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2011
Green Living Series
Future Films February 2012: Patagonia Rising March 2012: Seeking The Current Past Films Crude: The Real price of Oil |
The Green Living Series is a monthly film screening organized and presented by Green Concord and in collaboration with our local independent Red River Theatres. The screenings and post-film panel discussions (on select nights) are a chance to learn and discuss various environmental and social issues along side local specialists and fellow community members. The screenings are typically presented the second weekend of each month, Friday through Monday. Having a room filled with passionate individuals engaging in constructive dialogues is why Green Concord originated the film series. We intend to continue educating and organizing the community on these important issues through a variety of events, the film series being one of those means. If you miss a film, we urge you to consider going by Bona Fide Green Goods, to borrow the films for FREE. Green Concord is a volunteer based organization, so any additional support we can rally from the community helps reinforce our efforts to improve overall awareness and understanding. Please let us know if you would like to help organize, sponsor or have film ideas for future Green Living Series film screenings. Scroll down to view descriptions of all films or click a link to view information about specific film. |
FUTURE FILMS
January 2012: Greenhorns
The Greenhorns documentary film, completed after almost 3 years in production, explores the lives of America's young farming community - its spirit, practices, and needs. It is the filmmaker's hope that by broadcasting the stories and voices of these young farmers, we can build the case for those considering a career in agriculture - to embolden them, to entice them, and to recruit them into farming.
Panelists:
Suzanne Brown, New Hampshire Institute for Agriculture and Forestry
Like Mahoney, Brookford Farm
Sponsor:
February 2012: Patagonia Rising
Deep in the heart of Patagonia, Chile flow two of the world’s purest rivers, the Baker and Pascua. Fed by vast glacial systems, these free-flowing watersheds drive biodiversity in temperate rainforests, estuaries and marine ecosystems. They are also the life source for Patagonia’s most tenacious residents. Gauchos, the iconic South American cowboys, endure relentless winds and long winters on remote ranches in these river valleys.
Isolated and largely undeveloped Patagonia and its people are caught in a heated conflict surrounding a proposal to build five large hydroelectric dams on the Baker and Pascua Rivers. Promoted as “clean” energy, the project’s cultural and environmental impacts would forever alter the region. Alternatives exist. Clean energy experts are proving the viability of solar, wind and geothermal resources developed much closer to demand and infrastructure.
Over the past century more than 45,000 large dams have redefined the course and health of the planet’s rivers with disastrous impacts that continue to unfold. Tracing the hydrologic cycle of the Baker from ice to ocean, Patagonia Rising brings voice to the frontier people caught in the crossfire of Chile’s energy demands. Juxtaposing the pro-dam business sector with renewable energy experts, the documentary brings awareness and solutions to this global conflict over water and power.
Panelists:
Sponsor:
Globla Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A)
March 2012: Seeking The Current
Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere canoe the entire 500 km course of the pristine Romaine River before Hydro-Québec begins construction of four hydroelectric plants. In parallel, accompanied by Roy Dupuis, one of the most renown Canadian actor, they explore the various renewable green energies and their profitability by interviewing experts across Québec.
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Sponsor:
PAST FILMS
December 2011: Revenge of The Electric Car
Revenge of the Electric Car presents the recent resurgence of electric vehicles as seen through the eyes of four pioneers of the EV revolution. Director Chris Paine (Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006) has had unprecedented access to the electric car research and development programs at General Motors, Nissan, and Tesla Motors, while also following a part time electric car converter who refuses to wait for the international car makers to create the electric cars the public demands. As more models of electric cars than ever before start to arrive in showrooms and driveways across the world, Chris Paine's film offers an inspiring, entertaining and definitive account of this revolutionary moment in human transportation.
Panelists:
Randy Bryan: ConVerdant Vehicles
Sponsor:
October 2011: The Last Mountain
In the valleys of Appalachia, a battle is being fought over a mountain. It is a battle with severe consequences that affect every American, regardless of their social status, economic background or where they live. It is a battle that has taken many lives and continues to do so the longer it is waged. It is a battle over protecting our health and environment from the destructive power of Big Coal.
The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America’s struggle to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. Nowhere is that concern greater than in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where a small but passionate group of ordinary citizens are trying to stop Big Coal corporations, like Massey Energy, from continuing the devastating practice of Mountain Top Removal.
