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Dolores (One earth film festival 2018)

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Dolores (One earth film festival 2018)

Peter Bratt/2017/95 min/Social Justice-Economic Justice

Monday, March 5, 5:30 [Downtown]
Google, Chicago
Admission free,  $12 donation appreciated, reception included
SOLD OUT!

Saturday, March 10, 4:30 p.m. [South]
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

Saturday, March 10, 2 p.m. [Lake County]
Waukegan Library, Waukegan

FILM DESCRIPTION: Dolores Huerta is one of the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. She has made enormous contributions, including co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez. This important biopic reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change, as Huerta, a mother to 11 children, tirelessly leads the fight for women’s rights and racial and labor justice. One of five One Earth films highlighting strong women, this Sundance selection won top awards at both the Seattle and Denver film festivals. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend. May contain heavy themes or graphic images.

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Evolution of Organic

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Evolution of Organic

Mark Kitchell/2017/85 min/Food-Agriculture

Saturday, March 3, 6:30 p.m. [W Suburbs]
Good Earth Greenhouse, River Forest
Admission $20, includes reception

Sunday, March 4, 6 p.m. [South]
St. Paul & the Redeemer, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: This is the story of organic agriculture, told by those who built the movement. Narrated by actress Frances McDormand, and featuring songs by The Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen and others, the film shows how a motley crew of back-to-the-landers, spiritual seekers and farmers’ sons and daughters rejected chemical farming and set out to explore organic alternatives. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Mark Kitchell, this film also looks ahead to exciting innovations. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend. Brief nudity. Strong Language.

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Family Films (Ages 3 to 8+)

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Family Films (Ages 3 to 8+)

Saturday, March 10, 9 a.m. [W Suburbs]
Thatcher Woods Pavilion, River Forest

Includes three short films. The Song for Rain Yawen Zheng/2012/8 min. This heart-warming, dialogue-free, animated film teaches how friends and small gifts from nature can brighten the day. Sweet Cocoon Matéo Bernard/2017/6 min. This delightful Oscar-nominated animation follows two insects who help a struggling caterpillar in her metamorphosis. Piper Alan Barillaro/2017/6 min. Academy-award winning animated short Piper tells the exciting tale of a hungry sandpiper who ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food. Featuring an endearing mother/child relationship and an important message about independence, Piper urges viewers to overcome their greatest fears.

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Family Films (Ages 9 to 13+)

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Family Films (Ages 9 to 13+)

Saturday, March 10, 11 a.m. [W Suburbs]
Thatcher Woods Pavilion, River Forest

Three short films will be shown: Straws Linda Booker/2017/32 min. Through colorful animation and live action, Straws shows us the problems caused by plastic pollution and empowers us to be part of the solution. The film features an 11-year old from Costa Rica who developed  the #NoStrawChallenge that has become a world-wide movement. The Discarded Annie Costner, Adrienne Hall and Carla Dauden/2016/18 min. Filmmakers juxtapose stunning, drone-captured images of Rio de Janiero’s natural beauty with sewage and garbage that pour into its bay. The film asks, What does it mean to ignore subsets of society, to label some as worthy, and others as discarded? Verge ChingTien Chu/2017/3 min. This non-dialogue, high-quality animated short follows a young sea turtle’s ocean voyage through polluted water. Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

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Fly by Light

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Fly by Light

Ellie Walton and Hawah Kasat/2015/59 min/People-Culture

Saturday, March 3, 12 p.m. [West]
Chicago Public Library, Austin Branch

Sunday, March 11, 11 a.m. [South]
St. Benedict the African Parish, Chicago

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: When DC teens head into the mountains for eight days, they embark on a journey to break the cycles of poverty and violence and rewrite their future. As the youth play in streams and sing under stars, they become filled with new ideas and hope. But when they return home, the same old specters confront them. This award-winning film chronicles the youths’ struggle, but also their strength. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend. May contain heavy themes or graphic images. Contains strong language.

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Food for Thought, Food for Life (One Earth film fest 2018)

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Food for Thought, Food for Life (One Earth film fest 2018)

Susan Rockefeller/2014/22 min/Food-Agriculture

Sunday, March 4, 2 p.m. [Lake County]
St. Joseph Church, Libertyville

Saturday, March 10, 6 p.m. [North]
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Park Ridge
(please enter at Crescent Ave. entrance)
Resource Fair 6 p.m., Film at 7 p.m.
Admission $7

FILM DESCRIPTION: We want our food fast, convenient and cheap, but at what cost? As farms have become supersized, our environment suffers and so does the quality of our food. Food for Thought, Food for Life explains the downsides of current agribusiness practices, and brings to the table farmers, chefs, researchers, educators, and advocates who are active in the local food movement. The film is both poetic and practical; its powerful examination of the connections between our planet and our well-being is accompanied by specific strategies that protect both.

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Green Carpet Gala 2018

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Green Carpet Gala 2018

Friday, March 2, 6 to 9:30 p.m. [Downtown]
Fourth Presbyterian Church, Gratz Center
115 E. Delaware Place, Chicago
Admission $75, in advance

Please join us as we kick off the 7th annual One Earth Film festival with food, drink, a brief program, and a celebration of sustainability. Mingle with like-minded friends. Meet filmmakers and leaders in the environmental community. Tickets required.

The Gala will take place in Fourth Presbyterian Church's sparkling contemporary addition: the LEED-certified Gratz Center. Completed in 2013, this sleek space honors the original, neo-Gothic, 1914 structure via large overlooking windows.

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Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution (One Earth Film Festival 2018)

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Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution (One Earth Film Festival 2018)

James Redford/2017/71 min/Energy

Sunday, March 4, 1 p.m. [Dupage County]
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst

Sunday, March 4, 2 p.m. [South]
Windsor Park Lutheran Church, Chicago

Tuesday, March 6, 7 p.m. [Lake County]
Gorton Community Center, Lake Forest
Admission $7

Tuesday, March 6, 7 p.m. [Downtown]
Patagonia Chicago, Chicago
Admission $20, includes reception
SOLD OUT!

Friday, March 9, 6:30 p.m. [Lake County]
College of Lake County, Grayslake

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: When the issue of renewable energy comes up, it’s common to think about it abstractly as something in the future. But in reality, the clean energy revolution is already here.