8th Annual Artivist Film Festival

This year, the festival is offering two films dealing with environmental issues. The first of these films is Green, which will be shown on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 9:45 PM.  Another fine option is The 4th Revolution on Friday August 19, 2011 at 4:45 PM.

GREEN:  Her name is Green, and she is alone in a world that now doesn’t belong to her. Green is a female orangutan, a victim of deforestation and resource exploitation. The recipient of over 20 international film festival awards, including the United Nations’ International Forest Film Festival “Best of the Festival” award, Green is an emotional, heart-wrenching journey of Green’s final days in her beloved Indonesian rainforest. The film is a visual ride, presenting the treasures of rainforest biodiversity and the devastating impacts of logging and land clearing for palm oil plantations.

THE 4th REVOLUTION  describes the exciting possibility of a global switch to 100% renewable energy sources within the next 30 years. The film’s interviewees-a prominent environmental activist, Nobel laureates, innovative businessmen and politicians-tell us and show us what can be done. Through recent advances in technology, it is now possible for the human race to switch to a 100% free energy, renewable economy. Filmed in ten countries over four years, The 4th Revolution examines the ways in which individuals can take control of their energy needs and asks whether, as a global community, we can summon the will to institute large-scale change. This film also demonstrates the tremendous opportunities provided by the energy revolution, including sustainable economic development and social and economic fairness.