Be sure to mark your calanders for October 1st, 2011 for the Annual Green Building Open House Tour presented by NHSEA and Sustainable Energy Associations across the country.
Panelists:
Eric Grunebaum, Producer of The Last Mountain
Mike O'Meara, NH Sustainable Energy Association
Jim Reubens, Former GOP State Senator and Consultant for Union of Concerned Scientists
Christophe Courchesne, Conservation Law Foundation
Brownie Carson, Past-Executive Director of Natural Resources Council of Maine
Sponsor:
New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association
September 2011: Forks Over Knives
Documentary filmmaker Lee Fulkerson explores the possibility that so-called "diseases of affluence," such as heart disease, can be reversed by simply adjusting our diets to include less processed and animal-based foods. Back in the 1960s, Cornell University nutritional scientist Dr. T. Colin Campbell was working to find a way to feed the citizens of impoverished Third World nations when a trip to the Philippines forever changed the way he thought about food consumption.
The film and discussion panels will help the Capital Area Wellness Coalition launch their community initiatives, including the Wellness Summit on September 30th, being held at Red River Theatres.
There will be two showings with a post-film discussion: Friday, September 9 at 7 pm, and Monday, September 12 at 5:30 pm
Friday Panelists:
Cynthia Scrimshaw, Awakening Connections
Gita Patel, Feeding Health
Monday Panelists:
Shawn LaFrance, Foundation for Healthy Communities
Johane Telgener, Concord Hospital - Center for Health Promotion
Sponsor:
Capital Area Wellness Coalition
July 2011: PRICELE$$
How much does it cost to run for a U.S. Senate seat? One million? Two? Four?! Only if you want to lose. It costs considerably more if you want to stand before the crowd, fingers held in a 'V' high above your head. The cost of running for office has grown so large that only a tiny sliver of Americans can donate anything significant, let alone run themselves.
Politicians must go to large donors such as the oil & gas industry, agrichemical companies, health insurers, and Wall Street...you know...the type of companies they're supposed to be regulating. Likened by one seasoned Senator to the ancient art of whoring, America's electoral system forces elected representatives, in both parties, to rely on special interests for their job security.
PRICELE$$ is a one-hour documentary journey from 4th of July revelry to America's croplands; from hopeful windfarms to our nation's capitol in search of some answers. Maybe even a solution. The colorful cast of characters will inform, move, and amuse you. You'll be privy to personal accounts of lives upended and hear how postal rates cause global warming. You'll learn the definition of "running clean" and discover the fate of two politicians who actually enjoyed fundraising. Even the third graders in our film know something has to change.
Panelist:
- Daniel Weeks, President of Americans for Campaign Reform
- Gary Hershberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farms
Sponsor:
- Americans for Campaign Reform
June 2011: Green Fire (Panel Discussion will be June 15th)
The first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold, Green Fire highlights Leopold’s extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. Leopold remains relevant today, inspiring projects all over the country that connect people and land.
Panelist:
- Peter Forbes, Co-Founder of the Center for Whole Communities
- Dick Ober, President, NH Charitable Foundation
- Sharon Olds, poet
Sponsor:
- Northwood Area Land Management Coalition
- The Leopold Foundation
- The Community Forest Collaborative &
- The Trust for Public Lands
- NH Project Learning Tree
- Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
- The Nature Conservancy
- New Hampshire Audubon
- The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
May 2011: Mother Nature's Child (Playing 13th-16th. Panel Discussion on 13th and 16th)
Mother Nature’s Child explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and development through the experience of toddlers, children in middle childhood and adolescents. The film marks a moment in time when a living generation can still recall childhoods of free play outdoors; this will not be true for most children growing up today. The effects of “nature deficit disorder” are now being noted across the country in epidemics of child obesity, attention disorders, and depression.
