory for the Anthropocene age. THE SPRAYER Farnoosh Abedi, Director Iran (8:45) Animation Is this a vision of where authoritarians and continued nature exploitation will bring us? Or is it a satire of where they already have? Heroes have a role in either case. SACRIFICED David Sanchez, Director Canada (12:43) Documentary Flavie is a daring and opinionated 15-year-old practicing civil disobedience in a democracy. Her parents want to support her activism but fear the legal fallout. OLA KA HONUA Jilli Rose, Director Australia (22:00) Animation Auwahi, a storied forest in Maui, is healed and restored in a generation with help from many who decided to try when trying seemed daunting. A gorgeous animation and moving musical score illustrating what's possible when we come together for the common good. THE FARM UNDER THE CITY Brett Chapman and Jordan Carroll, Directors United Kingdom (10:00) Documentary His closed-loop system takes food waste from eateries and businesses and uses organic cycling methods, including worm farms and hot composting, to grow micro-herbs and vegetables beneath the industrial streets of Sheffield, England. CITY REINDEER Kaisu Koski, Director United Kingdom (9:27) Documentary/Experimental Filmed in the Arctic Circle, this visually stunning film considers the climate crisis a relationship problem. A series of interspecies "picnics" aims to begin restoring relationships with the nonhuman, starting with our relative, the Reindeer.

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