Schedule of the Event:

April 22, 2025

One Earth Film Festival: Launch Party

Celebrate Power In Unity for our Planet!

Unite, celebrate, and help build resilient communities and a healthier planet!

Be a part of the 14th One Earth Film Festival official launch on April 22nd, 2025 at Chicago’s thoughtfully modern Sarabande–located steps away from the Chicago River. It’s the perfect time on our planet and the perfect party backdrop to celebrate the power found in unity, as we rally around our essential yet endangered natural resources.

Celebrate! Yes there IS cause for celebration–even amidst great challenges.

Together, in unity, we are helping create more resilient communities and a healthier planet.

Expect to Enjoy:

- A chance to escape, recharge, and party with like-minded filmmakers and advocates in a stunning space

- Gourmet plant-based heavy hors d'oeuvres, sweet treats and sips

- An inspiring toast from the illustrious 2025 OEFF filmmakers

- A brief program celebrating our Chicago River and local waterways, including opening remarks from the City of Chicago Chief Sustainability Officer and Commissioner of the Department of Environment, Angela Tovar; a screening of One Earth’s Young Filmmakers Contest winner Bohdana Bihdan’s film, Ocean Monologue; and more

- A Chicago River-themed interactive art weaving experience by our partners at the Nowhere Collective; guests are invited to please bring any textiles to recycle (especially in colors blue and white) through this group arts experience

- The chance to win a smart, stylish, and sustainable Radio Flyer Folding Cargo Bike and other incredible prizes

We can’t wait to see and celebrate with you!

Thank YOU! The One Earth Film Festival is a stellar example of what happens when YOU–supporters, filmmakers, hosts, volunteers, and climate champions–come together to create an experience that furthers resilient communities and a healthier planet.

We may have a limited number of scholarship tickets for those experiencing hardship. Please reach out to [email protected] for more info, with subject line: Scholarship Ticket Inquiry. Thank you!

Tickets:$80 individual/two for $150

Launch Party Tickets

Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Location: Sarabande Chicago, 2726 W Roscoe St, Chicago, IL 60618

April 23, 2025

The Hills and Little Village: Empowering Change for a Sustainable Future

Ines Sommer/2023/43 Min/Community, Conservation , Environmental Justice

Mohammad Shahhosseini/2023/8 Min/ Community, Environmental Justice, Sustainability

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

The Hills Film Description: When the steel mills on Chicago’s Southeast Side closed decades ago, they left behind toxic sites that look harmless to the naked eye. Deriving its title from a deserted 67-acre hill made up of **** that Republic Steel/LTV dumped there during the 1950s–80s, The Hills is a place-based documentary where contaminated land, water, and wildlife play a leading role alongside the voices of community members. Easily mistaken for gravel, **** is a byproduct of steelmaking and contains arsenic, chromium, lead, and other toxins. Recently declared a superfund site by the EPA, the abandoned Schroud property has long attracted heavy recreational use and toxins from the **** continue to leach into the adjacent Indian Creek. Providing a rich habitat for fish, beavers, and birds, Indian Creek links Wolf Lake, a major recreational fishing area, to the Calumet River which in turn connects to Lake Michigan, Chicago’s source of drinking water. The Hills uses this singular site as starting point to consider the area’s industrial history, labor, and current environmental justice struggles, including the fight against General Iron and the proposed expansion of the Army Corps of Engineer’s Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) right at the shore of Lake Michigan, the source of Chicago's drinking water.

IN THE PRESS
Chicago Tribune: Nearly $700K in public art installations on climate change and environmental justice to be revealed across Chicago
Axios Chicago: New environmental artworks pop up across Chicago
Chicago Reader: Rethinking our relationship to water
The Green Sense Show: Ines Sommer – The Hills

Little Village Film Description: In the heart of Chicago, the community of Little Village has a rich history, but it's also faced its fair share of challenges, particularly in terms of environmental pollution. Join us on a journey through this historic neighborhood as residents, in collaboration with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), share their stories and discuss the environmental impact on their lives. From coal plants to the fight for cleaner air and green jobs, watch how Little Village and LVEJO are striving for a more sustainable and equitable future. Discover the initiatives, successes, and hopes for a just transition that could inspire change not only in Little Village but in communities around the world.

