Waste

Death by Design

Death by Design

Sue Williams/2016/74 min/Waste

Wednesday, March 8, 7 p.m. [North]
Northwestern University, Evanston

Thursday, March 9, 7 p.m. [Dupage County]
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn

FILM DESCRIPTION: In an investigation that spans the globe, filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry and reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs. Death by Design tells a story of environmental degradation, of health tragedies, and the fast approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability.

Dive!

Dive!

Jeremy Seifert/2009/53 min/Waste

SOLD OUT!
VIEW AND BREW [Downtown]
Sunday, March 12, 12:30 p.m.
Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: Inspired by a curiosity about our country's careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles' supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food - resulting in an inspiring documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action. 

Minimalism: A Documentary About Important Things

Minimalism: A Documentary About Important Things

Matt D'Avella/2016/79 min/Waste

Tuesday, February 21, 7 p.m. [North]
Loyola University, Damen Student Center, Chicago

SOLD OUT!
Saturday, March 4, 7 p.m. [W Suburbs]
Good Earth Greenhouse, River Forest

FILM DESCRIPTION: How might your life be better with less? Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life—families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker—all of whom are striving to live a meaningful life with less

A Plastic Ocean

A Plastic Ocean

Craig Leeson/2016/100 min/Waste

Friday, March 10, 6:30 p.m.
[Lake County][VR]
College of Lake County, Grayslake

SOLD OUT!
Saturday, March 11, 3 p.m. [Downtown]
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: In the center of the Pacific Ocean gyre our researchers found more plastic than plankton. A Plastic Ocean documents the newest science, proving how plastics, once they enter the oceans, break up into small particulates that enter the food chain where they attract toxins like a magnet. These toxins are stored in seafood’s fatty tissues, and eventually consumed by us.