Conservation

Eight Winning Short Films from One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest

Eight Winning Short Films from One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest

Monday, April 18, 5 p.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

The One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest will continue the celebration of award-winning student films via a virtual event to kick off Earth Week Mini Film Fest. See eight short, student films from among 13 honorable mention/notable winners.

Topics range from conserving the last frontier of Alaska, to reducing ocean waste, to disconnecting from electronics and re-connecting with the nature. Founding Director Sue Crothers will facilitate a short Q&A with each filmmaker after their film screens.

Monty & Rose 2

Monty & Rose 2

Bob Dolgan/2021/53 min/Wildlife, Conservation

Wednesday, April 20, 6:30 p.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

FILM DESCRIPTION: "Monty and Rose 2" tells the story of a pair of endangered piping plovers attempting to nest on a busy beach in Chicago. They became the first piping plovers, since 1948, to successfully nest within the city limits of Chicago. The documentary chronicles these unique birds and an unpredictable series of events, including a proposed music festival that propelled them to national headlines.

The Ground Between Us

The Ground Between Us

Galen Knowles and Zeppelin Zeerip/2020/60min/Conservation

Thursday, April 21, 6:30 p.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

Thursday, April 21, 6 p.m. CDT
In Person at Dominican University
River Forest

FILM DESCRIPTION: Since 2017 Americans from both sides of the political spectrum have protested the shrinking of Bears Ears National Monument, oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the near privatization of Elliott State Forest in Oregon. The Ground Between Us presents these public lands debates alongside the day-to-day realities of three families who hold vastly different connections and perspectives on public lands. In a divided America, The Ground Between Us shows that public lands can be a uniting factor.