Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell/2023/105 min/Climate, Food & Agriculture, Conservation, Health, Wildlife
FILM DESCRIPTION: From the filmmakers of “Kiss the Ground” (Netflix) comes the follow-up documentary “Common Ground,” winner of the Tribeca Film Festival. “Common Ground” is an important new documentary film featuring Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder, Donald Glover, Rosario Dawson, Mark Hyman, Gabe Brown, and many others. This film provides hope for future generations with concrete ways to fix a broken planetary system. “Common Ground” explores how regenerative agriculture can help heal the soil, our health and the planet. This film was a winner of the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2023 Human/Nature Award and the winner of the Best Documentary Award at the EMA Film Festival.
Recommended Age 13+
The short film “Hope” by Jodi Wu will precede the feature film. “Hope” tied for the Animation Prize in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest 2023.
IN PERSON: Sunday, April 21, 1:30 to 4:15 p.m. CDT [Central]
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.,
Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago
Arrive at 12 p.m. for the Action Fair in the 2nd Floor Rotunda.
Enjoy free refreshments and fellowship with environmental advocates.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.
DISCUSSION FACILITATOR:
Kyra Woods, Policy Advisor, City of Chicago Department of Environment
PANELIST:
Dr. Jason Funk, Land Use and Climate Scientist, Conservation International
IN PERSON: Sunday, April 21, 1:30 to 4 p.m. CDT [North]
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N Cannon Dr., Chicago
Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.
IN PERSON: Sunday, April 21, 1:30 to 4:15 p.m. CDT [South]
Illinois Institute of Technology Tower, 10 West 35th St., Chicago
This is a collaboration with Bronzeville Partners.
Meet community leaders and organizations that are dedicated to
Earth Justice and learn how you can get involved. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Free parking lot across the street between 34th and 35th Streets.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.
Illinois Tech is located in Bronzeville, also known as the “Black Metropolis” and the “Black Belt,” and is at the epicenter of African-American history on Chicago’s South Side. Its residents transformed the area into a mecca for innovation, business, culture, and community institutions with national influence that rivaled and even exceeded New York’s Harlem. The film will be screened at the former site of the Binga Bank and Arcade, owned by Jesse Binga, the first Black man to found a privately owned bank in Chicago.
IN PERSON: Sunday, April 21, 1:30 to 4:15 p.m. CDT [North]
Three Brothers Theatre, 221 N Genesee St., Waukegan
Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.
Three Brothers Theatre is located next door to the historic Genesee theatre and
in the same location as the previous Clockwise Theatre.
IN PERSON: Sunday, April 21, 1:30 to 4:15 p.m. CDT [W Suburbs]
Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St., Veterans’ Room
Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.