We will additionally be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers Runner-Up films The Atlantis Mussels by Rachmat Kurniawan Idrus and Azyd Aqsha Madani and Connecting Chicago to Opportunity by Greenlining

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Illinois Institute of Technology Tickets

Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60616

Every Little Thing

Sally Aitken/2024/93 Min/Conservation, Education, Biodiversity

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

““Every Little Thing” is a kindhearted film for unkind times.” - Roger Ebert

“Truly awe-inspiring cinematography that makes hummingbirds look even more magical than they do in real life.” - Dan Bayer

“This joyful, gorgeously shot portrait teaches us as much about these fragile, amazing creatures as it does about the tenacity of the human heart.”- Palm Spring International Film Fest

Film Description: The documentary about a Los Angeles woman who has made it her life’s mission to rehabilitate injured hummingbirds has a gentle sweetness that feels like a balm. Terry Masear, the subject of writer-director Sally Aitken’s film, has a no-nonsense demeanor, but her affection for these tiny creatures is unmistakable. She gives them names like Raisin, Cactus and Wasabi. She assigns them narratives as she observes their behavior. She painstakingly builds them elaborate aviaries and lovingly feeds them from a syringe. And she devotes every inch of her sprawling Hollywood Hills property, inside and out, to their care. Winner of the Nantucket Film Festival Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Film Making Award

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films Understorey by Claire Riverland, Lily Newcombe, Isabella Sanderson, Spencer Cameron.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Oak Park Village Hall Tickets

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302

Every Little Thing

Sally Aitken/2024/93 Min/Conservation, Education, Biodiversity

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

““Every Little Thing” is a kindhearted film for unkind times.” - Roger Ebert

“Truly awe-inspiring cinematography that makes hummingbirds look even more magical than they do in real life.” - Dan Bayer

“This joyful, gorgeously shot portrait teaches us as much about these fragile, amazing creatures as it does about the tenacity of the human heart.”- Palm Spring International Film Fest

Film Description: The documentary about a Los Angeles woman who has made it her life’s mission to rehabilitate injured hummingbirds has a gentle sweetness that feels like a balm. Terry Masear, the subject of writer-director Sally Aitken’s film, has a no-nonsense demeanor, but her affection for these tiny creatures is unmistakable. She gives them names like Raisin, Cactus and Wasabi. She assigns them narratives as she observes their behavior. She painstakingly builds them elaborate aviaries and lovingly feeds them from a syringe. And she devotes every inch of her sprawling Hollywood Hills property, inside and out, to their care. Winner of the Nantucket Film Festival Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Film Making Award

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films Understorey by Claire Riverland, Lily Newcombe, Isabella Sanderson, Spencer Cameron.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Uncommon Ground Tickets

Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: UncommonGround - Lakeview, 3800 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613

April 24, 2025

Bad River

Mary Mazzio/2024/88 Min/Conservation, Water, Environmental Justice

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“As a critic, ‘Bad River’ fulfills all of my personally desired elements to make this a perfect film and thus earns a well-deserved 10 out of 10. I highly recommend it” - Vincent Schilling

“Bad River gains a cumulative power in the way it consistently counters these tragedies with moving interviews with the proud, vibrant people who have refused to leave, illustrating the courage of resistance that takes place across generations.” - Roger Ebert

“Can turn the culture upside down and absolutely move you” – Chris Salce, Film Threat

