Conservation

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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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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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The Map to Paradise

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The Map to Paradise

Danielle Ryan and James Sherwood /2018/95 min/Water, Climate Change, Conservation

Wednesday, March 11, 5:30 p.m. [Central]
Reception at 5:30 p.m., Film at 6:30 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago

FILM DESCRIPTION: From Executive Producer Martin Sheen, “The Map to Paradise” is an adventure-filled and spectacularly gorgeous tale about the birth of the global movement to protect the sea. From underwater worlds of ice to glistening coral sanctuaries, discover what it takes to build a movement and to create positive change. Filmed across six continents, we meet a prince, a president, a pirate, and also an island chief — among others — who are all playing a role in the quest to save the planet.

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Racing Extinction

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Racing Extinction

Louie Psihoyos/2015/90 min/Climate Change, Wildlife, Conservation, Water

POSTPONED
Thursday, March 12, 6 p.m. [Central]
Harold Washington Library Center
Chicago Public Library

FILM DESCRIPTION: We are in the midst of the 6th mass extinction. In “Racing Extinction,” a team of artists and activists exposes the hidden world of extinction with never-before-seen images that will change the way we see the planet. Two worlds drive extinction across the globe, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. The international wildlife trade creates bogus markets at the expense of creatures that have survived on this planet for millions of years. And the other surrounds us, hiding in plain sight — a world that the oil and gas companies don’t want the rest of us to see.

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Tribes on the Edge

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Tribes on the Edge

Céline Cousteau/2019/78 min/People & Culture, Conservation

VIRTUAL
Thursday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. [North]
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: The Vale do Javari is the second largest Indigenous territory in Brazil and is home to 5,000 Indigenous peoples from 6 tribes as well as the largest population of people living without any contact with the outside world in the entire Amazon, and some say the world. Though the Javari has been designated for the tribes living there, there is looming pressure to increase harmful resource extraction which in other parts of the Amazon has led to environmental degradation. With Hepatitis rates as high as 50-80%, this preventable infectious disease brought in by outsiders is decimating the population and threatening their very survival.

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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.