Green Waste
SESSION 3: Thursday, October 13th, 7-10pm, Orpheum Theater – Environmental Focus with Panel
Green Waste
Flagstaff, USA – 2011, 16 min.
Producers: Denise Stilley
What if every person could actually make an impact on the world? “Green Waste” takes an in-depth look at the process of recycling and waste management in the community of Flagstaff. From recycling plastic bags, to re-using glass bottles, from recycling hazardous waste to the efforts of local businesses, the film shows how every contribution, no matter how small, can collectively make the difference for a better tomorrow.
IN PERSON: Denise Stilley and emerging filmmaker program students.
Credits: Emerging Filmmaker Program brought to you by the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
On Coal River
SESSION 3: Thursday, October 13th, 7-10pm, Orpheum Theater – Environmental Focus with Panel
On Coal River
USA, 2010, 81 min.
Directors: Adams Wood and Francine Cavanaugh
Producers: Adams Wood, Jillian Elizabeth, and Francine Cavanaugh
Coal River Valley is a community surrounded by lush mountains and a looming toxic threat. Shot over five years on location in West Virginia, “On Coal River” follows a former coal miner and his neighbors in a David-and-Goliath struggle for the future of their valley, their children, and life as they know it.
Associated Websites: OnCoalRiver/ACT
Recommended Website: ilovemountains.org
Recommended Website: Coal River
Awards/Honors: ON COAL RIVER was shot over five years on location in West Virginia, and has garnered honors including an IFP/Gotham Award nomination, “Best Documentary” at The Appalachian Film Festival, “Best Feature” at the Lights, Camera, Help Film Festival, the Koronis Public Health Award for Best Documentary, and the Spadaro Documentary Prize, awarded by the Appalachian Studies Association. ON COAL RIVER will make its broadcast premiere this October on Outside Television, a growing cable network from the publishers of Outside Magazine.
ON COAL RIVER (trailer) from On Coal River
STAR Energy
SESSION 3: Thursday, October 13th, 7-10pm, Orpheum Theater – Environmental Focus with Panel
STAR Energy
Flagstaff, USA – 2010, 5 min.
Directors: Kira Butler and Joshua Gregg
Producers: Rachel Tso
This film is a documentary short about solar and wind energy made by 7th and 8th grade students at the STAR School, the country’s first off grid, solar/wind-powered charter school in the country, located on the edge of the Southwestern Navajo Nation, under the direction of Rachel Tso integrating Place-Based Education with Media Literacy.
IN PERSON: Kira Butler, Joshua Gregg (Director), Rachel Tso (Producer)
Associated Website: Star School
Truck Farm
SESSION 3: Thursday, October 13th, 7-10pm, Orpheum Theater – Environmental Focus with Panel
Truck Farm
USA, 2010, 48 min.
Directors: Ian Cheney
Producers: Curt Ellis
A whimsical, musical documentary about the quirky world of urban agriculture. After filmmaker Ian Cheney plants a garden in the back of his pickup truck, he sets out to explore the rooftops, barges and windows that represent New York City’s newest edible oases. Featuring time machines, Victorian dancers, physicists, nutritionist Marion Nestle, chef Dan Barber, and explorer Henry Hudson, “Truck Farm” ponders the future of urban farming, and to consider whether sustainability needs a dose of fun and whimsy to be truly sustainable.
Ian Cheney runs Wicked Delicate, a documentary film and advocacy project in Brooklyn. He co-created and starred in the Peabody-winning PBS documentary King Corn, directed the Sundance Channel documentary The Greening of Southie and co-produced the Planet Green documentary Big River. Ian earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Yale University, where he helped create the Yale Sustainable Food Project. With longtime collaborator Curt Ellis, Ian is a founder of FoodCorps, a new national school garden program launching in August, 2011. They deliver frequent talks on agriculture and the environment. Ian’s newest feature documentary, The City Dark, is premiering in competition at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival.
Simon Beins is a Brooklyn-based performer and composer who tours regularly throughout the US and Europe and has released records on both continents. With his band the Wowz, he composed the scores for the Peabody Award-winning King Corn (2007), Kansas vs. Darwin (2007), and Big River (2009). His music also appears in the Zach Galifianakis feature film It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010). In addition to co-writing and scoring Truck Farm, Simon scored the forthcoming feature documentary The City Dark.
Awards:
Jury Honorable Mention – Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Jury Award and Audience Award – Green Film Festival in Seoul
Best Green Film – Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
Most Uplifting Film – Cinema Verde Environmental Film Festival
Official Selection – Mountainfilm in Telluride, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
