USA, 2009, 100 min
Directed by
ROBERT STONE
East Coast Premiere
Direct from a closing night screening at the Sundance Film Festival, this visually stunning epic recounts the modern environmental movement's birth. On April 22, 1970--the very first Earth Day--more than 20 million Americans across the country marched for change and political action to protect the environment. While their demands were never met in whole, they had a galvanizing effect on the national psyche. Average Americans began to comprehend that that the Earth's health required consideration (recall, this was four decades before Al Gore and his slide show made it all so clear) and it was connected to their own actions. Such a consciousness-changing realization prompted a new awareness: the American dream of unlimited scientific progress, new technology, and economic expansion had wrought some unforeseen and nightmarish side effects. Utilizing rare archival footage and nine witnesses to the events--from astronauts to government officials to eco-feminists--director Robert Stone (Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army, FFF 2004 Grand Jury Award - Best Doc Feature) has crafted a powerful and mesmerizing document of a transformative moment in our planet's history.
Preceded by
OUT OF PRINT
USA, 2008, 4 Min
Directed by
DANNY PLOTNICK
Southeast Premiere
How did we discover cool cultural media before the web? We worked for it.
Directed by
ROBERT STONE
East Coast Premiere
Direct from a closing night screening at the Sundance Film Festival, this visually stunning epic recounts the modern environmental movement's birth. On April 22, 1970--the very first Earth Day--more than 20 million Americans across the country marched for change and political action to protect the environment. While their demands were never met in whole, they had a galvanizing effect on the national psyche. Average Americans began to comprehend that that the Earth's health required consideration (recall, this was four decades before Al Gore and his slide show made it all so clear) and it was connected to their own actions. Such a consciousness-changing realization prompted a new awareness: the American dream of unlimited scientific progress, new technology, and economic expansion had wrought some unforeseen and nightmarish side effects. Utilizing rare archival footage and nine witnesses to the events--from astronauts to government officials to eco-feminists--director Robert Stone (Neverland: The Rise and Fall of the Symbionese Liberation Army, FFF 2004 Grand Jury Award - Best Doc Feature) has crafted a powerful and mesmerizing document of a transformative moment in our planet's history. Preceded by
OUT OF PRINT
USA, 2008, 4 Min
Directed by
DANNY PLOTNICK
Southeast Premiere
How did we discover cool cultural media before the web? We worked for it.
