Princeton Environmental Film Festival 2016 by Princeton Public Library

TENTH ANNIVERSARY

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

April 2–10, 2016

WELCOME

SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY

The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home. — David Suzuki

hank you for joining us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival. Reaching the decade mark in this event presents an opportunity for reflection and change. However, our mission to select and

share excellent films to encourage the community to explore sustainability from a wide range of angles and perspectives remains the same. Thank you to our sponsors — Church & Dwight, Inc., The Nature Conservancy, The Whole Earth Center of Princeton, The Friends of the Princeton Public Library, and NRG — for making the festival possible. Through their generosity, all PEFF screenings continue to be offered free of an admission charge. We deeply appreciate that all of you have supported the PEFF in the past and continue to do so as we move head into the future. Your individual engagement with the festival and the library is at the heart of making it so special. Susan Conlon Kim Dorman Festival Director Festival Associate Director

FILMS S A T U R D A Y, A P R I L 2

ONE SIMPLE QUESTION

April 2, 10 a.m. “One Simple Question” A young couple seeking adventure begin a life at sea aboard a small sailboat with the goal to sail north until they find an iceberg. During their quest, they find joy in a deliberate life, develop a greater understanding of nature and discover a new path in the pursuit of happiness. Teresa Carey, producer; Derek Alan Rowe, director; 2014, 1 hour, 25 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Derek Alan Rowe via video conference. April 2, 1 p.m. “SEED: The Untold Story” This documentary follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000-year old food legacy. In the last century, 94 percent of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David-and-Goliath battle to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a culture connected to seeds.

SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY

Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, producers/directors; Marisa Tomei, Marc Turtletaub and Phil Fairclough, executive producers; 2016; 1 hour, 33 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Taggart Siegel and Will Bonsai, who appears in the film.. April 2, 4 p.m. “Meru” In the high-stakes pursuit of big-wall climbing, the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. Sitting 21,000 feet above the sacred Ganges River in Northern India, the mountain’s perversely stacked obstacles make it both a nightmare and an irresistible calling for some of the world’s toughest climbers. In 2011, renowned alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk returned to the mountain three years after their first attempt ended within 100 meters of the elusive summit. “Meru” is the story of that journey — an expedition through nature’s harshest elements, complicated inner demons, and, ultimately, to impossible new heights.

MERU AN AMERICAN ASCENT

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, directors; 2015; 1 hour, 27 minutes. April 2, 7 p.m. “An American Ascent” The first African-American expedition to climb Denali, North America’s highest peak, is explored in this documentary. Though the summit of Denali (also known as Mount McKinley) was the goal, the 2013 expedition also aimed to engage and inspire youth of color to experience and enjoy the outdoors. The nine African Americans who were part of the team hoped to become role models for outdoor adventure and, as America moves toward becoming a majority-minority nation, encourage minority communities toward greater environmental stewardship. George Potter and Andy Atkins, producers/directors; 2014; 1 hour, 9 minutes.

After the screening of “An American Ascent,” please join The Nature Conservancy for light refreshments and a short talk about their Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) program, which provides paid summer conservation internships for urban high school students. LEAF gives diverse youth from urban areas a hands-on look at conservation career possibilities, while building self-confidence, work skills and friendships. Several LEAF graduates will be on hand to talk about their experiences and answer questions.

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CITY OF TREES

T U E S D A Y, A P R I L 5 April 5, 4 p.m. “City of Trees” Steve Coleman, director of D.C. nonprofit Washington Parks & People, encounters obstacles after receiving a $2.7 million stimulus grant to put long-term unemployed D.C. residents back to work through a “green job” training program. Tasked with hiring 150 residents to plant several thousand trees in the city’s most blighted urban parks, and facing a fast-approaching deadline when the grant money runs out, Coleman confronts racial tensions, uneven government support, and locals who feel their voices have not been heard. For the trainees, however, the program represents something more hopeful: the means to give a child a better life, a second chance after a conviction, or a path to community leadership. Lance Kramer, producer; Brandon Kramer, director; 2015; 1 hour, 16 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Brandon Kramer and Lance Kramer. HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD (AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE)

