Friday, March 6, 2009

Environmental Film Festival: March 16-20, 2009

AU’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking

All the events below are part of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org)

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; NO RESERVATION REQUIRED

Potato Heads and Corn Dogs: Keepers of the Crop
Larry Engel, American University
Monday, March 16 at 8:15 pm
Humankind’s survival may rest with the gatherers of the crops, not the hunters of the beasts.

Laughter, Comedy and Environmental Activism
Chris Palmer, American University
Tuesday, March 17 at 7 pm
A film-clip illustrated presentation on how to take advantage of one of the most powerful tools available to us in environmental activism—humor.

Student Environmental Short Film Festival, plus Panel Discussion (co-sponsored by REI)
Hosted by Professors Chris Palmer and Sandy Cannon-Brown
Panel: Charles Dunkerly (National Park Service), Danny Ledonne (CEF and AU), and Jen Shoemaker (National Geographic)
Wednesday, March 18 at 7 pm
See some of the best environmental films being produced by students today.

Bombs in our Backyard (Work in Progress), plus Panel Discussion
Ginny Durrin, Durrin Productions, Inc., plus panel
Thursday, March 19 at 7 pm and again at 8 pm
Toxic chemical weapons secretly buried in the past now haunt residents of a wealthy DC neighborhood.

Renewal
Marty Ostrow, filmmaker
Friday, March 20 at 7 pm
Americans of diverse faiths are standing up for the environment and building a religious-environmental movement. See the first film documenting this new movement.

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