Virtual Screenings For March + More

One Earth Film Festival, scheduled for March 6 to 15, made the decision on March 12 not to host any more in-person screening events to prevent potential spread of the coronavirus at this time.

But there is good news! Three films are available to view this weekend only, one as a live virtual event on Saturday, March 14, and two as recordings from March 12. See below. The remaining Film Fest screenings have been postponed.

Monty and Rose

RECORDED VIRTUAL EVENT FOR ONLINE VIEWING March 14 and 15 only

FILM DESCRIPTION: "Monty and Rose" tells the story of a pair of endangered piping plovers that successfully nested at Chicago's Montrose Beach in the summer of 2019, the first of the species to nest in Chicago in 64 years. The film chronicles these special birds and an unpredictable series of events including a proposed music festival that propelled the birds to national headlines. "Monty and Rose" features interviews with an array of key players in the story, including biologists, birders,volunteers and the advocates who spoke out when the music festival was proposed.

Tribes on the Edge

RECORDED VIRTUAL EVENT FOR ONLINE VIEWING March 14 and 15 only

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.

Hike the Divide

RECORDED VIRTUAL EVENT FOR ONLINE VIEWING March 14 and 15 only

FILM DESCRIPTION: “Hike the Divide” follows jaded millennial Connor DeVane 2,700 miles from Canada to Mexico on the Continental Divide Trail as he seeks hope in the face of climate breakdown. The film, structured around a physical journey through environments both harsh and breathtakingly beautiful, shares the stories of the community activists and problem solvers Connor meets, marking a trail from apathy and resignation to hope and engagement.