April 5, 7 p.m. “How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change)” Free Screening at the Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau St. Tickets available at 6 p.m. on day of screening. Having concluded that it may be too late to avoid some of the more destructive aspects of climate change, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox set out to find things that climate can’t change. The pursuit led him to six continents and 12 countries where he was inspired by indigenous environmental monitors in the Amazon, activists worried about rising sea levels who block coal ports in Australia, people speaking out against climate change and risking imprisonment in China and many others. Josh Fox, producer/director; 2016; 2 hours, 5 minutes.

FILMS AND PANEL DISCUSSION W E D N E S D A Y, A P R I L 6 April 6, noon “Khalima” This short film was inspired by the life of a widow and mother of five in Western Mongolia who makes and sells traditional Kazakh crafts for income. She is just one of many women in the Kazakh province of Mongolia who struggle every day to make ends meet. Akmaral Janat, producer/director; 2015; 11 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Akmaral Janat via video conference. April 6, 1 p.m. “Our Daily Dose” The most recent science regarding the safety of ingesting fluoride is examined in this film that establishes the case for rethinking the longstanding practice of adding the chemical to tap water.

OUR DAILY DOSE

Jeremy Seifert, producer/director; 2015; 20 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jeremy Seifert via video conference. April 6, 4 p.m. “Sonic Sea” This film reveals the impact of commercial, industrial and military noise on whales and other marine life that rely on sound to hunt for food, find mates and detect predators. Our increasing ocean presence has transformed the acoustic environment of these creatures, disrupting their behavior and ability to thrive. For family and adult audiences. Michelle Dougherty and Daniel Hinerfeld, directors; 2015; 1 hour.

SONIC SEA

April 6, 7 p.m. Spotlight on Water: Managing Our Most Precious Resource The lead contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, has raised concerns about what most American communities take for granted: clean water. The speakers will address key issues about the health of our global and local water systems including whether the federal framework that governs drinking water and wastewater discharges is robust and current, and why we still have water pollution and contaminated drinking water in 21st-century America. They will describe the state of New Jersey’s drinking water, wastewater and storm water infrastructure, and what people are doing to ensure its reliability, and identify local water managers and their roles. Speakers will conclude with a brief overview of our water systems in an international context - why the World Economic Forum has declared water one of the top international issues for the past three years and how this is linked to sustainability issues in our community. Speakers: Jonathan C. Kaledin, executive vice president/ general counsel of Natural Systems Utilities; Chris Sturm, managing director, policy and water for New Jersey Future. Gov. Jim Florio will introduce the topic by offering his perspective as a former U.S. congressman and governor who successfully championed an array of landmark environmental protections.

Clockwise from top, Gov. Jim Florio, Jonathan Kaledin and Chris Sturm.

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FILMS AND SPECIAL EVENT AFTER COAL

T H U R S D A Y, A P R I L 7 April 7, 10 a.m. “After Coal” Through profiles of individuals building a new future in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and South Wales, this film examines how coal-mining communities survive when fossil fuels such as oil and coal are depleted. Featured among residents who must abandon traditional livelihoods are exminers using theater to rebuild community infrastructure, women who moved from supporting striking miners to creating their own future, and young people striving to stay in their home communities.

TREATY TALKS

Patricia Beaver, producer; Tom Hansell, producer/director; 2016; 57 minutes. April 7, noon “Treaty Talks: A Journey Up the Columbia River for People and Salmon” This short film chronicles a three-month expedition up the 1,243 miles of the Columbia River from the sea to its source. Five canoes, carved and paddled by native and non-native youth, symbolically represented the Columbia River salmon that can no longer reach their spawning grounds above Grand Coulee Dam. The documentary highlights the positive efforts of Columbia River citizens working to restore historic salmon runs. Xander Demetrios and Adam Wicks Arshack, directors; 2015; 27 minutes.