Film Description: BAD RIVER, narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced by Grant Hill (Owner of the Atlanta Hawks) and Allison Abner (writer for Narcos, West Wing and descendant of the Stockbridge Munsee Band), is a new documentary film which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty, a story which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience, which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. As Eldred Corbine, a Bad River Tribal Elder declares: “We gotta protect it… die for it, if we have to.” Winner of the EMA (Environmental Media Association) 2024 Best Documentary Film Award

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films The Kiribati Project by Loyola University Chicago Students Michael Rogowski, Taylor Zielenbach, Robert Kennedy, and Sanjay Numbiar.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Epiphany Center for the Arts Tickets

Time: 5:30pm to 9:00pm

Location: Epiphany Center for the Arts, 201 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607

Bad River

Mary Mazzio/2024/88 Min/Conservation, Water, Environmental Justice

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“As a critic, ‘Bad River’ fulfills all of my personally desired elements to make this a perfect film and thus earns a well-deserved 10 out of 10. I highly recommend it” - Vincent Schilling

“Bad River gains a cumulative power in the way it consistently counters these tragedies with moving interviews with the proud, vibrant people who have refused to leave, illustrating the courage of resistance that takes place across generations.” - Roger Ebert

“Can turn the culture upside down and absolutely move you” – Chris Salce, Film Threat

Film Description: BAD RIVER, narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced by Grant Hill (Owner of the Atlanta Hawks) and Allison Abner (writer for Narcos, West Wing and descendant of the Stockbridge Munsee Band), is a new documentary film which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty, a story which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience, which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. As Eldred Corbine, a Bad River Tribal Elder declares: “We gotta protect it… die for it, if we have to.” Winner of the EMA (Environmental Media Association) 2024 Best Documentary Film Award

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films The Kiribati Project by Loyola University Chicago Students Michael Rogowski, Taylor Zielenbach, Robert Kennedy, and Sanjay Numbiar.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Dominican University, Parmer Hall Tickets

Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Dominican University - PARMER HALL, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305

Slay

Rebecca Cappelli/2022/85 Min/Sustainability, Upcyling, Animal Justice/Rights

Content Advisory: Dead/dismembered Animals

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“Slay is an eye-opening documentary that will have you looking at your wardrobe in a whole new, probably red tinted, light.” - Elliot Wheatland-Clinch

“This film is an absolute eye-opener and a must-watch for anyone who wants to connect to the true origins of where their clothes and shoes come from.” - Let’s Go Vegan

Film Description: SLAY is a feature documentary film exploring the interwoven harms caused by fashion’s use of fur, leather and wool. Following investigative filmmaker Rebecca Cappelli as she travels the world uncovering some of fashion’s best kept secrets, a harrowing story of greenwashing, environmental destruction, unjust treatment of workers, and animal exploitation unravels. SLAY asks an important question to the public, and the fashion industry itself: Is it acceptable to kill animals for fashion? Winner of the 2022 International Vegan Film Festival’s Best Vegan-Themed Feature Film

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films Black Tide by Chloe Ban.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Triton College Tickets

Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Triton College, 2000 Fifth Avenue, River Grove, IL 60171

April 25, 2025

Single Use planet

Steve Cowan/2024/59 Min/Sustainability, Waste, Recycling

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“Single Use Planet is a powerful portrait of the plastics crisis but also shows how communities, activists, researchers and reformers are fighting to stem the tide.” -Michael Watts

“This is a timely, accessible film to prompt discussions about grassroots, corporate, and state power in the US today.” - Phaedra C. Pezzullo

“Single-Use Planet does a great job of showing another dimension of the plastics problem, emphasizing the link between plastic use and the petrochemical industry producing this material.” -Erin Murphy

