Wildlife

Extinction: The Facts

Extinction: The Facts

Serena Davies/2020/58 min/Wildlife, Climate Change, Health

Sunday, March 13, 6:30 p.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

FILM DESCRIPTION: English broadcaster and historian, Sir David Attenborough, has encountered some of the world's most extraordinary animals and plants. But many of these wonders may now be destined to disappear from our planet forever. With 1 million species at risk of extinction, the huge variety of life on earth, known as biodiversity, is being lost at a rate never seen before in human history. This is a crisis not just for the natural world but for every one of us. This mass extinction threatens our food and water security, undermines our ability to control our climate and even puts us at greater risk for more pandemics.

Tickets available to U.S. viewers only.

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Octopus: Making Contact

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Octopus: Making Contact

Anna Fitch/2019/53 min/Wildlife, Conservation, Water

Sunday, March 6, 3 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

Sunday, March 6, 2 p.m. CST
In Person, Urban Village Church-West, River Forest [W Suburbs]

FILM DESCRIPTION: The octopus may be the closest we get to meeting an alien. They evolved from a common cousin more than 500 million years ago and have proven themselves as intelligent creatures with problem-solving abilities. So what happens when you invite an eight-legged alien into your living room? This documentary follows marine biologist David Scheel as he tracks his evolving relationship with an octopus.

Recommended for ages 8+ general audiences.

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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.

Understory: A Journey Through the Tongass

Understory: A Journey Through the Tongass

Margarida Cardoso/2021/40 min/Conservation, Wildlife, Health

Saturday, March 12, 11 a.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

FILM DESCRIPTION: Understory follows three women who set sail on a 350 mile expedition through Alaska’s massive Tongass National Forest. With individual connections to the rainforest, their goal is to explore how clearcut logging in this coastal rainforest could affect local communities and our planet’s climate while taking audiences on a journey through the beautiful, wild Tongass.

Will screen with Here We Stand.