Starts at 7pm Friday and Saturday
Location: Showcase Theater
Join us for screenings of these films with introductions from the filmmakers.
Changing of the Gods
Friday, 7:00pm
We’ll screen two episodes-in-progress from the forthcoming 10-episode film series produced, written and co-directed by Bioneers founder Kenny Ausubel. The series is a visionary exploration of cycles of revolution and social transformation across history landing us in the “fierce urgency of now,” and of the nature of consciousness itself. It’s based on “Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View” by cultural historian, scholar and astrologer Richard Tarnas, co-directed by Louie Schwartzberg, produced with Bill Benenson and features John Cleese of Monty Python fame. Introduction by Kenny Ausubel.
From Clenched Fist to Compassion
Friday, 8:35pm
From Clenched Fist to Compassion is a short documentary about how Samara Gaev’s youth theater company Truthworker is interacting with convicted murderer Jarvis Masters, a Buddhist author, and how that relationship has informed their theater work and their lives. Introduction by Director Samara Gaev.
9:00pm – Award-Winning 2018 Short Films from the Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Bioneers is delighted to be able to present some of this year’s best short films from our friends and allies at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival: Mothered by Mountains; A Letter to Congress, During the Drought; Conservation Generation; Dragging 235 lbs uphill both ways; Naturally Selected; Nobody Dies in Longyearbyen; and Imagination. Introduced by Theresa Huck, On Tour Sales Manager of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival. For more information about the films: www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/2018-award-winning-films-announced/
Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and started a scientific revolution
Saturday, 7:00pm
We’ll show excerpts from this dazzling new feature-length documentary by director John Feldman. The film beautifully paints a portrait of the incredibly influential late scientist and teacher, Lynn Margulis, who seeded a monumental paradigm shift in biology that affects how we look at ourselves, evolution and our planet – from the Gaia Hypothesis to bacteria as the origin of all species (“it’s all relatives”). Introduction by Director John Feldman.
Walk on the Mountain
Saturday, 8:20pm
Walk on the Mountain, directed by Will Gregg and Eddie Mostert, highlights the work of Junior Walk, a dedicated, passionate activist in West Virginia who has dedicated his life to exposing the ravages caused by the coal industry and has spoken at Bioneers.
Water Warriors
Saturday, 8:50pm
Water Warriors is a new short film by Michael Premo about a successful community uprising! When a Texas energy company began searching for natural gas in New Brunswick, Canada, Indigenous and white families united to drive out the company in a campaign to protect their water and way of life.
The Fuller Challenge
Saturday, 9:30pm
The Fuller Challenge (a film by Whirlwind Creative, Inc. produced in partnership with the Arnow Family Fund) explores the impact and legacy of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, a groundbreaking prize competition that, in its ten-year trajectory (until 2017) was widely recognized as “socially responsible design’s highest award.” Many of the Challenge’s winners and finalists featured in the film, including John Todd, Bren Smith, Jason McClennan and Jody Holmes, have spoken here at Bioneers over the years, and a Bioneers project, Dreaming New Mexico, was the Challenge runner-up in 2009. Introduction by Elizabeth Thompson and J.P. Harpignies.
Open Source Stories: The Science of Collective Discovery
Saturday, 10:10pm
This story of how citizen scientists are making groundbreaking discoveries using open hardware in their own backyards celebrates how community, grassroots creativity and a free exchange of ideas can help citizens participate in scientific research, protect their environments and fight for their rights.