Film Description: Plastic is vital in so many ways to our modern way of life and well-being—but not all forms of it. In search of why more and more single-use plastic debris enters the ocean despite all efforts to recycle, SINGLE-USE PLANET goes upstream to where millions of tons of raw plastic are being made amidst the ruins of America's bygone steel industry in Pennsylvania. Further upstream, we see the economic and political realities that have boosted the new industry—realities reaching all the way to rural Louisiana where plans are laid to build the biggest plastic plant in the world. Can the powerful industry be persuaded to temper their production of single-use plastic? Our search leads to Washington D.C.—where a federal bill to regulate the industry remains stalled—and finally to France, where the prohibition of campaign donations by corporations may provide a key to the effective reduction of plastic pollution. Winner of: Best U.S. Documentary, Santa Cruz Independent Film Fest/Best U.S. Documentary, Austin International Art Festival/Award of Distinction, IndieFEST Film Awards/Award of Excellence, Impact Docs/Award of Excellence, Accolade Global Film Competition

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films Throwaway Living by Helen Sun and Laura Malatos.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

The Plant Tickets

Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Location: The Plant, 1400 W 46th St, Chicago, IL 60609

Alt Space Chicago Tickets

Time: 5:30pm - 9:00pm

Location: Alt Space Chicago, 5645 W Corcoran Pl, Chicago, IL 60644

Institute of Cultural Affairs Tickets

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Institute of Cultural Affairs, 4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640

50 States of Sustainability

Larry Confino/2023/83 Min/Sustainability, Energy, Agriculture

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“A look inside the new eco-friendly Ann Arbor development to be featured on PBS”- Ryan Stanton

Film Description: Companies and organizations are increasingly leading the way to a United States economy driven by renewable energy and sustainability. In this series comprised of short documentaries, CEOs and upper management at a variety of companies, non-profits and government agencies will present their science based solutions and visions for the future. We also focus on young leaders that are making those visions of the future a reality. They will present the challenges that lie ahead, and how they are endeavoring to solve big problems and make a difference through their work. Government can set the policy agenda, but for real change to occur the private sector must be incentivized and fully engaged. Companies and organizations are in a unique position to innovate and have a significant impact in a shorter time. An educated and motivated work force is a critical part of affecting change from within every industry. We want to infuse this series with a sense of hope to empower all people, and instill in them a call to action to join the country's move toward a more sustainable future.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films A Dark Future by Riley Adler, Curran Randhawa, Dylan Wilson, and Janelle Lim.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Broadway UMC Tickets

Time: 5:45pm - 9:00pm

Location: Broadway UMC, 3338 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657.

50 States of Sustainability

Larry Confino/2023/83 Min/Sustainability, Energy, Agriculture

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“A look inside the new eco-friendly Ann Arbor development to be featured on PBS”- Ryan Stanton

Film Description: Companies and organizations are increasingly leading the way to a United States economy driven by renewable energy and sustainability. In this series comprised of short documentaries, CEOs and upper management at a variety of companies, non-profits and government agencies will present their science based solutions and visions for the future. We also focus on young leaders that are making those visions of the future a reality. They will present the challenges that lie ahead, and how they are endeavoring to solve big problems and make a difference through their work. Government can set the policy agenda, but for real change to occur the private sector must be incentivized and fully engaged. Companies and organizations are in a unique position to innovate and have a significant impact in a shorter time. An educated and motivated work force is a critical part of affecting change from within every industry. We want to infuse this series with a sense of hope to empower all people, and instill in them a call to action to join the country's move toward a more sustainable future.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films A Dark Future by Riley Adler, Curran Randhawa, Dylan Wilson, and Janelle Lim.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Gary United Methodist Church Tickets

Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Gary United Methodist Church, 224 North Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187

April 26, 2025

Cafeteria Man

Richard Chisolm/2011/65 Min/Food Justice, Youth, Educational

Youth (10+), Teens, and young adults are encouraged to attend.

"Highly recommended for a wide range of classes in addition to family & consumer science programs. The film could be used to generate discussion about many topics, such as urban schools, healthy eating, childhood obesity, local food movement, economic issues, community involvement, and youth activism."

