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Closing the Loop: A Documentary About the Circular Economy Revolution

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Closing the Loop: A Documentary About the Circular Economy Revolution

Graham Sheldon and Rin Ehlers Sheldon/2018/93 min/Waste

Wednesday, April 21, 6:30 p.m. CDT

FILM DESCRIPTION: Going “circular” refers to the necessary change from our current take-make-waste linear economy to a borrow-use-return circular economy. The film is directed by Emmy® Award winning filmmaker Graham Sheldon and presented by global sustainability expert, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser. And despite its dire warnings, it is an optimistic film about innovative solutions.The documentary explores five key strategies for achieving circularity—reduce, reuse, recycle, renew and reinvent—by showcasing examples from Europe, Latin America and Africa and featuring insights from experts from the likes of the World Economic Forum and the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard.

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Young Filmmakers Contest Honorable Mention Winners (All Age Levels)

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Young Filmmakers Contest Honorable Mention Winners (All Age Levels)

Saturday, April 24, 3 p.m. CDT

The One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest awards environmental films created by students from grade 3 to age 25. Films that inspire change or action stream in from across the country each year, with 149 total submissions in 2021.

In this virtual event, we feature seven short films (from elementary school to college level), which were just a hair's breadth away from first place. Zoom discussion with filmmakers from California to New York will be facilitated by Young Filmmakers Contest Founding Director Sue Crothers.

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The Great Green Wall

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The Great Green Wall

Jared P. Scott/2019/92 min/Climate Change, Health, Social Justice, People & Cultures

Sunday, April 25, 6 p.m. CDT
Double Fest, Double Feature!

FILM DESCRIPTION: If you missed this film during our 2021 Season, here's another chance presented by Sixth Festival, as part of our Sunday Double Feature with them. Take an epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall—an ambitious vision to grow an 8,000km "Wall" of trees stretching across the entire width of the continent to restore land and provide a future for millions of people. Traversing Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger and Ethiopia, Malian musician and activist, Inna Modja follows the burgeoning Great Green Wall through Africa’s Sahel region—one of the most vulnerable places on earth (temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster than the global average)—laying bare the acute consequences of accelerating climate change the Wall aims to counteract: drought, resource scarcity, radicalization, conflict and migration. By Executive Producer Fernando Meirelles (Academy Award and Golden Globe Nominated Director of City of God and the Constant Gardener).