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11:00am to 9:00pm at the Lyric Cinema Cafe 300 East Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins
The Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association presents its 2nd annual Environmental Film Festival on March 15th, featuring local and national short films on some of today's most timely topics of sustainable food, alternative energy, consumption, environmental and social responsibility and more. This year's festival will be held at the Lyric Cinema Café in downtown Fort Collins.
The Film Festival is dedicated to the education and awareness of the public about issues that explore the interconnectedness of our natural and human worlds. Audiences will have time to discuss films during intermission, offering the opportunity to connect, motivate and transform our ideas into action.
Entrance: $5 donation, stay as long as you like. Seating is not reserved and is available on first-come, first-served bases, approximately 80 seats available. Beverages, beer, wine and snacks will be available for purchase.
Film Schedule: (Schedule is subject to change, please check back regularly)
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Woven Ways (50min)
11:00 AM - Director: Linda Helm Krapf
‘Woven Ways’ shares the stories of the Navajo people, the land and livestock that sustain their culture and economy, and the environmental issues that threaten their health and well-being. Our nation’s thirst for energy is creating deadly consequences for the Navajo. Much of the uranium for nuclear power plants and valuable deposits of coal, oil, and gas lay beneath the Reservation. Told in their own words with no narration, ‘Woven Ways’ is a lyrical testimony to Navajo beauty and hope in the face of grave environmental injustice. Shot amid dramatic desert landscapes, the film chronicles each family’s steady resolve to hold on to what is sacred: the land, air and water- not for themselves, but for generations that will come. http://www.wovenways.org/film.html
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AYAMYE* (40min)
12:15 PM - Director: Eric Matthies & Tricia Todd
In Ghana, West Africa, a rural village eagerly awaits a shipment of recycled bicycles from the United States. This inspiring story begins in Boston where volunteers from Bikes Not Bombs (partnering with Village Bicycle Project) load a container with donated used bikes and parts. Through skillful packing, 450 bikes are loaded and the container is sent to Ghana. ‘Ayamye*’ chronicles the lives of Nurse Letitia and Seth before they get the bicycles and again, one year later. These two individuals are very different from each other, the common thread being the need for transportation and the wish for positive development in their community. ‘Ayamye*’ is a moving, life-affirming film that proves sustainable solutions to crisis are not always complex. http://www.ayamye.org/
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Eudaimonia (11min)
1:00 PM - Director: Jude Shingle
Dreams of whales lead a young man to question the promises of the dominant culture. ‘Is this the life that was promised? Are we really on the path to a great and glorious new tomorrow?’ As the dreams persist, more questions arise and soon the young man is confronted by the reality of a planet on the verge of ecological collapse. Using rotoscoped animation, this lyrical and heartbreaking piece explores what it means to acknowledge the atrocities of the dominant culture and the pains and triumphs of following your heart.
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The Future of Food (90 min)
1:30 PM - Director: Deborah Koons Garcia
The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply. The Future of Food examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. http://www.thefutureoffood.com/
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Land out of Time (55 min)
3:30 PM - Director: Mark Harvey
Time is running out for vast swaths of the Rocky Mountain West as the Bush/Cheney Administration turns over millions of acres of public land for oil and gas drilling. Westerners on the land for generations expose the dramatic changes to the landscape and their heritage and spark a backlash. Just who is in charge of our public lands, the oil and gas industry or the American people? http://www.alandoutoftime.com/
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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (53 min)
5:00 PM- Director: Faith Morgan
When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis – feeding the population – and an ongoing challenge: how to create a new low-energy society. This film tells the story of the Cuban people's hardship, ingenuity, and triumph over sudden adversity – through cooperation, conservation, and community. "Everyone concerned about Peak Oil should see this film." Richard Heinberg. http://www.powerofcommunity.org/
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Trashed (20min)
6:15 PM - Director: Derek Boonstra
Examining our culture’s relationship with its garbage, the film dives right into the trash heap and comes up in some surprising places. As seen through the lives of people who are involved with trash on an everyday basis, the film explores the meanings of trash and exposes us to moments of humor as well as disturbing revelations about the environment and the habits of a ‘throwaway society.’
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For the Price of a Cup of Coffee (15 min)
6:30 PM - Director: Hypatia Angelique Porter
What is the cost of convenience?
For the Price of a Cup of Coffee is a short environmental documentary examining the life cycle of a paper cup and the repercussions of a society reliant on convenience. Why are less than 1% of coffee shop patrons bringing their own cup? Why do we have so much garbage, and where does it go? What is the true cost of a disposable culture? Shot throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including interviews with local activists, environmental experts and coffee shop owners. This film is full of information that all consumers should know about the products that we use everyday, and the steps we need to make towards a more sustainable world.
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RECYCLE (3min)
6:40 PM - Director: Darrell Van Citters
‘Recycle’ is an environmental, green-themed, animated, short/ music video for a contemporary children’s folk song by Grammy Award-winner Tom Chapin. From dinosaurs to petroleum to plastics, from sand to glass- a light-hearted look at why recycling the earth’s resources is so important.
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Crude: The Incredible Journey of Oil (90min)
7:00 PM - Director: Richard Smith
‘Crude’ - an elegant and gripping saga of oil. Where does it come from? When will it run out? Where is it driving us? This extraordinary documentary sweeps through the ages: from the birth of oil deep in the dinosaur-inhabited past to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life. Now, as we crest the peak of production, ‘Crude’ reveals a disturbing irony: the latest scientific evidence suggests that our headlong rush to exploit the remaining resource will lead us down a dangerous road to the future. A road the planet has traveled before. http://www.abc.net.au/science/crude/
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