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2040: The Regeneration (One Earth Film Festival 2020)

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2040: The Regeneration (One Earth Film Festival 2020)

Damon Gameau/2019/92 min/
Environmental & Social Justice, People & Culture , Climate Change

Thursday, Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m. [South]
Calumet College, Whiting, IN

Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m. [North]
St. Clement Parish School, Chicago

Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 p.m. [North]
Loyola University, Chicago

Thursday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m. [Lake C.]
Gorton Community Center, Lake Forest
Admission $10, Students $5
Simultaneous free virtual screening

POSTPONED
Friday, March 13, 6:30 p.m. [Central]
Navy Pier, Crystal Garden

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: Motivated by concerns about the planet that his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, award-winning director Damon Gameau embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and change-makers in the areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and sustainability.

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Ay Mariposa (One Earth film festival 2020)

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Ay Mariposa (One Earth film festival 2020)

Krista Schyler/2019/57 min/Wildlife, Conservation , Environmental & Social Justice

Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m. [Lake County]
Waukegan Library, Waukegan

Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 p.m. [West]
Universidad Popular, Chicago

POSTPONED
Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m. [W Suburbs]
Triton College, River Grove
This film will screen with “Biomimicry.”

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.

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The Map to Paradise

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The Map to Paradise

Danielle Ryan and James Sherwood /2018/95 min/Water, Climate Change, Conservation

Wednesday, March 11, 5:30 p.m. [Central]
Reception at 5:30 p.m., Film at 6:30 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: From Executive Producer Martin Sheen, “The Map to Paradise” is an adventure-filled and spectacularly gorgeous tale about the birth of the global movement to protect the sea. From underwater worlds of ice to glistening coral sanctuaries, discover what it takes to build a movement and to create positive change. Filmed across six continents, we meet a prince, a president, a pirate, and also an island chief — among others — who are all playing a role in the quest to save the planet.

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Overload: America's Toxic Love Story

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Overload: America's Toxic Love Story

Soozie Eastman/2019/68 min/Health & the Environment, People & Culture

Wed., March 11, 6:30 p.m. [W Suburbs]
Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park

POSTPONED
Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m. [North]
Wilmette Theatre, Wilmette
Admission $10

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: Soozie Eastman learns that hundreds of synthetic toxins are now found in every baby born in America and the government and chemical corporations are doing little to protect citizens and consumers. With guidance from world-renowned physicians and environmental leaders, interviews with scientists and politicians, and stories of everyday Americans, Soozie uncovers how we got to be so overloaded with chemicals and if there is anything we can do to take control of our exposure.