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February 2021
Georgetown Green Film Series: COOKED
Huston–Tillotson University and Southwestern University present a virtual screening of "COOKED" followed by a Q&A discussion In COOKED: Survival By Zip Code, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand uses her signature serious-yet-quirky connect-the-dots style to take audiences from the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave -- in which…
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Origins of a Green Identity Screening + Q&A
Join Austin PBS, Travis Audubon Society and filmmaker Karen Kocher for a special screening of Origins of a Green Identity, a 57-minute documentary exploring Austin’s earliest efforts to preserve Barton Springs and Barton Creek, and ultimately to create a city with publicly-accessible green spaces along…
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That’s My Face “Judas and the Black Messiah” Discussion
April's That's My Face will be a discussion of "Judas and the Black Messiah" facilitated by Ya'Ke Smith. We will talk about the film, the legacy of Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party, and the role of activism in our community today. We encourage…
Find out more »KLRU Broadcast Origins of a Green Identity
Origins of a Green Identity is an hour-long documentary exploring Austin's earliest efforts to preserve Barton Springs and Barton Creek, and ultimately to create a city with publicly-accessible green spaces along Austin's waterways throughout the City. The film is narrated by Texas novelist, Sarah Bird…
Find out more »Documentary Screening with Filmmaker Susan Rockefeller
Join Environment Texas and Wisconsin Environment for a free screening of the new short film, "Come Home." Afterwards, filmmaker Susan Rockefeller will join us for a panel discussion with local leaders from TX and WI, to discuss how we make progress towards protecting the planet…
Find out more »May 2021
KOOP at the Drive-In: FM
Rocket Cinema & KOOP Radio 91.7 FM present a drive-in screening of the 1978 cult classic FM! Find out what happens when the sales manager of an FM station wants to change the station to be more business than music, but the DJs and staff…
Find out more »July 2021
Trash Dance Screening and Talk
The Trash Project, a dance with 24 sanitation workers and 16 large vehicles of Austin Resource Recovery premiered on the misty Mueller tarmac in 2009. The documentary Trash Dance chronicled what it took to make trash trucks and workers dance on that tarmac and how…
Find out more »November 2021
FERGUSON RISES Texas Premiere: Austin Screening
FERGUSON RISES is the story of the aftermath following the 2014 killing of Black teenager Michael Brown Jr. by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, and how his father strove for justice. This is the official Austin installation of the Texas Premiere of the…
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The Plastic Pipeline (Presentation/discussion)
The world is (finally) turning away from burning fossil fuels, so the fossil fuel industry has a backup plan: A mind-blowing increase in plastic production. They are unopposed, and in many cases actively aided, by governments. Learn more about this, and the health, climate &…
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Films For The Forest
Rainforest Partnership's Films for the Forest is an annual film competition, founded to create awareness about the importance of tropical rainforests and the ongoing threats faced by forests and the communities that depend on them. We want to encourage and challenge filmmakers around the world,…
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