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Sustainability Series: BIKES VS. CARS

Watch Trailer Director: Fredrik Gertten
Writer(s): Fredrik Gertten
Language: English

Climate change and never-ending gridlocks frustrate people more than ever. Instead of whining, people in cities around the world take on the bicycle as a do-it-yourself solution. Road rage and poor city planning creates daily death amongst the bicyclists. And now they demand safe lanes. From bike activists in Sao Paulo and Los Angeles, fighting for safe bike lanes, to the City of Copenhagen, where forty percent commute by bike daily, BIKES VS CARS will look at both the struggle for bicyclists in a society dominated by cars, and the revolutionary changes that could take place if more cities moved away from car-centric models.
Topics: Bicycles, automobiles, transportation, global policies, social justice, climate, environment, oil, economics. Talkback with panelists Paul Logue, Athens City Planner; Pete Kotses, Athens City Council; Sam Crowl, Office of Sustainability.
“Gertten has put in the time to capture how these cities’ unique scenarios unfold to mount a compelling case against the powerful automotive, oil and construction lobbies.” – Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times
“Watching a teacher lead a group of schoolchildren around busy Bogotá on their little bikes, teaching them how to safely navigate their city on their own power, you might feel hopeful for the future of eco-friendly transportation.” – Meave Gallagher, Village Voice

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Running Time: 90 minutes90 MIN
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Sustainability Series: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

Watch Trailer Director: Avi Lewis
Writer(s): Naomi Klein
Language: English

This film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Provocative, compelling, and accessible to even the most climate-fatigued viewers, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING will leave you refreshed and inspired, reflecting on the ties between us, the kind of lives we really
want, and why the climate crisis is at the center of it all.
Topics: Climate change, policy, environment, social justice, biodiversity, global implications of climate disruption, fossil fuels, economics.

Talkback with panelists Nancy Manring, Arts and Sciences Sustainability Theme leader; Edna Wangui, Geography; Eddie Smith, Environmental Studies student.

“Klein and those impassioned protesters provide something that has been in short supply in the predecessors – namely, a modicum of hope for the future.” – Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
 “It distinguishes itself among similar planet-loving docs by showing evidence there is hope in what can often seem an overwhelming bleak task to begin repairs to an industrial-damaged world.” – Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

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Running Time: 89 minutes89 MIN
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Sustainability Series: BROKEN LANDSCAPES & SLUDGE

Watch Trailer Director: Michael T. Miller
Language: Hindi

BROKEN LANDSCAPES explores the effects of coal mining to communities and workers in India exposing migrant labor exploitation, water and environmental impacts.

SLUDGE is a 2005 documentary film by Appalshop filmmaker Robert Salyer chronicling the Martin County Sludge Spill that was an accident that occurred after midnight on October 11, 2000 when a coal sludge impoundment in Martin County, Kentucky, broke through an underground mine below, propelling 306 million gallons of sludge down two tributaries of theTug Fork River.

One of the filmmakers of Broken Landscapes, Sean Peoples, is to lead a discussion with musician Jack Wright with faculty and students following the showings of Broken Landscapes and Sludge.

*Free admission provided by Environmental Studies Program at the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Alden Library, Athena Cinema, the College of Arts & Sciences Sustainability Studies and Food Studies Themes, University College and Office of Sustainability at Ohio University. *

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Running Time: Broken Landscape (18 minutes); Sludge (40 minutes)1840 MIN
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Sustainability Series: COTTON ROAD

Watch Trailer Director: Laura Kissel
Writer(s): Laura Kissel
Language: English

Americans consume nearly 20 billion new items of clothing each year. Yet few of us know how our clothes are made, much less who produces them. COTTON ROAD follows the commodity of cotton from South Carolina farms to Chinese factories to illuminate the work and industrial processes in a global supply chain.

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Running Time: 72 minutes72 MIN
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Sustainability Series: OPEN SESAME

Watch Trailer Director: M. Sean Kaminsky
Cast: Bill McDorman, Vandana Shiva, Jeffrey Smith
Language: English

One of the world’s most precious resources is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving documentary illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric, to food to fuels. Seeds are as essential to life as the air we breathe or water we drink… but given far less attention.

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Running Time: 82 minutes82 MIN
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Sustainability Series: BLACK ICE

Watch Trailer Director: Maarten van Rouveroy
Language: English

When a Greenpeace ship was seized at gunpoint by Russian special forces, the “Arctic 30” were thrust into headlines all over the world, facing up to 15 years in prison and finding themselves at the center of a bitter international dispute. Russia charged the crew, from 18 different countries, with piracy and hooliganism. But their resolve to try and stop oil drilling in the Arctic was never broken.

*Free admission provided by Environmental Studies Program at the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Alden Library, Athena Cinema, the College of Arts & Sciences Sustainability Studies and Food Studies Themes and Office of Sustainability at Ohio University.*

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Running Time: 53 minutes53 MIN
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Sustainability Series: JUST EAT IT

Watch Trailer Director: Grant Baldwin
Writer(s): Jenny Rustemeyer, Grant Baldwin
Cast: Grant Baldwin, Jenny Rustemeyer, Dana Gunders
Language: English

Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year, they pledge to survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. But as Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, the ‘thrill of the find’ has unexpected consequences.

 

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Running Time: 75 minutes75 MIN
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Sustainability Series: WRENCHED

Watch Trailer Director: M.L Lincoln
Writer(s): Patrick Gambuti Jr.
Cast: Edward Abbey, Dave Foreman, Peg Millett
Language: English

The books of Edward Abbey explore the exploitation of the American Southwest with memoirs like DESERT SOLITAIRE and the classic comic novel, THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG. This film explores the character of Ed Abbey and his literature through the voice of many contemporary authors as well as exploring the environmental movement.

*Free admission provided by Environmental Studies Program at the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Alden Library, Athena Cinema, the College of Arts & Sciences Sustainability Studies and Food Studies Themes and Office of Sustainability at Ohio University.*

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Running Time: 93 minutes93 MIN
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Sustainability Series: GROWING CITIES

Watch Trailer Director: Dan Susman
Writer(s): Andrew Monbouquette and Daniel Susman

 

In their search for answers, filmmakers Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette take a road trip and meet the men and women who are challenging the way this country grows and distributes its food, one vacant city lot, rooftop garden, and backyard chicken coop at a time.

Join them as they discover that good food isn’t the only crop these urban visionaries are harvesting. They’re producing stronger and more vibrant communities, too.

FREE SHAGBARK SEED AND MILL POPCORN to the first 20 people.

Sponsored by University College, Alden Library, Environmental Studies, Sustainability Theme: Arts and Sciences.

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Running Time: 97 Minutes97 MIN
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Sustainability Series: FOOD CHAINS

Watch Trailer Director: Sanjay Rawal
Writer(s): Erin Barnett and Sanjay Rawal
Cast: Eve Ensler, Barry Estabrook and Dolores Huerta

There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers who form the foundation of our fresh food industry are routinely abused and robbed of wages. In extreme cases they can be beaten, sexually harassed or even enslaved – all within the borders of the United States. Food Chains exposes the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of the supermarket industry. Supermarkets earn $4 trillion globally and have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past 3 decades they have drained revenue from their supply chain leaving farmworkers in poverty and forced to work under subhuman conditions. Yet supermarkets take no responsibility for this.

FREE SHAGBARK SEED AND MILL POPCORN to the first 20 people.

Sponsored by University College, Alden Library, Environmental Studies, Sustainability Theme: Arts and Sciences.

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Running Time: 83 Minutes83 MIN
Rating: Unrated
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