Celebrate Earth Day with an Environmental Film!
The Tribeca Film Festival premieres on April 23, 2010 in my neck of the woods, and reading previews and promotional materials about the festival and its offerings has gotten me very excited about film – and specifically about environmental films.
If you are going to be in Manhattan during the next week and a half, then you might want to check out one of the two environmentally-themed documentaries being screened at the Festival:
- Climate of Change (2009) – From the producers of An Inconenient Truth comes a new story about 13-year-olds protesting the use of plastic in India, “hillbillies” campaigning against strip-mining in Appalachia, and a host of other eco-activists around the world. Directed by Brian Hill. Narrated by Tilda Swinton.
- Into Eternity (2010) – Danish writer/director Michael Madsen explores the symbolism, significant, and potential consequences of a subterranean tomb being constructed by the people of Finland to house 300,000 tons of nuclear waste.
Of course, checking out an environmental film does not required a plane ticket to New York City – or even a movie ticket or cable television. PBS will be broadcasting Food, Inc. – a great documentary about corporate farming in America – as part of its POV (“Documentaries with a Point of View”) series through the end of April. Check your local listings for dates and times. PBS will also be streaming Food, Inc. in its entirety through April 29th via this link.
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Love love love Food Inc, especially if you are into the science and the “whole system” perspective, great recommendation Alexandra!
I just saw the movie “Fresh” tonight and am looking forward to doing a write-up about it. Thanks for these!
Hi Tiffany! Would you believe that I have NOT seen Food, Inc. yet? I am going to record it on PBS on my DVR this weekend though! My favorite environmental documentary of late is No Impact Man. I really should think about writing it up – It’s so inspirational!
Hope you like it!
No Impact Man is a great one too, I have been paging through his book and it is pretty entertaining, very accessible for people in any stage of the sustainability journey.
Happy Watching!
I was going to be watching Food Inc. this weekend actually! Great to read positive responses about it already, I can’t wait.
Till then,
Jean