— Educational Media Reviews Online

"Richard Chisolm's elating movie about good-food guru Tony Geraci…celebrates Geraci for his profound grasp of what healthful eating means to public school students.”
— Baltimore Sun

"Cafeteria Man provides powerful ammunition in the fight to end the epidemic of childhood obesity."
— Jay A. Perman, MD, President, University of Maryland Baltimore

Film Description: Cafeteria Man takes a behind the scenes look at Tony Geraci’s sweeping, tenacious efforts to kick start school lunch reform in Baltimore’s schools, a large urban district that serves 83,000 students, and later in Memphis schools, with 200,000 kids. As the newly hired Food and Nutrition Director of the Baltimore’s public school district, Geraci hatches an ambitious, multi-faceted plan to feed students healthy, locally-sourced meals, teach them nutritional awareness, and offer them training and vocational opportunities in the world of food. His bold vision includes a 33-acre teaching farm, school vegetable gardens, student-designed meals, and meatless Monday’s. Cafeteria Man follows Geraci as he partners with a dedicated group of parents and students to overhaul a long-established, dysfunctional lunch program and battle the entrenched bureaucracy behind it. The film profiles Baltimore’s experience as it becomes recognized as part a burgeoning national movement, and includes appearances by food author Michael Pollan, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films If I Could by Saron Bahre. However, for the Academy for Global Citizenship screening, we will instead be screening a different One Earth Young Filmmakers winning film Monarchs in Motion by Mason Mirabile.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Build Chicago Tickets

Time: 10:30am -1:00pm

Location: BUILD Chicago, 5100 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60644

Academy for Global Citizenship Tickets

Time: 10:30am - 1:30pm

Location: Academy for Global Citizenship, 4942 W 44th St, Chicago, IL 60638

Food Inc. 2

Melissa Robledo, Robert Kenner/2023/94 Min/Food Justice, Agriculture , Sustainability

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

Content Advisory: Dead/dismembered Animals

"This is an engaging and watchable activist documentary that does make way for optimism in its last minutes, but doesn’t, um, sugarcoat its envoi about changing our eating ways: “Not only can we do it, we have to." - Roger Ebert

"You might devour less after watching “Food, Inc. 2,” and what you eat will probably be healthier.”- Ben Kenigsberg

Film Description: Food, Inc. 2 is a 2023 documentary that examines the food industry's corporate consolidation and its impact on consumers and the environment. The film is a sequel to the 2008 Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc. This movie, directed by Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, picks up where the first one left off in exposing the at-times mind-bogglingly unwholesome practices of America’s corporate food concerns in manipulating us to consume that which is bad for us. But it begins by sharing the ostensibly good news, which is that increased food consciousness is making healthy and still delicious options more available to us.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films Monarchs in Motion by Mason Mirabile.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Andersonville Chamber of Commerce Tickets

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Andersonville Chamber of Commerce, 1554 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660

When We cycle

Arne Gielen, Gertjan Hulster/2024/62 Min/Sustainability, Transportation

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

Film Description: From the makers of the international proclaimed films Why We Cycle and Together We Cycle. When We Cycle is a feature-length documentary considering different developments in society and the role of cycling in these possible futures. It takes a look into the great unknown, asking whether the fast and efficient cyclist gets priority or are other scenarios conceivable? In the documentary, various experts and everyday cyclists take you on this journey through different imaginable futures for cycling.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films The Most Wonderful Choice of the Year by Magnolia Elementary School.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

ADA-compliant accessible venue. The Kehrein Center for the Arts is the product of a years-long effort to restore an architecturally-significant but unused auditorium into a vibrant fine and performing arts center, complete with a 900-seat storytelling theater, art gallery, and community gathering place. Original construction was in 1954 by Belli & Belli.

Kehrein Center for the Arts Tickets

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60644

Cafeteria Man

Richard Chisolm/2011/65 Min/Food Justice, Youth, Educational

Youth (10+), Teens, and young adults are encouraged to attend.