Panelist:
- Terry Johnson, director of Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) New Hampshire
- Mindy Beltramo, coordinator of "Growing Inside Out" at Peter Woodbury School, Bedford
- John Kanter, coordinator of the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program at NH Fish and Game Department
- Amy Yeakel, Education Program Director at Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
Sponsor:
- NH Children In Nature Coalition
- HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living)
April 2011: Queen of The Sun
From the director of The Real Dirt on Farmer John comes a profound, alternative look at the tragic global bee crisis. Juxtaposing the catastrophic disappearance of bees with the mysterious world of the beehive, Queen of the Sun weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world. Featuring Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva, Queen of the Sun reveals both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
Panelists:
- Michael Fairbrother, Owner of Moonlight Meadery
- Troy Hall, President of Kearsarge Beekeepers Association
- Bill Whyte, Owner of Badger Balm
- Evan Eshelman, European Bee Farming
Sponsor:
March 2011: Living Downstream
Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living Downstream is an eloquent and cinematic documentary film. This poetic film follows Sandra during one pivotal year as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. Sandra is not the only one who is on a journey—the chemicals against which she is fighting are also on the move. We follow these invisible toxins as they migrate to some of the most beautiful places in North America. We see how these chemicals enter our bodies and how, once inside, scientists believe they may be working to cause cancer. At once Sandra’s personal journey and her scientific exploration, Living Downstream is a powerful reminder of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the health of our air, land, and water.
Panelists:
- Ellen Fine, LEAH Collective Advocacy Group
- Dr. Karla Armenti, Professor in the Master of Public Health at UNH
- Kary Jencks, Planned Parenthood, Policy Director
- Dr. Jaclyn Chasse, Northeast Center for Holistic Medicine
Sponsor:
- Planned Parenthood
February 2011: D Acres Permaculture
Video documenting the practical applications of Permaculture currently utilized at D Acres Organic Permaculture Farm & SustainAbility Center, Shot over the course of four seasons, renewable energy, food preservation, animal husbandry, forest gardening, no-till agricuture, compost toilets, root cellars and greenhouses are highlighted. Josh Trought, producer and director at D Acres will be on hand for Q&A following the viewing.
Movie will be proceeded by an official Concord Green Drinks gathering at Red River's Indie Cafe from 6-7pm.
Panelists:
- Josh Trought, D Acres
- Steve Whitman, PSU and Low Energy Future
- Dorn Cox, New England Famers Union
Sponsor:
- D Acres
January 2011: Down The Mighty River
Down the Mighty River is a 6-part documentary series about the Rupert River on the last summer before it's diverted for a hydroelectric project. Cree native Ernest Webb takes us on a final journey down the river, exploring the impact of this megaproject on the people and environment of the north.
Panelists:
- Alex Lee, Project Laundry List
- Tom Irwin, Conservation Law Foundation
Sponsor:
- Project Laundry List
November 2010: (Playing November 12th-15th. Community Art Project on Friday the 12th)
WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. His collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.
Panelists: Liz Van Saun, Kast Hill Studio
Sponsor: N/A
October 2010
Gasland is a documentary feature, directed by Josh Fox, about his journeys across America to examine the negative impacts of natural gas drilling, from poisoned water sources to kitchen sinks that burst into flame to unhealthy animals and people. Is natural gas a viable alternative to our dwindling energy resources, or do the potential harmful effects outweigh the positives? Fox's film raises these and many more fascinating questions.
Panelists:
- Jonathan Peress - CLF, Director of Clean Energy and Climate Program
- David Wunsch - DES, State Geologist
- Jessica O'Hare - Environment NH, Program Associate
Sponsors:
- Real Green Goods
September 2010
An unsentimental elegy to the American West, “Sweetgrass” follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana’s breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed.
August 2010
Garbage Warrior is the story about renegade architect Michael Reynolds. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of "Earthship Biotecture" by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony. However, these experimental structures that defy state standards create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities, who are backed by big business. Frustrated by antiquated legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site. While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.
Panelists:
- Paul Leveille, Jordan Institute
- Craig Cadieux, PAREI
- Nicoli Calabro, Berard Martel Architecture, Inc.
Sponsors:
- New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association
July 2010
Blue Gold: World Water Wars is about how the rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry has increased the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth. Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.
The film follows numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools.
Panelists:
Sponsors:
June 2010
The Real Price of Oil is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial environmental lawsuits on the planet. In 2001, citizens in Ecuador claimed that Chevron-Texaco spent three decades systematically contaminating one of the most bio-diverse regions on Earth, poisoning the water, air and land. The indigenous people have been affected physically, mentally and economically and in the aftermath have been working towards justice.
Panelists:
- Jim Gamble, Owner, GES Solar Store
- Jerry Branch, Oil Industry Geologist for 25 years
- Catherine Corkery, NH Sierra Club Director
Sponsors:
- GES Solar Store
May 2010
Numen: The Nature of Plants primary objective is to bring the same awareness to medicine and the medical industry that the organic food movement has brought to food and the food industry. The film presents a sobering view of conventional healthcare. It offers stories about how individuals have improved their own health and well-being and provides concrete steps for viewers to do so as well. More broadly, the film encourages viewers to think deeply about the sources of their medicine and how their healthcare choices affect themselves and the larger web of life.
