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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Kepler's Books and Cinema Connect present... A FIERCE GREEN FIRE The Battle for a Living Planet A FIERCE GREEN FIRE tells stirring stories of environmental activism – people trying to save the planet, their homes, their lives, the future. It chronicles grassroots and global movements building over five decades; connects all the causes to create a big-picture synthesis; explores how we got here and where we’re going. Ours is the time when humanity ran up against nature -- the challenge before us is guiding spaceship earth, bringing our civilization into sustainable balance with the web of life that supports us. Evening Schedule 7:00pm - Doors open (socializing and tea) 7:30pm - Film and post-film discussion led by Mark Kitchell, Producer/Director Tickets Advance Tickets $12, Click Here to Purchase Door Tickets $16 A FIERCE GREEN FIRE Bay Area Schedule:
Cinema Connect is pleased to present thought provoking films in the context of community settings. These feature documentaries with transformational themes are presented with post-film dialogues and Q & A. If you are interested in having A FIERCE GREEN FIRE screened by your organization or at your venue, please contact us. |
A FIERCE GREEN FIRE Synopsis
A FIERCE GREEN FIRE is the first film to take on environmentalism as a whole, to bring together all the parts and eras, from conservation to climate change. It explores how the issues built into an international cause, the largest movement the world has ever seen and perhaps the most crucial in terms of what’s at stake. It’s not easy being green – every battle is against the odds. We focus on successes: halting dams in the Grand Canyon; rescuing the people of Love Canal; saving whales and the greatest rainforest on earth. However, we also look at how the struggles continue and the issues grow in scope until it’s an open question whether they’re too big for the environmental movement to deal with. Our approach differs from the usual environmental documentary in two ways. First is our focus on activism. We reveal the issues by showing how people acted on them; it’s a more engaging approach, emphasizing drama and passion. Second is our emphasis on the big picture – connections, core ideas, what it all means. This film is designed to reach and teach a huge and hungry audience, give them an understanding of environmentalism like nothing before. Now we must all be environmentalists, as Bob Bullard the environmental justice advocate puts it: “There’s no Hispanic air. There’s no African-American air. There’s air! And if you breathe air – and most people I know do breathe air... then I would consider you an environmentalist.” A FIERCE GREEN FIRE unfolds in five acts, each 20-25 minutes. E.O. Wilson, the biologist and adviser to the film, suggested focusing on five of the most dramatic and important events and people. In developing those main stories and characters, we discovered each was emblematic of an era and a part of the environmental movement. So we devised an hourglass structure for each act. They begin with the broader context. Then they focus in on the main story, more fully told. Finally they open up again to explore ramifications. |