"Highly recommended for a wide range of classes in addition to family & consumer science programs. The film could be used to generate discussion about many topics, such as urban schools, healthy eating, childhood obesity, local food movement, economic issues, community involvement, and youth activism."

— Educational Media Reviews Online

"Richard Chisolm's elating movie about good-food guru Tony Geraci…celebrates Geraci for his profound grasp of what healthful eating means to public school students.”
— Baltimore Sun

"Cafeteria Man provides powerful ammunition in the fight to end the epidemic of childhood obesity."
— Jay A. Perman, MD, President, University of Maryland Baltimore

Film Description: Cafeteria Man takes a behind the scenes look at Tony Geraci’s sweeping, tenacious efforts to kick start school lunch reform in Baltimore’s schools, a large urban district that serves 83,000 students, and later in Memphis schools, with 200,000 kids. As the newly hired Food and Nutrition Director of the Baltimore’s public school district, Geraci hatches an ambitious, multi-faceted plan to feed students healthy, locally-sourced meals, teach them nutritional awareness, and offer them training and vocational opportunities in the world of food. His bold vision includes a 33-acre teaching farm, school vegetable gardens, student-designed meals, and meatless Monday’s. Cafeteria Man follows Geraci as he partners with a dedicated group of parents and students to overhaul a long-established, dysfunctional lunch program and battle the entrenched bureaucracy behind it. The film profiles Baltimore’s experience as it becomes recognized as part a burgeoning national movement, and includes appearances by food author Michael Pollan, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films If I Could by Saron Bahre. However, for the Academy for Global Citizenship screening, we will instead be screening a different One Earth Young Filmmakers winning film Monarchs in Motion by Mason Mirabile.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Oak Park Public Library Tickets

Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm

Location: Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301

Food Inc. 2

Melissa Robledo, Robert Kenner/2023/94 Min/Food Justice, Agriculture , Sustainability

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

Content Advisory: Dead/dismembered Animals

"This is an engaging and watchable activist documentary that does make way for optimism in its last minutes, but doesn’t, um, sugarcoat its envoi about changing our eating ways: “Not only can we do it, we have to." - Roger Ebert

"You might devour less after watching “Food, Inc. 2,” and what you eat will probably be healthier.”- Ben Kenigsberg

Film Description: Food, Inc. 2 is a 2023 documentary that examines the food industry's corporate consolidation and its impact on consumers and the environment. The film is a sequel to the 2008 Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc. This movie, directed by Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, picks up where the first one left off in exposing the at-times mind-bogglingly unwholesome practices of America’s corporate food concerns in manipulating us to consume that which is bad for us. But it begins by sharing the ostensibly good news, which is that increased food consciousness is making healthy and still delicious options more available to us.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films Monarchs in Motion by Mason Mirabile.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Palos Heights Rec Center Tickets

Time: 5:45pm to 9:00pm

Location: Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 West 127th Street, Palos Heights, IL 60463

When We cycle

Arne Gielen, Gertjan Hulster/2024/62 Min/Sustainability, Transportation

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

Film Description: From the makers of the international proclaimed films Why We Cycle and Together We Cycle. When We Cycle is a feature-length documentary considering different developments in society and the role of cycling in these possible futures. It takes a look into the great unknown, asking whether the fast and efficient cyclist gets priority or are other scenarios conceivable? In the documentary, various experts and everyday cyclists take you on this journey through different imaginable futures for cycling.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers winning films The Most Wonderful Choice of the Year by Magnolia Elementary School.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

ADA-compliant accessible venue. The Kehrein Center for the Arts is the product of a years-long effort to restore an architecturally-significant but unused auditorium into a vibrant fine and performing arts center, complete with a 900-seat storytelling theater, art gallery, and community gathering place. Original construction was in 1954 by Belli & Belli.

