Martha’s Vineyard Film Society in Collaboration With Vineyard Conservation Society Presents 10th Annual Martha’s Vineyard Environmental Film Festival.

Schedule:

Thursday, May 23rd

4:00pm - Every Little Thing

Amid the Glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a Woman Finds Herself on a Transformative Journey as She Nurtures Wounded Hummingbirds, Unraveling a Visually Captivating and Magical Tale of Love, Fragility, Healing, and the Delicate Beauty in Tiny Acts of Greatness.

7:30pm - Songs of Earth

Songs of Earth is a Majestic Symphony for the Big Screen. The Film is an Audio-visual Composition of the Earth’s Primordial Forces With Our Camera Taking You From Inside Nature’s Smallest Components to Outside the Wild Panoramas. The Filmmaker’s Father (85) is Our Guide. Bringing Us Through Norway’s Most Scenic Valley, He Grew Up in and Where Generations Have Been Living Alongside Nature to Survive. The Sounds of the Earth Harmonize Together to Make Music in This Breathtaking Journey.

“Unique Cinematic Experience” - TIFF September 2023

“The Cinematic Nature Experience of the Year. A Magnificent Existential Journey.” – CPH:DOX March 2023

Friday, May 24th

4:00pm - Canary

Witness the Extraordinary Life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an Explorer Who Went Where No Scientist Had Gone Before and Transformed Our Idea of What is Possible. Daring to Seek Earth’s History Contained in Glaciers Atop the Tallest Mountains in the World, Lonnie Found Himself on the Frontlines of Climate Change-his Life’s Work Evolving Into a Salvage Mission to Recover These Priceless Historical Records Before They Disappear Forever.

“A Documentary That Patiently Traces. Groundbreaking Efforts Extracting Ice Cores From Tropical Mountaintops.” - New York Times

“The Journey of Thompson’s Life is a Riveting, Inspiring Every-man Story. The Humble Underdog Transforms Into an Adventurer Visionary and Improbable Pillar of the Scientific Community.” - Inbetweendrafts

7:30pm - Giants Rising

Journey Into the Heart of America’s Most Iconic Forests, Giants Rising Reveals the Secrets and the Saga of the Coast Redwoods-the Tallest and Among the Oldest Living Beings on Earth. It’s an Epic Tale That Explores the Wonders of These Silent Giants and Our Dramatic, Ever-evolving Relationship With Them. Living Links to the Past, Redwoods Also Hold Powers That May Play a Role in Our Future, Including Their Ability to Withstand Fire and Capture Carbon, to Offer Clues About Longevity, and Even to Enhance Our Own Well-being. How Do They Do It -and How Will Redwoods Keep Working Their Magic as They’re Pushed to Their Limits? Through the Voices of Biologists, Artists, Native Peoples and Others Racing to Understand and Safeguard These Trees, Giants Rising Reveals the Scientific Wonders of Redwoods, Our Deep Cultural Ties to Them, and Efforts to Help These Iconic Forests Overcome the Legacy of Logging That Nearly Wiped Them Out. It’s a Story That Offers Lessons About Resilience and Connection, and the Promise of Solutions That Will Help Us All Rise Up From the Past and Face the Challenges That Lay Ahead.

Saturday, May 25th

4:00pm - Farming While Black

Farming While Black is a Feature-length Documentary Film Which Examines the Historical Plight of Black Farmers in the United States and the Rising Generation of Black Farmers Reclaiming Their Rightful Ownership to Land and Reconnecting With Their Ancestral Roots.

As the Co-founder of Soul Fire Farm in Upstate New York, Leah Penniman Finds Strength in the Deep Historical Knowledge of African Agrarianism – Agricultural Practices That Can Heal People and the Planet. Influenced and Inspired by Karen Washington, a Pioneer in Urban Community Gardens in New York City, and Fellow Farmer and Organizer Blain Snipstal, Leah Galvanizes Around Farming as the Basis of Revolutionary Justice.

In 1910, Black Farmers Owned 14 Percent of All American Farmland. Over the Intervening Decades, That Number Fell Below Two Percent, the Result of Racism, Discrimination, and Dispossession. The Film Chronicles Penniman and Two Other Black Farmers’ Efforts to Reclaim Their Agricultural Heritage. Collectively, Their Work Has a Major Impact, as Each is a Leader in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Justice Movements.

7:30pm - We’re All Plastic People Now

We’re All Plastic People Now is an Emmy Winning Documentary Introduced by Ted Danson and Featured at the 2024 Santa Fe Film Festival.

It’s in the Air. It’s in the Water. In an Era of Throw-away Ease, Plastic Has Cost Us Our Well-being. It’s Been Found Inside Our Bodies, Our Colons, Our Brains, in Breast Milk and Developing Wombs. Now, It’s Even in Our Hearts.

This Groundbreaking Film, for the First Time Ever, Tests the Producer’s Blood and Four Generations of Family Members for Chemicals Derived From Plastic. The Results Are Alarming.

Sunday, May 26th

4:00pm - Inundation District

In a Time of Rising Seas and Intensifying Storms, One of the World’s Wealthiest, Most-educated Cities Made a Fateful Decision to Spend Billions of Dollars Erecting a New District Along Its Coast - on Landfill, at Sea Level. Unlike Other Places Imperiled by Climate Change, This Neighborhood of Glass Towers Housing Some of the World’s Largest Companies Was Built Well After Scientists Began Warning of the Threats, Including Many at Its Renowned Universities. The City, Which Already Has More High-tide Flooding Than Nearly Any Other in the United States, Called Its New Quarter the Innovation District. But With Seas Rising Inexorably, and at an Accelerating Rate, Others Are Calling the Neighborhood by a Different Name: Inundation District.

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Date: May 23-26, 2024

Location: Martha's Vineyard Film Center

79 Beach Road  Vineyard Haven, MA 02568

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