Food

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The Ants & the Grasshopper

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The Ants & the Grasshopper

Raj Patel and Zak Piper/2021/74 min/Climate Change, Environmental & Social Justice, Sustainable Food-Agriculture

Wednesday, March 9, 6:30 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

Wednesday, March 9, 6 p.m. CST [West]
In Person, Chicago Public Library, Austin Branch

FILM DESCRIPTION: Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to America, she meets climate skeptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions shaping the US, from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, to the thinking that allows Americans to believe they live on a different planet from everyone else. It will take all her skill to help Americans free themselves from a logic that is destroying the Earth.

Tickets available to U.S. viewers only.

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Girls for Future

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Girls for Future

Irja von Bernstorff/2021/88 min/Environmental Advocacy, Environmental & Social Justice, Health, Sustainable Food-Agriculture, Waste, Water

Sunday, March 13, 11 a.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

Sunday, March 13, 10:30 a.m. CDT
In Person, Institute of Cultural Affairs, Chicago [North]

FILM DESCRIPTION: Girls for Future follows four girls from Senegal, Indonesia, Australia and India who fight for a better future. Between the ages of 11 and 14, they are all directly affected by the consequences of environmental destruction. In the film, we see the global water crisis as it is playing out in Senegal. A visit to the girl from Indonesia highlights plastic waste pollution. A segment on the girl from India reveals the effects of the agricultural crisis. Finally, the Australian girl reveals the fatal destruction found within oceans and on land due to climate change.

Recommended for middle school+ general audiences.

Tickets available globally except to viewers in Germany, Switzerland, France and Austria.

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Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World

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Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World

Costa Boutsikaris and Anna Palmer/2020/76 min/Health, Sustainable Food-Agriculture, Historical Perspectives

Saturday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

Saturday, March 12, 6 p.m. CST
In Person, First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, Chicago [Central]

FILM DESCRIPTION: Inhabitants follows five Native American Tribes as they restore their relationships to the land using ancient practices that nurture life. For millennia Native Americans stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain traditional land management practices. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains and prairies, Native communities are restoring their ancient relationships with the land. As the climate crisis escalates, these time-tested practices of North America's original inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.

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The Pollinators

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The Pollinators

Peter Nelson/2019/92 min/Sustainable Food-Agriculture, Conservation, Wildlife

Sunday, March 6, 11 a.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

Sunday, March 6, 10 a.m. CST [Central]
In Person, Navy Pier, Peoples Energy Welcome Pavilion

FILM DESCRIPTION: Honey bee colonies are dying at extraordinary rates. Close to half of the bee colonies in the United States are collapsing every year. The Pollinators takes us on a cinematic journey across the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we eat. Hear farmers, scientists, chefs, economists and academics explain the threats to honey bees and what it means to our food security.

Tickets available to U.S. viewers only.