Advocacy

Before the Flood

Before the Flood

Fisher Stevens/2016/93 min/Climate Change

Sunday, March 5, 12:30 p.m. [South][VR]
St. Benedict the African-East, Chicago

Saturday, March 11, 6:30 p.m. [Lake Cnty]
College of Lake County, Grayslake

ENGLISH SOUNDTRACK WITH SPANISH SUBTITLES: If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. He goes on expeditions with scientists uncovering the reality of climate change and meets with political leaders fighting against inaction.

Family Films for Ages 9-13+

Family Films for Ages 9-13+

Saturday, March 4, 10:30 a.m. [W Suburbs]
Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park

Join us for a screening of Stories of Trust: California and Stories of Trust: Arizona, featuring remarkable plaintiffs from the first-ever landmark US climate youth lawsuit. Families and youth will learn about opportunities for connecting with local nature through Go Green Oak Park, The Frog Lady (who will bring her reptile friends), the Park District of Oak Park/Austin Gardens Nature Center, and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County's Trailside Museum. An optional game called Scorpion Touch will be on offer. Light refreshments will be served.

The Good Mind

The Good Mind

Gwendolen Cates/2016/66 min/Social Justice

Saturday, March 4, 3 p.m. [South]
U. of Chicago, Ida Noyes Hall, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: The Onondaga Nation in central New York State is the Central Fire of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). This sovereign indigenous government, which follows the Great Law of Peace, inspired American democracy. The Onondagas advocate for the environment and share prophecies about climate change, while engaged in a battle with the state over ancestral lands stolen in defiance of a treaty with George Washington. 

Years of Living Dangerously: A Race Against Time

Years of Living Dangerously: A Race Against Time

David Gelber, Joel Bach and more/2016/50 min/Energy

Saturday, March 11, 12 p.m. [West]
Loretto Hospital, Chicago

Saturday, March 11, 3 p.m. [South][VR]
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: David Letterman travels to India for the first time to find out what the world’s soon-to-be most populous country is going to do to expand its inadequate energy grid. “Saturday Night Live” cast member Cecily Strong travels to Florida and Nevada to investigate what’s blocking the growth of solar energy in the U.S.

Years of Living Dangerously: Uprising

Years of Living Dangerously: Uprising

David Gelber, Joel Bach and more/2016/50 min/Energy

Sunday, March 5, 5 p.m. [Lake County]
Christ Episcopal Church, Waukegan

FILM DESCRIPTION: America Ferrera journeys to Waukegan, Illinois, where tension has developed over an active coal plant between those who suffer from health effects and those who depend on it for their livelihood. Sigourney Weaver explores China’s explosive economic growth and the impact it is having on the environment, not only locally but on a massive global scale.