Thousands of Pacific Dunlin birds spend the winter in
Boundary Bay, British Columbia. At the seasons peak,
numbers can reach up to 20,000 birds at a time and the
packs can be seen flocking in great numbers, while
continuously evading hungry falcons. Best Picture,
Victoria Seabird FF
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Join us as the largest environmental film festival in the United States returns to State College for its third year!
Thursday, September 22 at 7pm
The State Theatre
Tickets
are $14 adults; $12 students; $16 at the door
Purchase tickets online at www.thestatetheatre.org/purchase.php. Tickets are also sold in downtown State College at Appalachian Outdoors, 123 South Allen Street and at ClearWater Conservancy, 2555 North Atherton Street. For mail-order tickets, call ClearWater at 814.237.0400.
Download handbills or posters to print and post!
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival was conceived by a California watershed advocacy group (the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL)) in 2003 and has since flourished into the largest film festival of its kind in North America. In 2004, environmental groups started asking if they could bring the festival to their community, and gradually a touring version of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival developed. Five years later, the tour now visits over 90 communities nationwide. The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour aims to provide grassroots environmental organizations with a means for generating local activism.
www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org
Our 2011 Film Lineup
Eagle Among the Swarm
Follow a landscaper who shocks his neighbors by putting
in native landscaping. Discover a school district that
goes green. Meet a non-profit which puts gardens in the
city. The projects and approaches highlighted are very
low-tech, cheap, and beautiful, making a good argument
for kicking back and not raking the leaves or watering
the lawn.
Animals Save the Planet: Meercat Traffic
In a series of humorous, animated, short films animals
give us humans tips on how to live an eco-friendly
lifestyle. Produced for Animal Planet by Academy
Award-winning studio, Aardman Animations (Wallace &
Gromit; Chicken Run), Animals Save the Planet is a
funny, engaging series of six short clay animation films
(20 to 40-seconds in length) [...]
Produced for Sonoran Institute, Open Space examines the
loss of one of the West’s most valuable assets, open
space, which serves as a community’s agricultural base
and wildlife habitat. The film offers a new vision for
communities and landscapes in the American West.
Animals Save the Planet: Hippo & Elephant Shower
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Follow a plastic bag from supermarket to its final
migratory destination in the Pacific Ocean gyre. Jeremy
Irons narrates this mock nature documentary.
1% for the Planet is a growing global movement of
businesses financially committed to creating a healthy
planet. Here’s [a very tiny bit] of the story…
INTERMISSION
Cancer runs in Sandra Steingraber’s family: her mother,
aunts and uncles, and now her. But Sandra is adopted.
This unusual twist led Sandra to ask what else families
have in common besides their DNA. The answer is all
around us: our environment. Ecologist and cancer
survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. breaks the silence
about cancer and [...]
Animals Save the Planet: Polar Bear Insulation Overheat
Mike Kasic swims the Yellowstone River like a human-fish
through swift river canyons and scenic mountain views,
watching trout in fast currents filled with frothing
water tornadoes, stopping only to body surf river waves.
His message is simple: a river is more than its water;
what lies beneath is a wilderness that is often
overlooked, [...]
Hosted by Appalachian Outdoors to benefit Clearwater Conservancy
Thank you
to all the local supporters of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival:
Thank you to all the national sponsors of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival:
