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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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Monty and Rose

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Monty and Rose

Bob Dolgan, Mitchell Wenkus, Pat Nabong/2019/22 min/Wildlife , Conservation

LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT
Saturday, March 14, 12:30 p.m.

​FILM DESCRIPTION: "Monty and Rose" tells the story of a pair of endangered piping plovers that successfully nested at Chicago's Montrose Beach in the summer of 2019, the first of the species to nest in Chicago in 64 years. The film chronicles these special birds and an unpredictable series of events including a proposed music festival that propelled the birds to national headlines. "Monty and Rose" features interviews with an array of key players in the story, including biologists, birders, volunteers and the advocates who spoke out when the music festival was proposed.

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Motherload

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Motherload

Liz Canning/2019/86 min/Built Environment: Transportation, People & Culture

Saturday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. [South]
Experimental Station, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: “Motherload” is a crowdsourced documentary about a new mom's quest to understand and promote the cargo bike movement in a gas-powered, digital and divided world. As Liz explores the burgeoning global movement to replace cars with purpose-built bikes, she learns about the bicycle's history and potential future as the ultimate "social revolutionizer." Her experiences as a cyclist, as a mother, and in discovering the cargo bike world, teach Liz that sustainability is not necessarily about compromise and sacrifice but that there are few things more empowering, in an age of consumption, than the ability to create everything from what seems to be nothing.

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The Need to Grow

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The Need to Grow

Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick/2019/96 min/Sustainable Food & Agriculture, Climate Change

Monday, March 9, 6 p.m. [Kane County]
Action Fair 6 p.m., Film 7 p.m.
Waubonsee Community College, Aurora

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: In a race against the end of farmable soil, three individuals fight for change in the industry of agricultural food production, calling for a revolution. "The Need to Grow" delivers alarming evidence on the importance of healthy soil — revealing not only the potential of localized food production working with nature, but our opportunity as individuals to help regenerate our planet’s dying soils and participate in the restoration of the Earth.

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Opening Night Launch Party (One earth film festival 2020)

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Opening Night Launch Party (One earth film festival 2020)

Friday, March 6, 5 to 9 p.m.
Tesla Gold Coast
901 N. Rush St., Chicago
$20 Champagne Toast, 5 p.m.
$20 Opening Launch Party, 6 p.m.

Attend our Pre-Party Filmmaker Toast, starting at 5 p.m. Take the opportunity to mix and mingle in a smaller, more intimate gathering. Join us for the official champagne toast to open the 2020 season and celebrate another year of engaging audiences and encouraging them to take action.

Then at 6 p.m., the bigger party begins. Enjoy food, wine, beer and soft drinks while you mix and mingle with friends. Meet filmmakers, hear what's hot at this year's Fest, and preview top trailers and Young Filmmakers Contest shorts. Plus, get your first peek at ways you can get involved and take action through One Earth.

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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.

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Racing Extinction (One Earth Film Festival 2020)

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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.

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Right to Harm

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Right to Harm

Annie Speicher & Matt Wechsler/2019/75 min/Sustainable Food & Agriculture, Health & the Environment , Environmental & Social Justice, Water

Sunday, March 8, 2:30 p.m. [South]
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

Monday, March 9, 6:30 p.m. [Central]
Northwestern University, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: Through the riveting stories of five American communities, “Right to Harm” exposes the devastating public health impact that factory farming has on many of our country's most disadvantaged citizens. Known formally as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—or CAFOs—these facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated waste that destroy the quality of life for nearby neighbors. Fed up with the lack of regulation, these citizens-turned-activists band together from across the country to demand justice.