Earth Day Action Fair + In our Nature

Earth Day Action Fair + In our Nature

Synopsis: In Our Nature explores how environmental education - and the people who teach with it - can help heal some of our most pressing social, emotional, and political divides. Through stories of resilience and reconnection, the film reveals why nature belongs at the heart of what it means to be truly educated.

Chasing Time + Planetwalker Double Feature

Chasing Time + Planetwalker Double Feature

Planetwalker Synopsis: After witnessing a devastating oil spill, a man takes a vow of silence and gives up motorized transport, embarking on a 17-year journey across the US to raise awareness about environmental issues, armed only with a banjo and his principles.

Chasing Time Synopsis: Chasing Time follows photographer James Balog concluding his 15-year Extreme Ice Survey, blending breathtaking imagery of melting glaciers with a personal meditation on mortality and, mentorship.

Drowned Land

Drowned Land

Synopsis: Drowned Land (2025) is a documentary directed by Choctaw filmmaker Colleen Thurston that follows Indigenous water protectors fighting to save the ecologically diverse Kiamichi River in Oklahoma. The film highlights the struggle against, and the cycle of, displacement and environmental exploitation, featuring stories of local advocacy to preserve a vital community lifeline.

15th Season Opening Screening Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope & Post-Film Opening Reception

15th Season Opening Screening Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope & Post-Film Opening Reception

Earth Day, Wednesday 4/22/2026
Film Row Cinema 8th Floor: 1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, 6-9PM
$80 per ticket/ two for $150
Accessibility Note: A live captioner and ASL interpreter will be present during this event.