2nd Annual Environmental Film Festival
Developing an Earth Ethic
Thursday, April 26th
Egyptian Theatre
Free & Open to the Public
Schedule
3:00p Doors Open
4:00p Our Planet Earth (1991, 23 minutes)
- This film is a love poem to our home by those who have seen it from space. This spectacular film will increase awareness of international and environmental interdependence for all of Earth’s inhabitants.
4:30p The Lorax (1972, 28 minutes)
- The Lorax is an animated musical television special produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and first aired on CBS on February 14, 1972 based on the book of the same name by Dr. Seuss.
Dinner Break
Lobby to remain open for patrons to visit information tables
Film extras will be showin in the theatre during the break
Golden Thai Jasmine will give 10% total bill discounts (includes drinks)
Must present program brochure
Silent Auction4 NIU Home Football Game Tickets Gift Basket Jewelry & Note Cards Botanicals Gift Basket Two $20 Gift Cards Large Bamboo Round Bowl Twelve Months of Fruits, 1732 |
6:00p Butterflies and Bulldozers (2010, 62 minutes)
- For fifty years, people have fought to protect San Bruno Mountain and its rare butterflies. This film is a story about the rights of nature and the rights of people, about compromise and commitment, and the tough choices we all have to make.
7:15p Meet the Artist, Siew Lian Lim
- Since coming to the West, I have been searching for a medium for beings to have a heart-to-heart connection with the spirituality of the East to find peace and harmony. In art I have found this connection, art that expresses spirituality in human terms - “Humanistic Spirituality.”
7:30p Division Street (2009, 63 minutes)
- From pristine roadless areas to concrete jungles, follow filmmaker Eric Bendick as he tours North America, dodging Yellowstone’s grizzlies and Miami’s taxicabs, and highlighting sustainable road projects and wildlife corridors for the 21st century.
9:00p Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time (2010, 74 minutes)
- This film highlights environmentalist Aldo Leopold’s extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. Leopold remains relevant today, inspiring projects all over the country that connect people and land.