Sustainability Film Festival on Saturday

[first annual]
SUSTAINABILITY FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday, January 26th
10am - Midnight
HHS 2301

Sustainability is about more than just “going green.” An awareness of complex (and complicated) physical, economic, environmental, emotional, social, intellectual and philosophical issues related to sustainability is beyond what most universities promote. In fact, we can use sustainability as a means of thinking about all contexts of our lives regarding ways of being, ways we spend our time, and decisions we make as individuals. This documentary film festival portrays a holistic approach to sustainability by examining seven contexts related to being a living, breathing, and influential individual.
All sustainability starts with the individual.


14 full hours of sustainable
   THINKING!

FORKS OVER KNIVES
10:00 am
[Physical Sustainability]
What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure. Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called "diseases of affluence" that afflict us can be controlled.  (Don’t miss this one...it can be life-changing.)

INSIDE JOB
12:00 pm
[Economic Sustainability]
Inside Job provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
2:15 pm
[Environmental Sustainability]
Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Mr. Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. An Inconvenient Truth is not a story of despair but rather a rallying cry to protect the one Earth we all share.

HAPPY
4:20 pm
[Emotional Sustainability]
Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

SURVIVING PROGRESS
6:05 pm
[Social Sustainability]
Surviving Progress presents the story of human advancement as awe-inspiring and double-edged. With rich imagery and immersive soundtrack, filmmakers Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks launch us on journey to contemplate our evolution from cave-dwellers to space explorers.

ETHOS
8:00 pm
[Intellectual Sustainability]
Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in almost every aspect of our lives; from the environment to democracy and our own personal liberty: From terrifying conflicts of interests in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a media in the hands of massive conglomerates, and a military industrial complex that virtually owns our representatives.

THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
9:50 pm
[Philosophical Sustainability]
The story of a band of brothers who travel the world in search of the answers to the burning questions: Who am I? What is the nature of human existence? Why do we search for meaning? Through one on one interviews and real life encounters, the brothers are awakened to the beauty of the human person and the resilience of the human spirit.


PASSPORT EVENT APPROVED
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Sponsored By:
The Department of Integrated Science and Technology
Hayley O’Brien, Elise Lintelman, Dr. Eric Pappas

For more information please contact:
Hayley O'Brien
obrienhr@dukes.jmu.edu