Krista Schyler/2019/57 min/Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental & Social Justice
CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: “Ay Mariposa” tells a story of three characters in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas whose lives are upended by plans to build a US-Mexico border wall. Meanwhile the butterfly, la mariposa, fights its own daily battle for survival in a landscape where more than 95 percent of its habitat is long gone and much of what remains lies directly in the path of the wall.
Saturday, March 7, 3 to 5 p.m. [Lake County]
Waukegan Public Library, 128 N. County St.,
Classroom A and B, Waukegan
Join us afterwards for an engaging discussion with one of the film's subjects, Marianna Treviño Wright, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center. Also learn about ways to take environmental action through a local high school student's upcycling program to benefit homeless shelters. Facilitator: Diana Wence, Reference Assistant, Waukegan Public Library. Refreshments will be available.
Doors open 30 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines and get best seats. ADA compliant accessible venue. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend.
Film subject Marianna Treviño Wright.
Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. [West]
Universidad Popular
2801 S. Hamlin Ave., Chicago
Join us after the film for Q&A with one of the film's subjects, Marianna Treviño Wright, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, at the U.S..-Mexico border. Learn about related local action opportunities you can take through Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), the Field Museum, Openlands, and The Traffic Stops Here. Facilitator: Vincent Barcelo Gomez, Horticultural Therapy Manager, Chicago Botanic Garden. Refreshments will be available.
Doors open 30 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines and get best seats. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend.
Film subject Marianna Treviño Wright.
Film subject Marianna Treviño Wright.
POSTPONED
Saturday, March 14, 3 to 5:30 p.m. [W Suburbs]
Triton College, R Building Performing Arts Center
2000 Fifth Ave., River Grove
Join us afterwards for live video Q&A with Marianna Treviño Wright, Executive Director of the National Butterfly Center, and one of the film's main subjects. Also present for discussion will be Amy Phillips, Co-Founder of Biomimicry Chicago. Learn about local, related action opportunities from the panelists, as well as West Cook Wild Ones, and Triton Sustainability. Facilitator: Adrian Fisher, Sustainability Coordinator at Triton College.
Doors open 30 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines and get best seats. ADA compliant accessible venue. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend. This film will screen with “Biomimicry.”
Presented in partnership with West Cook Wild Ones.