Park Ridge Community Church Tickets

Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: Park Ridge Community Church, 100 South Courtland Avenue, Park Ridge, IL 60068

April 27, 2025

The Grab and Earth Day Action Fair

The Grab will be preceded by One Earth’s annual Earth Day Action Fair, from 11:30A-1P in the Chicago Cultural Center GAR Rotunda. Details are forthcoming and will be shared to this page.

Celebrate the 55th anniversary of Earth Day by taking action for our planet! Join One Earth Film Festival, the City of Chicago's Office of Climate and Environmental Equity, and partners working on environmental and climate justice initiatives. Visit with groups to learn about and plug into their work, opportunities, and events. Enjoy community and fellowship with other environmental advocates.

Gabriela Cowperthwaite/2024/102 Min/Conservation, Economics , Sustainability

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“It’s a testament to the precision with which The Grab delivers each new piece of information that we never feel lost, even as the web of connections sprawls out over the globe.” - Ross McIndoe

“Produced in association with the Center for Investigative Reporting, “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s astonishing, eye-opening doc hits us with the idea that the next world war won’t be fought over ideology, oil or border disputes, but basic resources like meat, wheat and water, none of which should be taken for granted.” - Peter Debruge

Film Description: The film outlines a global warming reaction by several nation states, where the powerful use force, economics and illegal mercenaries to take control of food and water stocks. The narrative begins with the 2014 purchase of US-based Smithfield Foods by Chinese WH Group, which the filmmakers say gave away control of a quarter of all pigs in the US. It then follows other hard-to-explain deals, such as the purchase of arid land in Arizona by a Saudi company. Russians hiring American cowboys to work in a region too cold for farmland. And Blackwater deals to secure land in Africa. All these strange commercial arrangements are linked by "following the money", a phrase heard several times in the film, which identifies connections between governments, commercial enterprises and legal and illegal military actors such as mercenary companies. The filmmakers ultimately draw the conclusion that it is all planned responses to changes stemming from climate change. Winner of: 2023 San Diego International Film Festival: Best Documentary /2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival: Best Documentary /2023 Sedona International Film Festival: Best Investigative Documentary

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers Honorable Mention films Foundation by Jack Hinz.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Earth Day Action Fair Tickets

Time: 11:30am - 1:00 pm

Location: Chicago Cultural Center: Chicago Cultural Center GAR Rotunda

Chicago Cultural Center Tickets

Time: 1 - 4:15 pm

Location: Chicago Cultural Center: Claudia Cassidy Theater

Virtual Livestream Tickets

Time: 1pm - 4:15pm

April 28, 2025

Women of carbon

Basia Myszynski/2024/58 Min/Sustainability, Architecture, Energy

Teens and young adults are encouraged to attend.

“I often meet women who truly inspire me, and the Women of Carbon exemplify this perfectly.” -Nicole Alicia Xavier

“The story depicted in the film is still one of ringing optimism where a continued push, even at a community level, can make a world of difference.” - Kristine Klein

Film Description: Innovative women are redefining our relationship with carbon by repurposing living materials, reengineering waste into valuable chemicals that clean the climate, and driving decarbonization in our built environment. They share life/work challenges while thriving in male-dominated industries. Their collective wisdom comes together to form a singular belief and purpose to restore, protect and ultimately preserve the planet. The secret lies in the Earth itself. Told through a feminine lens, the story delves into the minds and spirits of dedicated, driven and dynamic 21st century trailblazers whose work is placing them at the core of decarbonization, human health and economic opportunity.

We will also be screening one of the One Earth Young Filmmakers Honorable Mention films Two Level House by Arfiyan Dewa Purnama.

Stay after the film for an enlightening facilitated dialogue with relevant experts and advocates.

Chicago Architecture Center Tickets

Time: 6pm - 9:00pm

Location: Chicago Architecture Center, 111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601

Virtual Livestream Tickets

Time: 6pm - 8:30pm

Date: April 22-28, 2025

Location: Various Venue in Illinois

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