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Saturday  2:30pm BRAD: One More Night on the Barricades (55 min.)When Mexican paramilitary forces shot Brad Will in the chest, killing him, his camera fell from his hands. But it didn’t stop recording. It continued moving from hand to hand, telling Brad’s story, as well as the story of the activist movements in which he was involved. From the squats of New York to the forests of Oregon, from the anti-globalization protests in Seattle, Prague and Quebec to the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Brad’s camera captures a stirring image of his life and the change so many of his friends continue to strive to make happen. 4:00pm Young Arabs (25 min.) Muslim and Christian boys attending an elite preparatory school in the heart of Cairo offer thoughts on God, pop culture, terrorism, marriage, the Middle East and more. 5:00pm Before Spring (15 min.) Produced in association with Chicago Magazine, Before Spring is an ensemble film following the lives of five visionary eco-innovators in Chicago. 5:30pm Raw Reality – Reversing Diabetes Naturally (91 min.) Raw Reality is a film that chronicles six McDonald’s-munching Americans with diabetes who switch to a diet consisting entirely of vegan, organic, live, raw foods in order to reverse diabetes naturally. They are challenged to give up meat, dairy, sugar, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, junk food, processed food, packaged food, and even cooked food—as well as go without their loved ones and many of their creature comforts— for 30 days. 
Sunday12:00pm The Book of Green (6 min) & Discussion Join visual artist Mary Russell and poet Gerard Wozek along with students from the Institute of Art and Design at Robert Morris College in Chicago for a screening of their new poetry video, The Book of Green, an ongoing collaborative project designed to connect participants with the environment through self-scrutiny, careful field study, and the process of collecting and archiving elements in nature. After the film, artists and students will answer questions on the process of translating poetry into film and the art of collaborative nature journaling. 2:00pm Renewal (90 min.) & Panel Discussion Renewal, a documentary by Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller, traces the rise in environmental activism among U.S. religious communities through eight heartwarming stories. Join us for a Faith in Place panel discussion after the film. Faith in Place partners with more than 300 congregations of every faith around Illinois to help them conserve energy, incorporate renewable power, create direct markets for sustainable local farmers, teach youth about their role as stewards of creation, and more. Panelists include: Rev. Claire Butterfield, Faith in Place; Gary Hougen, Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church; and Anne Marie Tirpak, Parish Advancement for the Archdiocese of Chicago. |
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