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Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, 11am-6pm
2nd & South Streets

Save the Planet. Save Money. Save the Date.

 

EcoFilm Forum

11am – 12pm // 3:30pm – 6pm

PhillyCarShare Tent: 2nd & Pine Streets

FREE

Please join us at Greenfest Philly for our 2008 Eco-Film Forum. Curated by emerging local talent, Future Weather Productions , the event will feature provocative and entertaining shorts by regional filmmakers and environmental activists. Highlights include selections from Scribe's Precious Places, local filmmaker David Kessler, and a moving hour of shorts about social and environmental activism. And to top off this year's Water Quality Symposium, watch for a sneak peak at FLOW, a Sundance favorite premiering at the Ritz in Philadelphia this fall. For a full line-up or to learn more about Greenfest Philly, please visit greenfestphilly.org.

11am Scribe Video Center's Precious Places Community History Project

Precious Places is an oral history project that documents the locations that hold a communities’ memories—public spaces, buildings, parks, street corners, monuments—and define where we live. Together with Boone Nguyen of Scribe, we have chosen a selection of Precious Places videos made in collaboration with community organizations that honor the unique identity of neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Camden and enrich our understanding of these communities' environmental battles and triumphs. Filmmakers will be present for a post-film discussion.

 

Norris Square Neighborhood Project Las Parcelas 10.5 min

Once a vacant lot, Las Parcelas is now a lush urban garden and community center in Norris Square where the dedicated women of Grupo Motivos tend a small piece of the island for their community.

 

Camden City African American Commission Petty's Island 15 min

Narrated by Danny Glover, Petty's Island: A Sacred Part of America’s Story reveals the legacy of an island with a unique place in the historic encounter between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans in the Philadelphia region.

 

Neighborhood Gardens Association Southwark: 30 Years and Growing 10 min

A look at the positive social and environmental impact of Queen Village Community Garden, one of Philadelphia’s oldest community gardens.

 

Community Leadership Institute The Taking of Bodine: Never Forget 9.5 min

Led by neighborhood organizer Rosemary Cubas, The Community Leadership Institute confronts the displacement of residents in North Philadelphia through the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative.

 

Heart of Camden Eve's Garden 8.5 min

Founded in 2004, Eve’s Garden features a large greenhouse, vegetable beds, and even a hand-built cob baking oven that the kids helped construct from local clay, sand and straw.

 

3:30pm Water Issues

Greenfest's Water Symposium concludes with a series of shorts that explore water consumption, conservation, pollution and recreation. Each told in their own unique voice, these shorts stress the importance of protecting our water supplies both locally and globally.

Irena Salina, FLOW Trailer 2.5 min

Giving you a firsthand look at our current world water crisis, FLOW depicts how companies worldwide are privatizing the Earth’s water supply. This Sundance favorite opens at the Ritz September 26th.

Rich Hoffman, Seeds of Spring 3 min

This artistic and innovative short, shot on full-dome format at Red Hill Farm, offers a unique look at the amazing alchemy of photosynthesis.

PEC/MiND TV, Philadelphia Waterfronts & Trails 5 min

Now that the Delaware and Schuykill Rivers are healthier, Philadelphians are flocking to their banks to walk along the paths, play in the parks, and boat along the river.

Big Tea Party, H2Yo 5.5 min

Learning the importance of water conservation was never so entertaining. Eco-punk Elizabeth Fiend offers cool do-it-yourself tips amidst a groovy parade of psychedelic images.

Appalshop/iLoveMountains.org, Black Mountain, KY 4 min

Carl Shoupe, a retired miner, explains how proposed mountaintop removal sites will damage water supplies and hinder the cultural heritage of his town.

 

4pm Environmental Films In-Process

Join us for an intimate hour with three diverse filmmakers as they present narrative and documentary video projects at various stages of completion and discuss the inspiration for their work. Subjects include global warming, veganism and a community living under the el tracks in North Philadelphia.

Jenny Deller, Director Future Weather

A character-driven coming-of-age feature being developed in Philadelphia, Future Weather explores our fear of global warming through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl. Jenny will show fundraising trailers and discuss the inspiration for her original script as well as her company's plans for a sustainable production.

Marisa Miller Wolfson, Director Glass Walls

Glass Walls is a guerilla-style documentary feature that tells the story of three people from three different backgrounds who temporarily adopt a vegan diet...and a whole new way of thinking about the world. Outreach Director for Kind Green Planet, Marisa is currently editing the final scenes of this plucky, eye-opening doc. May contain an image that is disturbing for young audiences.

David Kessler, Director Shadow World

Shadow World is a series of short vignettes exploring people, moments and spaces under Philadelphia's el train. It premiered on a blog David devoted to the project. Viewed alone or in series, they offer an intimate look at a place where time is measured not by the movements of the sun but by the rumbling of the el train. David is currently working on a feature-length compilation. Contains language and subject matter that may not be appropriate for young audiences.

 

5pm Communities & Activism

This inspiring program takes a holistic view of environmentalism. Watch as people - from individuals to institutions, in Philly and beyond - participate in acts that nourish, protect, invigorate and heal both communities and environments. Filmmakers will be present for a post-film discussion.

Rob Stuart/Tara Nurin, Free the River Park (excerpt) 12 min

This short documentary film chronicles the protracted grass-roots fight against CSX and their effort to block the community's access to the Schuylkill River.

Graham Meriwether, Pauline 2 min

A gardener in the urban setting of East New York, Brooklyn, Pauline shares a deep connection with her plants.

Deborah Rudman, City Harvest (excerpt) 18 min

Through cycles of change and growth, prison inmates take part in the "roots of re-entry" greenhouse program, and in partnership with neighborhood gardens, distribute locally grown produce to food cupboards across Philadelphia. The documentary is an uplifting look at City Harvest, a radical social program changing people's lives for the better.

Big Tea Party, Crop Circles 12.5 min

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a fun and easy way to maintain an organic and sustainable lifestyle, while also supporting local farmers. Featuring Greensgrow Farm, Scarecrow Hill Farm and candid interviews with Philadelphians.

Christopher Landy, Rwanda Healing Project (excerpt) 17 min

Arts activist, Lily Yeh, of the Philadelphia organization Barefoot Artists, travels to a survivors' village in Rwanda to construct a proper memorial for those killed during the genocidal attacks. This powerful documentary sets out to prove that constructively rebuilding a community’s environment can change and heal the lives of its people.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jenny Deller

 

Save the planet! Save money! Save the date! Sunday, Sept. 7.