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Sunday July 27, 2008
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Hawaiians - Reflecting Spirit (2007)
This film offers important cultural insights into who the Hawaiians are as a people, their origins, historical challenges and current social conditions. It talks about the connectedness of native peoples to the ocean, sky and land. (58min DVD)
Summer 2008 Eruption Update (2008)
During an eruption anything can happen. Anywhere. Without warning. Kilauea volcano has been erupting for more than 24 years. Segments of this film will be shown throughout the day highlighting what happens: seared your skin, scorching your clothing, and trying to set your feet on fire, and the amazing dynamics of an active volcano: high fountains, fissures, lava lakes lava flows, villages destroyed, and new land built at the ocean.
12:00 – 12:30pm
The Airport and the Ae‘o (2007)
This is the story about an airport, a bird, and what the State of Hawai‘i did to save its habitat. The construction of the reef runway for Honolulu not only provided mitigated habitat for the Ae‘o and other wetland birds, but also a precedent for the Federal Aviation Authority funding nationwide. (25 min DVD)
12:30 – 1:00pm
Kaulana Nā Wai ‘Ehā: Restoring Maui’s Famous Streams (2008)
The story tracing the endeavors of Hui o Nā Wai ‘Ehā and the Maui Tomorrow Foundation, to restore the historic flows to Waikapū, ‘Īao, Waiehu and Waihe‘e streams on Maui, traditionally known as Nā Wai ‘Ehā, “the Four Great Waters”. For the past century agricultural plantations have diverted the lion’s share of the water from two of these streams, Waihe‘e and ‘Īao. Community groups are actively working to protect and restore their quality of life for present and future generations by retrieving water to these streams, thus to benefit, not only the native stream life, such as ‘o‘opu, hīhīwai and ‘ōpae, but also to help kalo farmers flourish in the area once again. (30 min DVD)
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Sharkwater (2006)
For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a life-long fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind. (89 min DVD)
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Strange Days on Planet Earth – Most Dangerous Catch (2008)
Our massive demands on the ocean’s bounty impacts life far beyond the shoreline: bushmeat hunting is on the rise in Ghana while in Namibia; fishing grounds struggle to recover as putrid fumes explode from the ocean depths and poison the waters; and radical new fish farms are sprouting up from Puerto Rico to Canada. Across the globe, all life is feeling the effects of overfishing. Can we protect fish in time to safeguard the ocean, life on land and ultimately ourselves? Find out how we all can make a difference. (55 min DVD)
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Strange Days on Planet Earth –Dirty Secrets
Something is amiss in our global world water supply: Striped bass are succumbing to flesh-eating bacteria in Chesapeake Bay; seabird chicks are starving in Hawai‘i; coral reefs are weakening under a growing assault of invisible contaminants and an increasing variety of aquatic animals are showing signs of developmental disorders. Experts and citizens are racing to find clues to the causes—and the solutions. Find out how we all can make a difference. (55 min DVD)
4:30 – 6:00 pm
The Future of Food (2004)
An in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply. (88 min DVD)
6:00 – 7:30 pm
King Corn
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm. (88 min DVD)
7:30 – 9:00 pm
11th Hour (2007)
Humankind’s 11th hour is here: the last moment when we can change and stop our rush towards ecological collapse. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio produces and narrates this urgent and transforming look at where we’ve been, where we’re going and – most important – how we can change. Astonishing images of floods, fires, hurricanes, collapsing ice cliffs and growing mountains of waste juxtaposed with images of a sustainable future urge us to take action. Will we employ exciting new technologies and change our behavior to save our planet? The crisis is now; but we do have the solutions to save this unique blue planet for future generations. (92 min DVD) |
Monday July 28, 2008
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005)
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. Castigated as a pariah in his community, Farmer John bravely transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and arson. He succeeds in creating a bastion of free expression and a revolutionary form of agriculture in rural America. (82 min DVD)
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Cane Toads - An Unnatural History (1988)
Cane toads were imported by the sackload from Hawai‘i to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the Greyback beetle, which was rapidly destroying their sugarcane crop. The cane toads adapted beautifully to their new surroundings. Problem was, the beetle could fly and the cane toad couldn’t. This is an amazing story of an amphibious assault – the whole story, warts and all, and in truly Australian style. (60 min DVD)
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Gimme Green (2008)
Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop-the lawn. (28 min DVD)
1:30 – 2:30 pm
The Silence of the Bees (2007)
The film encompasses three parallel stories. The first is the overall mystery of why the bees are disappearing, and the scientific investigations that are under way to try to understand this. The second is the surprising reliance that we have on this completely unnatural system of trucking bees around the country to pollinate our crops. This is something that I think has taken everyone by surprise. Third, maybe most fascinating of all, is the story of the honeybee itself. To understand the magnitude of the problem and what we're losing, it's important to appreciate how extraordinary these animals are, and the value of what they contribute to the planet. And to our plates! (56 min DVD)
2:30 -4:00 pm
Who killed the electric car? (2006)
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline...........Ten years later, these cars were destroyed. Running solely on electricity, General Motors’ fleet of EV-1 electric vehicles were so efficient, they were on the brink of altering the future of driving in America – perhaps even the world. Those lucky enough to drive on gave it glowing reviews. So why were they all destroyed? This is a murder mystery like no other, as it unravels the puzzling demise of a vehicle that could have saved the environment and America’s dangerous addition to foreign oil. (95min DVD)
4:00 -5:00 pm
Car of the Future (2008)
The "Car Talk" radio guys go on a joke-filled quest to find the perfect car of the future in a TV show premiering on Earth Day. And the punch line is that the technology they're looking for is already available - for a price, that is. PBS Nova documentary series, marks the prime-time television debut of Tom and Ray Magliozzi, a.k.a. Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers. (56 min DVD)
5:00 -6:00 pm
Solar Energy - Saved by the Sun (2007)
This documentary poses the burning question: Can solar power help save the Earth from the ravages of global warming? In the face of steeply rising oil prices and political turmoil in the Middle East, there’s a new urgency and enthusiasm for finding ways to make solar power more efficient and affordable. Nova presents a provocative mix of scientists, economists, and ordinary citizens who are all pushing the envelope of solar power’s untapped potential. (56 min DVD)
6:00 -7:00 pm
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call “The Special Period.” Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope. It is interesting to think how Hawaii could survive a similar oil crisis with its 90% dependency of imported oil and commodities. (53min DVD)
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Six Degrees Could Change the World (2008)
Six Degrees is an extraordinary journey into our planet’s future to explore the potential impacts of global warming degree-by-degree - through six degrees over the next hundred years. From Greenland’s ice sheet to tropical ocean coral reefs, from Himalayan glaciers to the Amazon rainforest, come chilling firsthand accounts of climate change already underway - and evidence of more to come. As global warming reaches into the lives of ordinary people, scientists on the frontlines race against the clock to determine if the climate models are right and if they are, how bad things could get. As the mercury rises, what could the next century of climate change really look and feel like? The journey of Six Degrees concludes with an examination of solutions, both great and small, we can use to defuse the global warming time bomb. (90 min DVD) |
