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Ay Mariposa

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Ay Mariposa

Krista Schyler/2019/57 min/Wildlife, Conservation , Environmental & Social Justice

Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m. [Lake County]
Waukegan Library, Waukegan

Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 p.m. [West]
Universidad Popular, Chicago

POSTPONED
Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m. [W Suburbs]
Triton College, River Grove
This film will screen with “Biomimicry.”

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: “Ay Mariposa” tells a story of three characters in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas whose lives are upended by plans to build a US-Mexico border wall. Meanwhile the butterfly, la mariposa, fights its own daily battle for survival in a landscape where more than 95 percent of its habitat is long gone and much of what remains lies directly in the path of the wall.

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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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Festival Wrap Party

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Festival Wrap Party

POSTPONED
Sunday, March 15, 4 p.m.
The Hatchery Chicago
135 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago

It’s a wrap! We’ve marveled at the beauty and power of nature, discovered actions that can reverse climate change, and perhaps made a new friend or two. Now it’s time to use “The Power of We” to reflect on and celebrate the closing of One Earth's Day of Earth Action, as well as the conclusion of our 9th season.

Visit with action partners offering more opportunities to up your climate action game and dive deeper into the issues. Enjoy a brief program including a short, award-winning selection from our Young Filmmakers Contest. Plus -- mix, mingle and dance to the sounds of DJ Taz -- while enjoying soup, bread, beer and wine, as well as non-alcoholic beverages.

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UseLess: A Documentary on Food & Fashion Waste

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UseLess: A Documentary on Food & Fashion Waste

Rakel Garðarsdóttir & Ágústa M. Ólafsdóttir/2018/55 min/Environmental & Social Justice, People & Culture, Waste & Recycling , Sustainable Food & Agriculture, Conservation

Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m. [North]
Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge
Admission $8

POSTPONED
Saturday, March 14, 11 a.m. [West]
Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: In the documentary "UseLess," the filmmakers try to find out why food and fashion waste has become a pressing social and environmental problem, and what we can do to change it. The documentary is seen through the eyes of a young Icelandic mother who is trying to understand the issues and change her ways. Interviews with experts, designers, activists, and producers shed light on the problem as well as offer many solutions to the audience.