LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS stations, together with nationwide unbiased satellite tv for pc community Hyperlink TV, at present introduced the return of the third annual EARTH FOCUS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, the one pageant of its sort in Los Angeles, going digital this 12 months from April 12-23, 2021. The 2-week pageant options movie screenings and Q&A discussions addressing local weather change realities with the aim of confronting world points that affect all residing creatures and pure assets. The West Coast premiere of “Taking part in With Sharks,” acquired by Nationwide Geographic Documentary Movies on the 2021 Sundance Movie Competition, will kick off the lineup because the Opening Evening movie on Monday, April 12 at 7 p.m. A post-screening panel dialogue with author/director Sally Aitken (The Week The Ladies Went, The Pacific: Within the Wake of Captain Cook dinner), creator/producer Bettina Dalton (Huge Crimson: The Kangaroo King, Borneo’s Secret Kingdom) and the topic of the movie, Australian pioneering marine conservationist, cinematographer and famend shark professional Valerie Taylor will likely be moderated by KCET CINEMA SERIES host and Deadline chief movie critic Pete Hammond.
Common admission tickets for the EARTH FOCUS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL can be found beginning at present. Ticket choices embrace a $45 all-access go to attend all 9 of the digital movie screenings and submit screening discussions going down on the Eventive platform (the three-part, Earth Day April 22nd PBS particular GRETA THUNBERG: A YEAR TO CHANGE THE WORLD is accessible on-air on PBS SoCal regionally in addition to streaming dwell on-line at pbs.org and on the free PBS App). Alternatively, $10 particular person screenings might be bought on any of the three web sites at pbssocal.org/efeff, kcet.org/efeff and linktv.org/efeff.
Notable company and movies featured on this 12 months’s slate of environmental-themed documentaries embrace Patagonia Movies’ “Public Belief: The Struggle for America’s Public Lands” on Thurs., April 15, from government producers Yvon Chouinard and actor-turned-environmental activist Robert Redford, which investigates impending threats on America’s public lands. The movie may also air regionally as a part of EARTH FOCUS PRESENTS on Wed., April 21 at 9 p.m. on Hyperlink TV and Solar., April 25 at 5 p.m. on KCET. Director David Garrett Byars and Producer Jeremy Rubingh will be a part of the digital panel dialogue. The Closing Evening movie on Fri., April 23 is the California Premiere of the 90-minute 2020 Swedish movie “Citizen Nobel” that follows Chemistry Nobel Prize recipient Jacques Dubochet and the way he, as a ‘noble citizen,’ ought to fulfill his duty as a researcher and as a human being. A panel will observe with each Dubochet and director Stéphane Goël.
The pageant may also host KCET’s personal 90-minute documentary from EARTH FOCUS “The New West and the Politics of the Surroundings” which explores how iconic Nevada Senator Harry Reid set the foundations for a inexperienced new deal within the state utilizing energy in new methods to settle water wars with respect for Native People, defend endangered species and usher in a simply transition to renewable vitality. “The New West and the Politics of the Surroundings” is co-produced by the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Methods (LENS) at UCLA.
The EARTH FOCUS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL encourages higher understanding of and dialogue on environmental points, and motivates audiences to create optimistic change in their very own neighborhood. The pageant extends public media’s mission of strengthening communities by training. The digital occasion engages members, viewers of all ages, influencers and media whereas elevating funds to help public media’s future environmental programming.
The occasion enhances PBS SoCal, Hyperlink TV and KCET’s total slate of Earth Month programming which incorporates the award-winning sequence EARTH FOCUS, produced in partnership with the Thomson Reuters Basis. Since its debut in 2007, EARTH FOCUS has change into the longest-running investigative environmental information sequence on U.S. tv, offering audiences with pressing native and world environmental protection that spotlights in-depth studies on key points similar to endangered species, local weather change, environmental well being and sustainable practices.
Authentic content material associated to Earth Month programming on associated subjects starting from environmental justice to local weather activism will likely be obtainable on the PBS SoCal, KCET and Hyperlink TV web sites. Contributors will embrace veteran environmental journalists and different specialists. Moreover, web site guests will likely be handled to multimedia options in addition to trailers to the movies within the EARTH FOCUS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL.
Competition schedule is as follows (*topic to vary):
OPENING NIGHT! Taking part in With Sharks – Mon., April 12 at 7 p.m. (West Coast Premiere)
The extraordinary life story of pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, a fearless marine maverick whose ardour for sharks is aware of no bounds – even when there needs to be. Taylor has devoted her life to exposing the parable surrounding the worry of sharks. That includes Q&A Company: Author/Director Sally Aitken Creator/Producer Bettina Dalton and the topic of the movie, Australian pioneering marine conservationist, cinematographer and famend shark professional Valerie Taylor. Moderated by KCET CINEMA SERIES Host and Deadline chief movie critic Pete Hammond.
Collect – Tues., April 13 at 7 p.m.
An intimate portrait of the rising motion amongst Native People to reclaim their religious, political and cultural identities by meals sovereignty, whereas battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. That includes Q&A Company: Director Sanjay Rawal, Producer Tanya Mellier and Founding father of the Native American Culinary Affiliation Nephi Craig. Moderated by DeLanna Studi (Inventive Director, Native Voices on the Autry, Autry Museum of the American West).
2040: The Regeneration – Weds., April 14 at 7 p.m.
