ENV 2005 Environmental Documentaries: Knowledge to Action

ENV 2005/NRM 2061 Environmental Documentaries: Knowledge to Action

Tentative Film Schedule (Revised 1/27/06)

Week

Dates

Weekly Topic

Documentary Film

Location

Jan. 17,19

A Contrast in Political Systems?

Jan. 17 “30 Frames a Second” The WTO comes to Seattle. (75 min)

Jan. 19 “Endurance” A docudrama chronicling the life of Haile Grebreselassie, called the greatest distance runner of all time. (90 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Jan. 24,26

Ecology, agriculture, and culture conflict.

Jan. 24 “Varmints”. Prairie ecology and cultural conflict. (91 min)

Jan. 26 “Killing Coyote”. Agriculture and predator control. (83 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Jan. 31, Feb. 2

Wildlife management.

Jan. 31 “The Buffalo War”. Conflict over an American icon. (57 min)

Feb. 2 “El Caballo”. Is there a place for the wild horse in N. America? (30 min)

Feb. 2 “Cull of the Wild: The Truth Behind Trapping” (27 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Feb. 7,9

The forests and the trees.

Feb. 7 “Butterfly”. Fulfilling a promise to protect the forests (80 min)

Feb. 9 “Tree-sit: The Art of Resistance” (120 min)**note: pending acquisition of film

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Feb. 14,16

Personal transformations and spiritual journeys.

**APU Collaborative Film #1.

Feb. 14 **“The Witness”. A story of personal transformation (43 min)

Feb. 14 “A Reason for Hope”. Jane Goodall’s search for the meaning in life. (60 min)

Feb. 16 “Grizzly Man” The story of Timothy Treadwell and his adventures in Alaska (104 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Feb. 21, 23

Social structure and the environment

**APU Collaborative Film #2

Feb. 21 **”The Corporation” A critical look at the most powerful social force in modern society (145 min)

Feb. 23 “Blue Vinyl” The world’s first toxic comedy (97 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Feb. 28, Mar. 2

Wilderness and wild places.

**APU Collaborative Film #3

Feb. 28 **“American Values, American Wilderness”. The expression of wilderness values from diverse perspectives. (57 min)

Feb. 28 “Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven” Are we loving national parks to death? (58 min)

Mar. 2 “Monumental: David Brower’s Fight for Wild America” The story of David Brower and his crusade for wild places (74 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Spring Break Mar. 6-11

Mar. 14,16

Indigenous people and the environment.

**APU Collaborative Film #4

Mar. 14 **“In the Light of Reverence”. Public lands, resource management, and Native Americans (60 min)

Mar. 14 “Fight for Country”. Nuclear energy and Aboriginal land rights in Australia. (62 min)***note: pending acquisition of fim

Mar. 16 “Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action” (88 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Mar. 21,23

Biodiversity and endangered species

Mar. 21 “The God Squad”. The politics of endangered species (57 min)

Mar. 21 “Oil on Ice”. The conflict over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (90 min)

Mar. 23 “Being Caribou.” Two Canadians follow the caribou on their annual migration to calving grounds. (72 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Mar. 28,30

Water Resources

**APU Collaborative Film #5

Mar. 28 **“Cadillac Desert: An American Nile” (55 min)

Mar. 30 “Mining Seven-Up Pete” Open pit mining in Montana. (30 min)

Mar. 30 “The Element of Doom” Lead mining in the Ozarks (30 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Apr. 4,6

Food choices, impacts, and ethics.

**APU Collaborative Film #6

Apr. 4 **“A Cow at My Table.” The effects of large-scale factory farms and the philosophy of vegetarianism (90 min)

Apr. 6 “Diet for a New America” How to win an argument with a meat eater (60 min)

Apr. 6 “Peaceable Kingdom” A close look at animal-based agriculture. (77 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Apr. 11,13

Local action, community resistance, and land use planning

**APU Collaborative Film #7

Apr. 11 **“Fury for the Sound”. Womens’ resistance to environmental destruction (84 min)

Apr. 13 “Store Wars”. Community resistance to globalization. (60 min)

Apr. 13 “Save our Land, Save our Towns”. Meeting the challenge of urban sprawl (57 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 03 (3:30 pm)

Apr. 20

Environmental victims

Apr. 20 “Libby, Montana”. The story of a town forsaken. (124 min)

Griswold 01 (3:30 pm)

Apr. 25,27

Energy resources

Apr. 25 “The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and Collapse of the American Dream.” (78 min)

Apr. 27 “Powder River Country”—the consequences of gas development in Wyoming (34 min)

Apr. 27 “Green Rolling Hills”. Wood pulping the South. (30 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)

Griswold 01 (3:30 pm)

May 2

Topic Open

Students’ Film Choice or “Mad Cowboy”. The story of Howard Lyman and his crusade against mad cow disease. (79 min)

Griswold 01 (2:00 pm)