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The Biggest Little Farm

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The Biggest Little Farm

John Chester/2018/91 min/Sustainable Food & Agriculture, Environmental Advocacy, People & Culture

Sunday, March 8, 5 p.m. [Central]
Cruz Blanca Brewery & Taqueria, Chicago
View & Brew

POSTPONED
Friday, March 13, 6:30 p.m. [W Suburbs]
Good Earth Greenhouse, River Forest

FILM DESCRIPTION: “The Biggest Little Farm” chronicles the 8-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chesters unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imaginations. Featuring breathtaking cinematography, captivating animals, and an urgent message to heed Mother Nature’s call, “The Biggest Little Farm” provides us all a vital blueprint for better living and a healthier planet.

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Chiwetel Ejiofor/2019/113 min/Energy, Environmental & Social Justice, People & Culture

Sunday, March 8, 11 a.m. [South]
St Benedict the African Parish, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: Against all the odds, a 13-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine. “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is based on the best selling book and true story of William Kamkwamba. Directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and introducing Maxwell Simba.

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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Judith Helfand/2018/75 min/Historical Perspectives, Social Justice, Climate Change

Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m. [West]
Chicago Public Library, Austin Branch

Sunday, March 8, 2 p.m. [South]
Windsor Park Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago

Sunday, March 8, 2 p.m. [Lake County]
St. Joseph Church, Libertyville

Sunday, March 8, 2:30 p.m. [Central]
Old St. Patrick's Church, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents – mostly elderly and black – died over the course of one week. As “Cooked” links the heat wave’s devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deeply into one of our nation’s biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness.

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Epic Yellowstone: Return of the Predators

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Epic Yellowstone: Return of the Predators

Director/2019/53 min/Wildlife, Conservation, Family

Sunday, March 8, 12 p.m. [North]
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: For decades, Yellowstone National Park's ecosystem was out of balance. Its wolves had vanished, and its grizzly bears were pushed to the edge of extinction. Now, through conservation efforts and one of the most ambitious restoration projects in history, the carnivores have returned in record numbers. Host Bill Pullman gives you an up-close look into nature's dramas over the course of a year.

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Right to Harm

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Right to Harm

Annie Speicher & Matt Wechsler/2019/75 min/Sustainable Food & Agriculture, Health & the Environment , Environmental & Social Justice, Water

Sunday, March 8, 2:30 p.m. [South]
Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

Monday, March 9, 6:30 p.m. [Central]
Northwestern University, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: Through the riveting stories of five American communities, “Right to Harm” exposes the devastating public health impact that factory farming has on many of our country's most disadvantaged citizens. Known formally as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—or CAFOs—these facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated waste that destroy the quality of life for nearby neighbors. Fed up with the lack of regulation, these citizens-turned-activists band together from across the country to demand justice.

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Seasons of Change on Henry's Farm

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Seasons of Change on Henry's Farm

Ines Sommer/2019/83 min/Food & Agriculture, Climate Change

Sunday, March 8, 1 p.m. [Dupage County]
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst

CANCELED BY PATAGONIA
Thursday, March 12, 5:30 p.m. [Central]
Reception 5:30 p.m., Film 6:30 p.m.
Patagonia Chicago, Magnificent Mile
Admission $20
View & Brew

FILM DESCRIPTION: For a quarter-century, Henry Brockman has worked alongside nature to grow delicious organic vegetables on his idyllic Midwestern farm. But farming takes a toll on his aging body and Henry dreams of scaling back. While his former apprentices run the farm, Henry spends a “fallow year” with his wife Hiroko in Japan. But things don’t turn out as planned, and Henry must grapple with the future of farming in a changing climate on personal, generational, and global levels.