Additional films in the 2019-2020 series are:
Ice on Fire, November 4, 2019, Middlesex Community College, Chapman Hall, focusing on solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis. The film highlights firsthand accounts of people at the forefront of the climate crisis, with insights from scientists, farmers, innovators and others. (www.hbo.com/documentaries/ice-on-fire)
Artifishal, February 3, 2020, Wesleyan University, Center for the Arts Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature. (www.patagonia.com/artifishal.html)
A Concerned Citizen: Civics in Action, April 6, 2020, Middlesex Community College, Chapman Hall, highlights the work of Dr. Riki Ott, a citizen activist who came to the aid of her Alaskan community after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in their battle to get fair compensation for their loss of health and income, and has been organizing the Gulf coast communities as they recover from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. Taking her lessons learned as an activist, she is spearheading a campaign called Ultimate Civics, a civics curriculum that empowers students to participate in their democracy. (www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/ccit.html)
