Wednesday, April 11, 2007, Del Mar Theater, Santa Cruz, California
4:00 Screenings $5-$10 donation no one turned away for lack of funds
John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature
Category:Environmental Art

Lawrence Hott Director;
Producer Florentine Films/Hott Productions,Inc. USA
TRT :53 minutes

Audubon a one-man compendium of American culture of his time. His tale is larger than life, and his legacy lives on in the conservation movement of today.

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A Convenient Truth: A Story of Hope from Curitiba, Brazil
Category:Environmental Sustainability

Giovanni Vaz Del Bello: Director,
Producer: Maria Terezinha Vas Brazil TRT trailer :10 min
Screening of entire film:Saturday April 14, 4:00 at the Santa Cruz Vets Hall, Interactive event, art, discussion with the filmmakers and more

The city of Curitiba has been a model for city planning since the early 1970's. This film shows its innovations in the areas of public transportation, recycling,affordable housing,seasonable parks and the processes that transformed the city.

The Eskimo and the Whale
Category:Endangered Species and Habitats

Jenn Hofmann Director; Producer
USA TRT :56 min.

Jenn Hofmann explores the strength and courage of Inupiat people struggling to preserve their subsistence whaling culture in the Arctic regions of Alaska. Challenged by hostile weather, international politics, the potential opening of ANWR and aggressive off-shore oil exploration, Inupiat whalers remain as resolute as their icebound ocean.

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Eskimo & Whale


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The Aistear
Category:Aspiring/Novice Filmmaker

Siobhan Donnellan Director;Producer
Ireland
TRT :26 minutes

The Aistear Project, an Irish word meaning journey, was created by a small community in the west of Ireland when a field in the centre of their village was threatened by housing development. This film chronicles the community's journey to actively transform their struggle into the construction of one of Ireland's most unique projects.

Please meet the filmmakers and see what our local environmental groups are doing
upstairs in the Del Mar Mezzanine

Wednesday, April 11, 2007, Del Mar Theater, Santa Cruz, California
7:00 Screenings $5-$10 donation
White Gold- The True Cost of Cotton
Category:Environmental Activism and Social Justice

Samuel Cole Director
Environmental Justice Foundation United Kingdom
TRT :8 minutes

White Gold reveals the extent of environmental damage and human rights abuses caused by the cotton industry of Central Asia, mainly to supply European demand. Production Company: Environmental Justice Foundation.

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nest
Nest
Category:Aspiring/Novice Filmmaker

Suin Choi Director; Animation
South Korea TRT :8 minutes

A beautiful and abundant village in a festal mood environment. In the cloudy and gloomy night of the village, however, are shining two moons... The village, gradually transforming with the disturbing machinery noises. The village reflected in the two eyes of the main character, running away to some place, is.....

Atlantis Approaching
Category:Oceans, Water Quality and Watersheds

Elizabeth Pollock; Director
U S A short version TRT :16 minutes

Will the tiny island nation of Tuvalu vanish beneath the waves as the sea slowly rises in a warming world? Journey into the heart of Polynesia for a new look at global warming and sustainability through the colorful lens of an island microcosm.

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Tuvalu
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Everything's Cool
Category:Pollution and Global Warming

Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand Directors;
USA TRT 1hr:30 minutes

Screened at Sundance EVERYTHING'S COOL is a "toxic comedy" about the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action -Global Warming.

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