SILENCING THE THUNDER

April 7, 3 p.m. “Silencing the Thunder” When temperatures drop in Montana, wild bison migrate to lower elevations outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. But once outside, they run the risk of being killed because some carry a chronic disease called brucellosis that ranchers fear could spread to cattle. “Silencing the Thunder” presents the obstacles ranchers face, as well as the side of those trying to protect one of America’s most iconic animals. Eddie Roqueta, producer/director; 2014; 27 minutes. April 7, 4 p.m. Sustainability Bowl Children in grades 3-6 are invited to compete in teams in this “Jeopardy”-style game to win the PEFF Sustainability Bowl. Questions will be in categories and relate to energy, recycling, water, wildlife and more. Show what you know, and learn something too. Anyone interested in participating on a team is encouraged to register in advance. Those who sign up at the event will be included as space is available. Participants: Please arrive by 3:45 p.m. to sign in. Younger children, teens, and adults are encouraged to attend and root for the teams. Register at bit.ly/PEFFbowl16.

2016 SUSTAINABILITY BOWL 6

FILMS April 7, 5 p.m. “Last Rush for the Wild West: Tar Sands, Oil Shale and the American Frontier” This documentary outlines how impending tar sands and oil shale mining would destroy massive, pristine landscapes in Utah and put the already imperiled Colorado River Watershed at risk. Despite widespread health impacts of similar projects in northern Canada, Utah has approved the nation’s precedent-setting tar sands mine. This film asserts that the risks are not worth it and refutes claims that tar sands and oil shale mining would create better economic conditions and lead us toward energy independence.

LAST RUSH FOR THE WILD WEST

Jennifer Ekstrom, producer/director; 2014; 46 minutes. April 7, 5:30 p.m. “Boy and the World” Screening at the Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau St. A boy embarks on a quest to reunite his family in this Brazilian animated musical that has no dialogue. As his journey unfolds and his world expands, the animation takes on greater complexity. A cautionary tale of globalization, the film depicts a clash between village and city, hand crafted and mechanized – and rich and poor. For family audiences. Alê Abreu, director; 2013; 1 hour, 25 minutes. Co-sponsored by the library, the Davis International Center at Princeton University, the International Employees Group at Princeton University, the Princeton Garden Theatre and the Princeton Environmental Film Festival. April 7, 7 p.m. “Saving Jamaica Bay” Despite its natural beauty, rich history and immense resources, Jamaica Bay was New York City’s dumping ground for decades. In addition to towering landfills that created landscapes of garbage, four sewage treatment plants discharge into Jamaica Bay. Recently, plans have been announced that could fill in hundreds of acres of Jamaica Bay to build the runways needed to handle air traffic increases at JFK airport. Despite all this, the Bay’s neighbors have developed and continue to nurture a close relationship with the body of water that has defined, provided for and, most recently, threatened their lives and livelihoods. In the process of re-discovering their historical relationship to the water and natural habitats of Jamaica Bay, they have been transformed into urban environmentalists now struggling to preserve this priceless resource - and their way of life.

BOY AND THE WORLD

Daniel Hendrick, producer; David Sigal, director; 2016; 1 hour, 16 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Daniel Hendrick and Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society.

SAVING JAMAICA BAY

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FILMS

KOMBIT: THE COOPERATIVE

F R I D A Y, A P R I L 8 April 8, 10 a.m. “KOMBIT: The Cooperative” Once known as the richest agricultural country in the Caribbean, Haiti has been wracked by instability and natural disasters. Decades of decline have taken their toll on Haiti’s people, and today the country is 98 percent deforested with little of its once prosperous agricultural industry enduring. When American manufacturer and retailer Timberland commits to planting 5 million trees in Haiti in five years, they work to find partners that understand the harsh realities of aid work but share the vision to build something sustainable. Gabriel London, director; Charlie Sadoff, producer; 2015, 45 minutes. This screening is sponsored by Timberland.

