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Film & Video Festival
Aril 24–27, 2008
The Bell Museum of Natural History presents the Seeing Climate Change Film & Video Festival, a weekend of films, discussions, workshops, and
social gatherings that focus a lens on climate change and global warming.
Co-sponsored by The Onion, The Red Stag Supper Club, The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, The Nature Conservancy, The University of Minnesota’s Sustainablity Studies Minor and other university and community partners.
museum info: 612-624-7083
registration: 612-624-9050
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Everything's Cool (USA, Documentary, 2007)
Thin Ice: Saattuq (France, documentary, 2007)
National Geographic explorer
Jon Bowermaster
From Sea to Rising Sea (Canada, documentary, 2005)
Kilowatt Ours (USA, documentary, 2004)
The Last Winter (USA/Iceland, fiction, 2006)
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Admission
$8 for adults
$5 for students, seniors, and members
Children under 3 years old free
Green Pass:
For admission to all festival films and workshops.
$40 for adults
$25 for students, seniors, and members
(Bell Museum admission is included with purchase of ticket or Green Pass.)
Featured Films
Everything’s Cool (USA, documentary, 2007)
Thin Ice: Saattuq (France, documentary, 2007)
Arctic Tale (USA, family documentary, 2007)
From Sea to Rising Sea (Canada, documentary, 2005)
Kilowatt Ours (USA, documentary, 2004)
The Last Winter (USA/Iceland, fiction, 2006)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
For the past two decades, researchers, activists, scientists, and progressive politicians have struggled to rouse the public and the federal government to take action on global warming, while naysayers, lobbyists, and industry-funded think tanks have worked tirelessly to challenge, convolute, and dismiss the issue as hysterical. Everything's Cool tells the harrowing story of what it takes to talk about global warming.
Panel discussion:
Talking about Climate Change
Following the film, stay for an opening night reception at the Bell Museum. Sponsored by the Red Stag Supper Club, Minnesota’s first and only LEED-certified restaurant. Featuring live music, refreshments, and a chance to learn about local global warming solutions.
Friday, April 25, 2008
The Inuit call ice, “saattuq,” and it is melting. In the High Arctic, climate change is not a debate; it is a visceral fact transforming the lives of people, animals, and the landscape they share. Thin Ice: Sattuq provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of climate change on our Polar region. The film also presents the broader discussion over sovereignty and control of the arctic waters. How will melting ice present new challenges and new perspectives on our vision of the north?
Panel Discussion:
Economic and Environmental Iimpacts of Climate Change.
Selected short films and videos from local and student filmmakers address environmental issues and solutions. Following the screening audience members will vote for Best Film, Best Film From a First-time Filmmaker, and Best Student Film.
The Bell Museum and The Will Steger Foundation welcome renowned explorer and National Geographic correspondent Jon Bowermaster to the Seeing Climate
Change Film & Video Festival. Bowermaster recently returned from a kayaking expedition to Antarctica, where he witnessed the impacts of global warming.
Bowermaster will give an illustrated presentation about this expedition, which documents the collapse of the Larsen Ice Shelf and other changes to
the Antarctic Peninsula.
Sponsored by the Will Steger Foundation and Global Warming 101 (http://www.globalwarming101.com/)
Following the Green Shorts Showcase head to the Kitty Cat Klub in Dinkytown for live music. For directions and more information visit http://kittycatklub.net/.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
This documentary chronicles the lives of two youngsters in one of the coldest places on Earth. Watch as Seela the walrus and Nanu the polar bear grow from newborns to teenagers, and see what it takes to survive in an environment that’s rapidly shrinking as a result of climate change.
Frustrated and disillusioned by government in action on one of the most pressing issues of their time, Canadian students form a Climate Change Caravan and bike across Canada, determined to ignite a national environmental movement. During an unforgettable summer, the caravan encounters the joys and perils of cycling across the second largest country on the planet, while trying to change the world at the same time.
Panel discussion:
Grassroots organizing for climate change solutions.
Did you know that recycling a single aluminum could conserve enough energy to power a regular television for one hour? Did you know that if every home in America used just one energy efficient light bulb we would instantly cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1 trillion pounds of carbon per year? In thisinspirational and enlivening film, director Jeff Barrie demonstrates how easy it is to conserve energy that is produced from traditional sources while becoming part of the renewable energy revolution.
Panel discussion:
Creative conservation and energy saving solutions.
In the Arctic region of Northern Alaska, an oil company’s advance team struggles to establish a drilling base that will forever alter the pristine land. After one team member is found dead, disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the others as each of them succumbs to a mysterious fear propelled by a rapidly changing climate.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Wrap up the weekend with a special breakfast edition of the Bell Museum’s popular Café Scientifique program at the new Red Stag Supper Club, Minnesota’s first LEED-certified restaurant.
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509 1st Ave. N.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55413 |
At this special Café Scientifique, guest speakers will discuss the connections between what we eat and our changing climate. What are the economic and environmental impacts of conventional, organic, and locally produced foods? How are restaurants and grocery stores innovating, saving energy, and the environment while serving up delicious and healthy food? Space is limited. To make reservations call the Red Stag Supper Club at 612-767-7766.
Café Scientifique is a forum for science and culture hosted by the Bell Museum of Natural History. Featuring experts from a variety of fields on diverse and provocative topics. For a schedule of upcoming Café Scientifique programs, click here or call 612-624-9050.
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Location: The Bell Museum is located at the corner of University Ave. & 17th Ave. SE in Minneapolis, on the University of Minnesota
campus.
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Museum Hours:
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sun. noon-5 p.m.
Closed Mondays |
Admission:
Members & U-Students / faculty / staff: free
Adults: $5
Youths age 3-16,
non U-students, & seniors: $3 |
Children under 3 & U of M students/staff/faculty: free
Free admission for all visitors on Sundays
Program Registration Policy:
We accept payment for programs requiring advance registration by Visa, MasterCard and Discover. We can1t reserve places without payment. Phone registrations require
credit card payment. Send check or money order to the Bell Museum Registration Office, 10 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0104.
Museum Information: Call 612-624-7083.
Registration: Call 612-624-9050.
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