Sierra Club Green Cinema
Green Festival is excited to partner with the Sierra Club to introduce a wonderful new feature to Green Festival – The Sierra Club Green Cinema! Sierra Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. With 1.4 million members strong, Sierra Club chapters around the nation work together, inspired by nature, to protect our local communities and the planet.
In celebration of partnership with this venerable organization, all Sierra Club members who show their membership card at the box office receive FREE admission to Green Festival!
At the Sierra Club Green Cinema, sit back, relax and enjoy short and feature-length documentaries covering a variety of social and environmental topics. Stick around post-screening for film discussions and Q & A.
Sierra Club Green Cinema film schedule:
Saturday May 21st
"Gasland"
10:30 am and 2:15 pm
When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for natural gas drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. 104 minutes.
"Dirty Business: "Clean Coal" and the Battle for Our Energy Future"
12:30 pm
Dirty Business is produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting and investigates the true cost of our dependence on coal for electricity in the age of climate change. 89 minutes.
"Journey to Planet Earth: Plan B"
4:15 pm
Hosted by Matt Damon, and featuring Lester Brown, environmental visionary and author of Plan B, this documentary delivers a clear and unflinching message – either confront the realities of climate change or suffer the consequences of lost civilizations and failed political states. 135 minutes.
Showing with "Sadless in Seattle"
This short film explores the Happiness Initiatives currently underway in the cities of Victoria, British Columbia and Seattle, WA. The cities are surveying residents concerning nine domains of well-being. 10 minutes.
Sunday May 22nd
"Gasland"
11:30 am and 3:45 pm
When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for natural gas drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. 104 minutes.
"Coal Country"
1:45 pm
Mari-Lynn Evans and Phylis Geller’s documentary reveals how Americans’ hunger for cheap energy has fueled the destruction of the oldest mountains on the continent and a culture deeply rooted in the American soul. 84 minutes.
Take action! Check out the Sierra Club website to learn about national campaigns and local projects in your community.
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