Children's Films (3 to 6+)

Children's Films (3 to 6+)

Saturday, March 4, 10 a.m. CST
In Person, Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park
, IL [W Suburbs]

Saturday, March 4, 10 a.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

We welcome our youngest environmentalists to join us for four award-winning short films, engaging discussions, and an interactive Weather Jam! At-home Watch Party attendees, bring some fun handheld instruments or noisemakers to the virtual screening, to join us as we jam.

CLOUD CHAOS
Athena Ousley/2021/2 min/Wildlife, Family

COOL FOR YOU
Sherene Strausberg/2022/3 min/Climate Change, Family

HUSH HUSH LITTLE BEAR [Čuči čuči]
Māra Liniņa/2022/4 min/Wildlife,Family

SWEET COCOON
Matéo Bernard, Matthias Bruget, Jonathan Duret, Manon Marco, Quentin Puiraveau/2014/6 min/Wildlife, Family

Tickets available to North American viewers only.

Children's Films (7 to 12+)

Children's Films (7 to 12+)

Saturday, March 4, 10:45 a.m. CST
In Person, Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park , IL
[W Suburbs]

Saturday, March 4, 10:45 a.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

Young environmentalists, join us for three award-winning short films and discussion, where we'll get loud about our planet! We'll also settle in to contemplate and celebrate the power of creativity, art, and nature.

BIRTH OF FORM [Kuumba Umbo]
Ekaterina Ogorodnikova/2021/7 min/People & Culture, Wildlife, Historical Perspectives, Family

CRACKED
Mahmut Taş/2021/5 min/Water, Climate Change, Family

HARGILA
Gerrit Vyn/2022/28min/Wildlife, Conservation, People & Culture, Environmental Advocacy, Family

The Falconer + Mardi & The Whites

The Falconer + Mardi & The Whites

Friday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, North Park Village
Nature Center, Chicago , IL
[North]

Friday, March 10, 6:30 p.m.
In Person, Windsor Park Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
[South]

Friday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, Euclid Ave. United
Methodist Church, Oak Park
[W Suburbs]

Friday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, Four Rivers Environmental
Education Ctr., Channahon
[Will County]

Friday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

THE FALCONER

Annie Kaempfer/2021/75 min/Wildlife, Conservation, Environmental & Social Justice, Youth

FILM DESCRIPTION: This intimate portrait film follows master falconer Rodney Stotts on his mission to build a bird sanctuary and provide access to nature for his stressed community.

MARDI & THE WHITES

Paula Champagne/2022/11 min/Wildlife, Conservation, People & Culture, Youth

FILM DESCRIPTION: Mardi Fuller has a rich relationship with nature that has evolved and deepened throughout her life.

No Climate. No Equity. No Deal. + Wasteland: Iowa

No Climate. No Equity. No Deal. + Wasteland: Iowa

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, Southeast Environmental
Task Force, Chicago, IL
[South]

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, McKinley Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL
[South]

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL
[W Suburbs]

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

NO CLIMATE. NO EQUITY. NO DEAL.

Fenell Doremus, Danny Alpert/2022/21 min/Environmental & Social Justice, Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Advocacy

FILM DESCRIPTION: This film follows the grassroots movements in Illinois that led to the passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. 

WASTELAND: IOWA

Elisa Gambino/2022/28 min/Environmental & Social Justice, Health & Environment, Environmental Advocacy, Food & Agriculture

FILM DESCRIPTION: For more than 150 years farmers in Iowa have been raising corn & pigs and the people of Iowa have been drinking untreated water from rivers polluted with nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides and livestock excrement.

Powerlands

Powerlands

Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso/2022/77 min/Energy, Environmental & Social Justice, People & Culture, Historical Perspectives

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
VIEW & BREW

Wednesday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.
In Person, Pilot Project Brewing
Chicago, IL
[North]
$25 Admission

Wednesday, March 8, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park
, IL [W Suburbs]

Wednesday, March 8, 6:30 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents.

Tickets available to North American viewers only.

To the End

To the End

Rachel Lears/2022/106 min/Environmental Advocacy, Climate Change, Youth

VIEW & BREW
Sunday, March 12, 11 a.m. CDT
In Person, Tavern at Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL
[West]
$25 Admission

Sunday, March 12, 11 a.m. CDT
In Person, The Well Spirituality Center
LaGrange Park, IL
[W Suburbs]

Sunday, March 12, 11 a.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

FILM DESCRIPTION: Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, “To the End” captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The award-winning team follows four exceptional young women— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright, and political strategist Alexandra Rojas—as they grapple with new challenges of leadership and power and work together to defend their generation’s right to a future.