Jared P. Scott/2019/92 min/Climate Change, Health, Social Justice, People & Cultures
FILM DESCRIPTION: Take an epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall—an ambitious vision to grow an 8,000km "Wall" of trees stretching across the entire width of the continent to restore land and provide a future for millions of people. Traversing Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger and Ethiopia, Malian musician and activist, Inna Modja follows the burgeoning Great Green Wall through Africa’s Sahel region—one of the most vulnerable places on earth (temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster than the global average)—laying bare the acute consequences of accelerating climate change the Wall aims to counteract: drought, resource scarcity, radicalization, conflict and migration. By Executive Producer Fernando Meirelles (Academy Award and Golden Globe Nominated Director of City of God and the Constant Gardener).
Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Central Standard Time
Tickets available to U.S. viewers only.
After the screening, stay connected to discuss the film with:
Facilitator Doug Dixon, Principal, Sales Performance Solutions and Neighbor, OUR Community
Panelists:
Hamzat Lawal, CEO Connected Development and Founder, Follow The Money
Aliou Touré, Musician, Songoy Blues (Mali); appears in the film, "The Great Green Wall"
Lydia Scott, Director-Chicago Region Trees Initiative, The Morton Arboretum