2040: The Regeneration (One Earth Film Festival 2020)

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.

Hike the Divide (One earth film festival 2020)

Hike the Divide (One earth film festival 2020)

Connor DeVane, Kristen Mico, and Cassie Goodluck-Johnson/2018/90 min/ Environmental Advocacy, Climate Change

Saturday, March 7, 1 p.m. [Lake County]
Prairie Crossing School, Grayslake

VIRTUAL
Thursday, March 12, 6:30 p.m.
[North]
Truman College, Chicago

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: “Hike the Divide” follows jaded millennial Connor DeVane 2,700 miles from Canada to Mexico on the Continental Divide Trail as he seeks hope in the face of climate breakdown. The film, structured around a physical journey through environments both harsh and breathtakingly beautiful, shares the stories of the community activists and problem solvers Connor meets, marking a trail from apathy and resignation to hope and engagement.

Racing Extinction (One Earth Film Festival 2020)

Racing Extinction (One Earth Film Festival 2020)

Louie Psihoyos/2015/90 min/Climate Change, Wildlife, Conservation, Water

POSTPONED
Thursday, March 12, 6 p.m.
[Central]
Harold Washington Library Center
Chicago Public Library

FILM DESCRIPTION: We are in the midst of the 6th mass extinction. In Racing Extinction,” a team of artists and activists exposes the hidden world of extinction with never-before-seen images that will change the way we see the planet. Two worlds drive extinction across the globe, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. The international wildlife trade creates bogus markets at the expense of creatures that have survived on this planet for millions of years. And the other surrounds us, hiding in plain sight — a world that the oil and gas companies don’t want the rest of us to see.

Seasons of Change on Henry's Farm

Seasons of Change on Henry's Farm

Ines Sommer/2019/83 min/Food & Agriculture, Climate Change

Sunday, March 8, 1 p.m. [Dupage County]
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst

CANCELED BY PATAGONIA
Thursday, March 12, 5:30 p.m.
[Central]
Reception 5:30 p.m., Film 6:30 p.m.
Patagonia Chicago, Magnificent Mile
Admission $20
View & Brew

FILM DESCRIPTION: For a quarter-century, Henry Brockman has worked alongside nature to grow delicious organic vegetables on his idyllic Midwestern farm. But farming takes a toll on his aging body and Henry dreams of scaling back. While his former apprentices run the farm, Henry spends a “fallow year” with his wife Hiroko in Japan. But things don’t turn out as planned, and Henry must grapple with the future of farming in a changing climate on personal, generational, and global levels.

Tribes on the Edge

Tribes on the Edge

Céline Cousteau/2019/78 min/People & Culture, Conservation

VIRTUAL
Thursday, March 12, 6:30 p.m.
[North]
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: The Vale do Javari is the second largest Indigenous territory in Brazil and is home to 5,000 Indigenous peoples from 6 tribes as well as the largest population of people living without any contact with the outside world in the entire Amazon, and some say the world. Though the Javari has been designated for the tribes living there, there is looming pressure to increase harmful resource extraction which in other parts of the Amazon has led to environmental degradation. With Hepatitis rates as high as 50-80%, this preventable infectious disease brought in by outsiders is decimating the population and threatening their very survival.