NEW BRUNSWICK — NY/NJ Baykeeper will host a film festival of award-winning films about the environment.
The Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival uses film to educate, celebrate, and inspire activism on behalf of the environment and encourage stewardship of our planet. The festival tour makes the rounds of communities around the nation.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Patagonia Corp., the Keyport-based Baykeeper will be hosting four exceptional films 1-4 p.m. on Oct. 19 at the Crossroads Theatre at 7 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick. Adult tickets are $15 and tickets for children 12 & under are $10.
The films are:
“Mountain Top Removal” — Director Mike O’Connell points a sharp lens at the harsh coal-mining practice called mountaintop removal, a process that involves clear cutting and then the removal of up to 1,000 vertical feet of mountain by explosives. He is there when citizens, students and evangelical environmentalists confront the nation’s fourth largest coal company.
“Fridays at the Farm” — Feeling disconnected from their food, a photographer/filmmaker and his family decide to join a community-supported organic farm. Moving from passive observer to active participant, the filmmaker photographs the natural processes of food cultivation. Featuring lush time-lapse and macrophotography sequences compiled from nearly 20,000 still images, this personal essay is a meditation on the miracles of life.
“For The Price of a Cup of Coffee” — Follow the life cycle of a paper cup and the environmental repercussions of a society reliant on convenience.
“Carpa Diem” — Before sleeping, a child in her apartment is lovingly watching a fish in the aquarium. In the meantime, her younger brother is being mindless of the open tap, the water flowing out of the washbasin … a waste that could turn into a tragedy.
To see film trailers and learn more, go to www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org.
To purchase tickets on-line, visit www.nynjbaykeeper.org/events/147.