Raj Patel and Zak Piper/2021/74 min/Climate Change, Environmental & Social Justice, Sustainable Food-Agriculture
FILM DESCRIPTION: Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to America, she meets climate skeptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions shaping the US, from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, to the thinking that allows Americans to believe they live on a different planet from everyone else. It will take all her skill to help Americans free themselves from a logic that is destroying the Earth.
VIRTUAL: Wednesday, March 9, 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Central Standard Time
Tickets available to U.S. viewers only.
IN PERSON: Wednesday, March 9, 6 to 8 p.m. Central Standard Time
Chicago Public Library, Austin Branch, 5615 W. Race,
Auditorium, Chicago [West]
In accordance with CDC guidelines for congregate settings, a well-fitting mask is required at this event.
Post-film discussion with Facilitator:
Susan Lucci, Soulful Facilitator and Purpose Guide; Co-Founder, Global Purpose Guides and FeelReal
Panelists:
Akilah Martin, Soil Scientist and Consultant, AM Rootbuilders and Chicago Grows Food
Nateo Chelem Carreno, Cicero Community Farm
This event is sponsored by:
Walter S. Mander Foundation
Good Heart, Work Smart Foundation
Green America