Embark on a journey to discover what the longer term may appear to be by the 12 months 2040 if we merely embraced the most effective options already obtainable to us to enhance our planet and shifted them quickly into the mainstream. Structured as a visible letter to his Four-year-old daughter, the movie blends conventional documentary with dramatized sequences and high-end visible results to create a imaginative and prescient board of how options may regenerate the world for future generations. That includes Q&A Company: Award-winning Director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Movie). Moderated by TBA
Public Belief: The Struggle for America’s Public Lands – Thurs., April 15 at 7 p.m.
As America’s system of public lands face unprecedented threats, the movie investigates three heated conflicts – nationwide monument within the Utah desert, a mine within the Boundary Waters and oil drilling within the Arctic Nationwide Wildlife Refuge—and makes a case for his or her continued safety. That includes Q&A Company: Director David Garrett Byars, Producer Jeremy Rubingh and investigative journalist and Public Belief narrator Hal Herring. Moderated by Hyperlink TV’s Senior Programming Govt Kim Spencer.
Okavango – Fri., April 16 at 7 p.m.
F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus, The Grand Budapest Lodge, Homeland) narrates the wild expertise of the Okavango Delta, an unlikely oasis and plush paradise in Southern Africa that connects and helps a big selection of creatures. In episode certainly one of this three-part sequence that premiered as episodes of NOVA, viewers discover the panorama and wildlife of the Higher Okavango River. A lioness severely injured by a buffalo is left for lifeless by her delight. Now handicapped, she has to outlive within the swamp alone, searching to feed her cubs. That includes Q&A Company: Administrators Dereck and Beverly Joubert (Everlasting Enemies, Eye of the Leopard, Final Lions, Reflections on Elephants). Moderated by TBA
EARTH FOCUS: The New West and the Politics of the Surroundings – Mon., April 19 at 7 p.m.
Iconic Nevada Senator Harry Reid set the foundations for a inexperienced new deal within the state utilizing energy in new methods to settle water wars with respect for Native People, defend endangered species and usher in a simply transition to renewable vitality. Reid cast allegiances between unlikely allies and crafted coverage to develop the financial system of his dwelling state whereas defending its wilderness and within the course of, redefined the way forward for the West. The dialog instantly following the screening is courtesy of the Environmental Movie Competition within the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF). That includes Q&A Company: U.S. Senator Harry Reid, Writer Adam Jentleson (Kill Swap: The Rise of the Trendy Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy) and Senior Subject Director of the Conservation Lands Basis Jocelyn Torres. Moderated by Govt Producer Jon Christensen.
The Human Factor – Tues., April 20 at 7 p.m.
Famend environmental photographer James Balog explores wildfires, hurricanes, sea stage rise, a struggling coal mining neighborhood and our altering air provide. The movie highlights People on the entrance strains of local weather change, inspiring us to re-evaluate our relationship with the pure world. That includes Q&A Visitor: Environmental Photographer James Balog. Moderated by Co-Host/Correspondent of “The California Report” Saul Gonzalez. “The California Report,” produced by KQED/NPR is the Golden State’s every day public information present broadcast on public radio stations throughout California.
Youth v Gov. – Weds., April 21 at 7 p.m.
Since 2015, twenty-one plaintiffs, now ages 13 to 24, have been suing the U.S. authorities for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, private security and property by their willful actions in creating the local weather disaster they may inherit. That includes Q&A Company: Filmmaker & Scientist Christi Cooper, Co-Lead Counsel Phil Gregory, Alaskan Federal Plaintiff Nathan Baring. Moderated by the Director of Programming for the Environmental Movie Competition within the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) Brad Forder.
EARTH DAY 2021! Greta Thunberg: A 12 months to Change the World– three Half PBS Particular On-Air Occasion – Thurs., April 22 from Eight-11 p.m. on PBS SoCal (Examine native listings or stream dwell on PBS.org and the FREE PBS App) **No Eventive Occasion**
Journey with Greta Thunberg as she takes her combat to a worldwide stage on this three-part, on-air occasion. In Half One she sees impacts of local weather change at three areas: melting glaciers and dying bushes in Canada, and fireplace devastation in California. And when a UN convention strikes to Madrid, she sails throughout the ocean throughout life-threatening storms. Half Two follows Greta’s journey from the World Economic Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, to Poland, the place she speaks with miners who’ve misplaced their jobs. She additionally visits the UK, the place she meets with certainly one of her inspirations — Sir David Attenborough. Half Three takes Greta to Switzerland and Denmark to research potential options to restrict local weather change and appears for classes from the world’s response to COVID-19.
CLOSING NIGHT! Citizen Nobel – Fri., April 23 at 7 p.m. (California Premiere)
When Jacques Dubochet receives the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, his life modifications. Out of the shadows and into the sunshine, he’s immediately contacted from all sides. What can he do along with his voice, which is now heard by everybody? How ought to he, as a ‘noble citizen’, fulfill his duty as a researcher and human being? A speech by Greta Thunberg turns every thing the wrong way up. That includes Q&A Company: Director Stéphane Goël and Nobel Prize Winner and topic of the movie Jacques Dubochet. Moderated by KCET MUST SEE MOVIES host and Deadline chief movie critic Pete Hammond.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EARTH FOCUS is supported by beneficiant institutional funders. The EARTH FOCUS sequence was created by Raisa Scriabine.
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