DC Environmental Film Fest Celebrates 20 Years

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Published on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 17:39

Written by Renzo Adler

Activist film making has existed in one form or another for decades, but it was not until the 2006 film, An Inconvenient Truth, that
the world of environmentalist filmmaking was pushed to the forefront. There has always been a stalwart figure in the world of environmental cinema that continues to support enviromental activist cinema: The Environmental Film
Festival in the nation's capital.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, The Environmental Film Festival (March 13-25, 2012), will exhibit 180 documentary, narrative, animated, archival, experimental and children’s films from 42 countries.

Films are screened at over 60 venues throughout the Washington metropolitan area, including museums, embassies, libraries, universities and local theaters. Most screenings are free.

The Environmental Film Festival is presented in collaboration with over 100 local, national, and global organizations. Oh, and the fest is completely free of great children’s classics (such as The Lorax)  that are massacred by corporate Hollywood shills.

In attendance will be 75 filmmakers and 115 special guests, including Ken Burns, Lucy Walker, and Deborah Koons, who will discuss their work at the Festival.

Ken Burns will be showing clips from his upcoming documentary, The Dust Bowl.

Films being shown include:

• Shattered Sky (world premiere)
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
• Symphony of the Soil (world premiere)
• Moomins and the Comet Chase (Washington DC premiere)
• A sneak preview of Burns' The Dust Bowl

These films cover everything from the discovery of the erosion of the ozone layer by CFCs to Marine Corps cover-ups of water pollution. 

The DC Environmental Film Festival represents a bold new move towards activist film-making and pays tribute to both the old guard and a new batch of film makers.

To learn more, go to: http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/

The Enviromental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Washington, DC
March 13-25, 2012

various locations

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