Into the Gyre
Green Screens 2013
May 31 - June 6, 2013
Filmmakers in person for Q&A!
Three short docs explore initiatives that are seeking to study and affect environmental change from the Sargasso Sea to Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park to the Western Province of Kenya.
Filmmakers in person for Q&A!
Into the Gyre follows the journey of a team of scientists searching for plastic pollution in the remote Saragasso Sea. Run by the Sea Education Association (SEA), this unprecedented expedition measured the amount of plastic in the Atlantic Ocean and studied its effects on marine ecosystems, with surprising results.
Screening with:
Yasuni
Nicolás Entel | 2013 | 30m
Yasuni explores what is at the heart of Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT Initiative, which aims to protect Yasuni National Park from oil exploitation. This documentary was born from a need to provide all indigenous communities that call Yasuni their home a legitimate voice.
Carbon for Water
Evan Abramson & Carmen Elsa Lopez | USA | 2011 | 22m
In just five weeks, an innovative company using carbon credits for financing gave 4.5 million people in Kenya’s Western Province access to safe drinking water in this award-winning documentary.
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