2012 FESTIVAL 50 min. Filmmaker: Kenton Vaughan. Set against the sweeping, stark beauty of prairie landscape and shot over the course of one year, Return of the Prairie Bandit is a fascinating look at the ups and downs of reintroducing the black-footed ferret to the wild. WATCH TRAILER
2012 FESTIVAL 26 min. Filmmakers: Thomas Gorman and Patrick Kollman. Roots & Hollers takes you deep inside the lucrative world of wild American ginseng. The film follows two budding Appalachian businessmen as they try their luck in a remarkable underground trade threatened by urban sprawl, over-harvesting, and strip-mining. [Student Filmmakers] [World Premiere] WEBSITE
2012 FESTIVAL 76 min. Filmmakers: Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon. This film follows Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger’s fight to reveal a grave injustice at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune and a looming environmental crisis at military sites across the country. We are honored to have MSgt. Ensminger present for Q & A after the film. WEBSITE
2012 FESTIVAL 3 min. Filmmaker: Joanne Jackson. This short film collages several layers of imagery to point out how man-made environmental changes are responsible for the dramatic decline of songbirds. [U.S. Premiere]
2012 FESTIVAL 58 min. Filmmaker: Judith de Leeuw. Stuff Everywhere is a personal quest for the connection between people and their stuff. Things are handy, they make life easier and we think they will bring us joy. But they are too many and they are everywhere: in our houses, on the streets, in the sea and […]
2012 FESTIVAL 104 min. Filmmaker: Deborah Koons Garcia. Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating a healthy planet. WEBSITE
2012 FESTIVAL 22 min. Filmmaker: Daniel Dancer. Blending explosive footage, emotion and the power of a newly freed river after being blocked for 100 years, this film celebrates the power of art-activism and the role it has played in the second largest dam removal project in world history. [World Premiere]
2012 FESTIVAL 92 min. Filmmaker: Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott. The Atomic States of America takes the viewer on a journey to reactor communities around the country. This film exposes the truths and myths of nuclear power, and poses the question of whether or not man can responsibly split the atom. WATCH TRAILER
2012 FESTIVAL 111 min and 112 min Filmmaker: Ken Burns. The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. The frenzied wheat boom of the “Great Plow-Up,” was followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s which nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. WEBSITE
2012 FESTIVAL 46 min. Filmmakers: Michael O’Neill and Randall Wood. More than 30 years ago, linguist Daniel Everett traveled as a missionary into the Amazon rainforest to convert the Piraha people. The Piraha way of life and communication profoundly changed Everett and inspired a theory that could undermine the most powerful of linguists. WEBSITE