MARQUAND PARK

April 8, noon “The Magic of Marquand Park” In 1953, the Marquand family gave 17 acres of their estate to Princeton. Studies commissioned at that time stated that the land should be set aside for passive recreation and as an arboretum. As it exists today, Marquand Park retains many of the original designs. There are over 170 specimen trees in the park, a large wooded area, a playground, picnic tables and a softball diamond — all for the enjoyment of the people of Princeton, Mercer County and beyond. Dominique Godefroy, director; 2016; 25 minutes. Coffee and tea, courtesy of the library, and sandwiches, courtesy of the Marquand Park Foundation, will be served. The screening will be followed by Q&A with filmmaker Dominique Godefroy and members of the Marquand Park Foundation.

FILMS April 8, 2 p.m. “Seeds of Time” Agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of the world’s food supply. The film reveals how seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. Communities of indigenous Peruvian farmers are already suffering those effects, as they try desperately to save over 1,500 varieties of native potato in their fields. With little time to waste, both Fowler and the farmers embark on passionate and personal journeys that may save the one resource we cannot live without: seeds.

SEEDS OF TIME

Sandy McLeod, producer/director; 2013; 1 hour, 17 minutes. April 8, 4 p.m. “The Burden” America’s dependence on fossil fuels is the greatest longterm national security threat facing the nation, according to this documentary produced by Operation Free, a nationwide coalition of veterans advocating for clean energy. The film cites the expense of securing and protecting oil, the vulnerability to terrorism of the global oil supply and the danger of delivering oil on the battlefield among reasons that the military is leading our transition away from oil. Operation Free was founded by the Truman National Security Project, a national security and leadership development organization based in Washington, D.C. Truman Fellow Roger Sorkin, director; 2015; 40 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Roger Sorkin. April 8, 6 p.m. “After the Spill” A follow-up to the 2010 film “SoLa, Louisiana Water Stories,” this film introduces us to some of the most aggrieved victims of the Deepwater Horizon explosion that spilled more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico as well as those who are desperately trying to save its coastline. Featured are writer and historian John Barry who launched a suit against 97 oil and gas companies attempting to get them to pay their fair share for reparations caused by their explorations; consultant and native son James Carville who manages to find some hope in new technologies that may save the coast; and Lt. Gen. Russell Honore, the man who saved New Orleans post-Katrina.

THE BURDEN

AFTER THE SPILL

Jon Bowermaster, producer and director; 2015; 1 hour, 2 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jon Bowermaster.

THE TRUE COST

April 8, 7:30 p.m. “The True Cost” Filmed in countries all over the world, from the brightest runways to the darkest slums, and featuring interviews with the world’s leading influencers including Stella McCartney, Livia Firth and Vandana Shiva, this documentary examines the human and environmental costs behind the clothes we wear. Michael Ross, producer; Andrew Morgan, director; 1 hour, 32 minutes.

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SPECIAL

Raised bed vegetable gardening is easy! You just have to get a few things right. Brings the kids and start your lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes and other spring vegetables. Dorothy Mullen will answer your start-up gardening questions. Bring paper egg cartons or seed starter trays and some kind of tray or box to carry your seeds home in.

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DOROTHY MULLEN

No purchase necessary. Open only to legal residents of NJ, NY, and PA who are at least 18 years old. The Sweepstakes begins at 12 a.m. EDT on March 28, 2016 and ends at 5 p.m. EDT on April 11, 2016. Sweepstakes rules are available at the library Welcome Desk or online at nature.org/peff.

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Soil and seeds will be provided by the Whole Earth Center and The Suppers Programs. Whole Earth Center, 360 Nassau Street

PRINCETON

ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

TENTH ANNIVERSARY

2016

rinceton residents are invited to participate in a community-wide day of letting go of items they no longer use or need. Registration at

princetonlibrary.org/yardsale is required and includes your saleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location on a digital map of participants so buyers can find you. Residents are responsible for setting up, managing and taking down their own sales. Co-sponsored by the library and Sustainable Princeton.

FILMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS S A T U R D A Y, A P R I L 9 Habitats Around the World April 9, 10 a.m. Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels presents a program with live animals about the diverse wildlife habitats that exist around the world and how the animals that live in them thrive. We’ll also learn how our choices at home impact animals throughout the world and ways to become a “wildlife warrior.” For children 5 and older.

HABITATS AROUND THE WORLD

THE CREATURE SHOW

April 9, 11:30 a.m. “The Creature Show” The third episode of the web series features a trek to the New Jersey Pine Barrens in search of timber rattlesnakes, northern pine snakes, and corn snakes, all of which are threatened or endangered. Featuring Emile DeVito of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, with guest host Tyler Christensen. Filmed on location at the Franklin Parker Preserve in Chatsworth, New Jersey. Jared Flesher, director; 2015; 15 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jared Flesher. April 9, 1 p.m. “The Hudson: A River at Risk” While it is far cleaner than it was just a few decades ago, the Hudson River still faces a variety of environmental ills and potential catastrophes. This series of five short films examines risks including the so-called “bomb trains” that carry a highly explosive mix of crude oil and gas; the 53-year-old nuclear power plant at Indian Point, which continues to operate even as its infrastructure ages; the rebuilding of the Tappan Zee Bridge, that has the potential to create serious environmental harm if not closely monitored; new transmission lines connecting 20th-century power plants with 21st-century needs and the continuing effects of G.E. having dumped millions of barrels of toxic PCBs into the river. Jon Bowermaster, director. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jon Bowermaster

THE HUDSON: A RIVER AT RISK

April 9, 3:30 p.m. “Sky Line” Driven by man’s inherent need to explore, a group of scientists and entrepreneurs endeavor to build an elevator to space. What happens when egos and passions collide in a quest to complete the impossible? Dr. Bradley Edwards has a plan to build an elevator to outer space. All he needs to do is design the largest structure ever built, and invent a material strong enough to make it work. “Sky Line” follows Edwards and his collaborators through their years working with NASA, raising equity, and creating companies and institutions to make this dream of science fiction a reality. The concept of an elevator to space is not new. In the world of Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlien, and other sci-fi giants, it is a natural progression. What most people don’t know is that men and women around

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SKY LINE

the world are working hard to build it right this moment. Some want to solve the energy crisis, some want easier access to raw materials in the solar system, and some just want to travel to space and gaze upon their home planet. For all of them though, the elevator is more than just a science fiction plot, it is a way of life. Miguel Drake-McLaughlin and Jonny Leahan, producers/ directors; 2015; 1 hour, 14 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Miguel Drake-McLaughlin and editor Chris Guido, April 9, 7 p.m. “Newman” A controversial figure in the scientific community, inventor Joseph Newman gained notoriety with “The Newman Device,” an electromagnetic machine that he claimed produced more energy than it took to power it. But what should have been a revolutionary discovery was derailed by a lengthy and disheartening legal battle with the United States Patent Office. This film seeks to understand the enigmatic Newman through intimate discussions with his colleagues and, surprisingly, with the man himself. Jon Fox, producer/director; 2015; 1 hour, 28 minutes.

NEWMAN

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jon Fox and attorney John Flannery, who appears in the film.

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FILMS S U N D A Y, A P R I L 1 0 April 10, 11 a.m. “Bluespace” This documentary explores the terraforming of Mars, whose canals and ice offer science-fiction authors and scientists the promise of colonization alongside the waterways of New York City where rising seas are a threat. The film questions our future relationship with the natural world as one of potential lifesaving cooperation or ill-fated attempts at domination. Ian Cheney, director; 2015, 1 hour, 13 minutes.

