Featured Series

Sustainability Film Series

Showcasing films about building and sustaining a better world!

Athena Cinema, Office of Sustainability and the Environmental Studies Program present the 12th annual Sustainability Film Series. This year’s series has the added honor of coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of OHIO’s Environmental Studies Program!

At the heart of this series are films that present the challenges facing our world – topics as wide-ranging as climate change, economic hardship, natural resource management, and much more. We strive to present films that attempt to provide practical solutions to these imminent problems and embody an inspiring message to motivate audiences to action. In other words, viewers should walk away from each screening with a deeper understanding of the film’s topic, while also feeling compelled to get out into the world and make some positive change.

This year, each of our film screenings will feature guest speakers – many from the OU Environmental Studies Program itself – who will give a 15-20 minute introduction or interactive presentation prior to the start of the film. This pre-show activity is meant to engage the audience and offer important things to consider while watching the films.

 

All film screening events will start at 7:00 p.m.

 

The series is made possible thanks to the support of: University Libraries, Honors Tutorial College, Office of Sustainability, and The Voinovich School’s Environmental Studies Program.

Learn more about the Voinovich School’s Environmental Studies Program’s 50th Anniversary

Upcoming Sustainability Film Series Showings

Sustainability Series: OUT THERE: A NATIONAL PARKS STORY with Dr. Geoff Buckley

To celebrate the centennial anniversary of the establishment of America’s National Park Service, a young filmmaker and his best friend embark upon a journey that ultimately covers 10,000 miles as they explore... [read more]

First Viewing: September 11, 2024

Sustainability Series: GREEN WARRIORS: CHILDREN OF LEAD with Dr. Michele Morrone

Across the globe, the Earth bears the past scars and current open wounds of mineral extraction operations. Of particular concern is the toxic metal Lead. Though it has been outlawed as an... [read more]

First Viewing: September 25, 2024

Sustainability Series: FOOD AND COUNTRY with Dr. Sarah C. Davis

As a a well-known chef, author, critic, editor, and TV personality, Ruth Reichl has spent her media career bringing the subject of food to the forefront of popular culture. In recent years,... [read more]

First Viewing: October 9, 2024

Sustainability Series: FARMING WHILE BLACK with Tony Noble

At the turn of the 20th century in America, the proportion of Black-owned farms was roughly 1-in-7. Today, however, that number has fallen precipitously to about 1-in-50. In 2018, author Leah Penniman,... [read more]

First Viewing: October 23, 2024

Sustainability Series: THE VELVET QUEEN with Kristeena Blaser

Award-winning wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and writer Sylvain Tesson join together to comb the frigid highlands of Tibet on a quest to track down and document the region’s elusive big cat –... [read more]

First Viewing: November 6, 2024

Sustainability Series: THE ENGINE INSIDE

In a world that is growing more car-centric by the day (and more congested and polluted as a result) many people have turned to bicycles as a worthy, clean alternative to getting... [read more]

First Viewing: November 20, 2024

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