Panelists:
- Maria Noel Groves: Wintergreen Botanicals, Clinical Herbalist
- Gale Saungha: Holistic and Integrated Manual Therapist
- Carolyn Kelley: Herbal Energetics/Injoy Organics, Founder, Formulator, Healer
- Mellisa Morrison: Dragonfly Botanicals, Master Therapist
Sponsors:
- NOFA NHHN
- Wintergreen Botanicals
- Warner River Organics
April 2010
Dirt! The Movie takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and under appreciated source of fertility--from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. Made from the same elements as the stars, plants and animals, and us, "dirt is very much alive." Though, in modern industrial pursuits and clamor for both profit and natural resources, our human connection to and respect for soil has been disrupted. "Drought, climate change, even war are all directly related to the way we are treating dirt."
Panelists:
Serita Frey - UNH Professor, Soil Microbial Ecology
Mike Lombard - Owner of Ideal Compost
Doug Williams - Biochar and Nutrient Dense specialist
Sponsors:
Local Harvest CSA
The Vegetable Ranch
March 2010
The Power of Community is about when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half - and food by 80 percent - people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people. They share how they transitioned from highly mechanized agriculture to using organic farming and urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis. The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis, is an example of options and hope.
Panelists:
Josh Arnold, G.A.L.A - Global Awareness Local Action
Claudia Altemus, Capital City Organic Gardeners
Jonathan Gregory, Green Concord/Real Green Goods
Sponsors:
Green Concord
February 2010
A Chemical Reaction is a documentary movie that tells the story of one of the most powerful and effective community initiatives in the history of North America. It started with one lone voice in 1984. Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist, noticed a connection between her patients' health conditions and their exposure to chemical pesticides and herbicides. With relentless persistence she brought her concerns to town meetings to warn her fellow citizens that the chemicals they were putting on their lawns posed severe health risks and had unknown side effects on the environment.
Panelists:
Suzanne Smith - NH Representative
Paul Tukey - Producer, Founder of Safe Lawns
Ellen Fine - Founder of LEAH Collective
Lauren Chase-Rowell - NOFA-NH, Board of Directors
Sponsors:
NOFA-NH
January 2010
Coal Country is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. We get to know working miners along with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia. We hear from miners and coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing power to the American people. Both sides in this conflict claim that history is on their side. Families have lived in the region for generations, and most have ancestors who worked in the mines. Everyone shares a deep love for the land, but MTR (Mountain Top Removal mining which has leveled over 500 Appalachian mountains) is tearing them apart. We need to understand the meaning behind promises of "cheap energy" and "clean coal." Are they achievable? At what cost? Are there alternatives to our energy future?
Panelists:
Arthur Cunningham, Lawyer
Tyra Allgrove, Activist
John Harbison
Catherine Corkery, NH Sierra Club
Sponsors:
NH Sierra Club
December 2009
The Cove discusses why our Oceans are a vital part of the Earth's biosphere. They control weather patterns, mediate temperature, and provide a large portion of our food source. The truth is, human lifestyle changes over the past century have negatively effected this ecosystem to a horrific degree and its not getting any better. The Cove, created by the Oceanic Preservation Society, OPS, searches out some of the biggest culprits of oceanic degradation, bringing worldwide attention to these issues. Don't be fooled, the Ocean's health and stability affects us all!
Panelists:
Doctor Barry Taylor, NH Animal Rights League
Michael Bender, Mercury Policy
Jonathan Gregory, from Green Concord
Sponsors:
NH Animal Rights League
Sponsors:
NH Sierra Club
November 2009
No Impact Man is a documentary film about a Fifth Avenue family who goes very green when writer Colin Beavan leads his wife, Michelle Conlin, and their baby daughter on a yearlong crusade to make a no net impact on the environment. Among their activities: eating only locally grown organic food, generating no trash except for compost and using no carbon-fueled transportation.
Panelists:
Josh Trought, D Acres
Jonathan Gregory, Real Green Goods
Jenna Bourne, Stonyfield
Gail Knowles, Timberland
Sponsors:
Gondwana Divine Clothing