BLUESPACE

Sunday Brunch Screening. Light refreshments, tea and coffee (courtesy of Small World Coffee) will be served A WHISPERING WORLD

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Ian Cheney. April 10, 1:30 p.m. Five Short Films “A Whispering World” (World premiere) From the filmmaker’s website: Can you hear the whispers all around? A symphony of sound, there is so much to hear, so much to appreciate. In this film, filmmaker Kalani Jimenez-Mackson displays the many beautiful whispers of this earth. Being the mother of us all she has so much to teach, all we have to do is open our eyes and our ears and be witness to her magic. Kalani Jimenez-Mackson, producer/director; 2015; 5 minutes The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Kalani Jimenez-Mackson.

A WATERSHED MOMENT

“A Watershed Moment: The Delaware River Basin” (Festival premiere) The film depicts the Delaware River Watershed, the stresses it faces and efforts underway to protect and restore it. The watershed, covering 14,000 square miles over four states from the Poconos to the Delaware Bay, provides drinking water for 15 million people and generates $25 million in economic activities. It faces “death by a thousand cuts” from growing development, agricultural and storm-water run-off, and in some places from energy infrastructure such as pipelines and transmission corridors. Using drone footage and interviews with scientists and activists, the film highlights these threats and profiles efforts by activists, landowners and others to protect forests, improve farm management and implement “green infrastructure” in Philadelphia to protect water quality. The film is an outgrowth of a growing citizen movement in the watershed called the Delaware River Watershed Initiative that seeks to focus attention, raise funding and implement actions to ensure the watershed’s protection. Tom Lennon, executive producer; 2016; 12 minutes. The screening will be followed by Q&A with producer Joe Angier and Peter Howell, executive vice president of the Open Space Institute.

FILMS “Ghost in the Making: Searching for the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee” The decline of the honeybee has been in the spotlight, but what about the 4,000 species of native bees in North America? Natural history photographer Clay Bolt is on a multi-year quest to tell the stories of our native bees, and one elusive species – the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee – has become his white whale.

GHOST IN THE MAKING

Neil Losin, Clay Bolt and Nathan Dappen, producers; Neil Losin and Morgan Heim, directors; 2016, 19 minutes. “7 Gramos” Based on a true story in a small rural community in the Dominican Republic, “7 Gramos” is about a Hispaniolan Emerald, one of the smallest birds in the world, who decides to build her nest and lay her eggs in a support pillar of a school building under construction. Meanwhile, the construction workers, in order to finish their job, must decide whether to leave the birds’ nest where it is or remove it.

7 GRAMMOS

Jonatán Vila, director; Hadzael Gómez, co-director; 2015; 11 minutes, 57 seconds. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Mark Jourdan, UN programs and outreach manager, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development. “Think Like a Scientist” In the 1960’s Gorongosa National Park was one the best national parks in all of Africa. Its slogan was, “Where Noah Left the Ark.” But, 30 years of war in Mozambique (first a war with Portugal for independence and then a 15-year civil war) devastated the park. Gorongosa was at the epicenter of the conflict and 95 percent of its wildlife was killed to feed the soldiers or poached for ivory to purchase more weapons. Now that the war is over, a group of scientists, conservationists and Mozambicans are bringing the park back.

THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST

Sean B. Carrol, producer; Nathan Dappen and Neil Losin, directors; 2015; 7 minutes. April 10, 4 p.m. “Wrenched” This documentary profiles novelist Ed Abbey, who warned about the consequences of over-development, particularly in the Southwest. Considered the godfather of radical environmentalism, Abbey wrote about a small gang of “monkeywrenchers” in his best-known work “The Monkey Wrench Gang.” The fictional group was dedicated to the destruction of what they saw as the system that pollutes and destroys the American West. “Wrenched” captures the passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation that will carry Abbey’s legacy into the 21st century.

WRENCHED

ML Lincoln, producer/director; 2013; 1 hour, 33 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with ML Lincoln, director; Patrick Gambuti, Jr., producer, writer, editor; and Kurt Engfehr, consulting producer

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