This 4-part film series–Our Future Is a Healthy Environment FILM SERIES— is made possible by The Redford Center and Working Films to bring educational films on the environment and bipartisan solutions to rural and frontline communities. The arc of this series is the development of bipartisan solutions in Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution and Watershed: Exploring A New Water Ethic For The West, what happens when bipartisanship breaks down in The White House Effect, and how individuals come together to create resiliency with regenerative agriculture solutions in Common Ground. The films will be shown at different locations across Delta County. Each film will be preceded by a panel discussion. We are pleased to co-host this event with The Paradise Theatre, and Grand Mesa Arts Center.  Please join us for this very important film series.

 

 

 

 

Film #1: Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution

Happening director and star Jamie Redford spent an intense and often funny year trying to understand and come to terms with one mind-bending problem—climate change—and an equally mind-blowing solution, renewable energy. The film chronicles Jamie’s exploration into the dawn of America’s clean-energy economy as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier. Happening showcases the people, places, and ideas that reveal a clean energy revolution that is democratic, patriotic, and well underway. View Trailer.

 

September 9, 7pm at The Paradise Theatre, Paonia

 

 

 

Film #2: The White House Effect

A riveting look at a key moment in the history of the climate crisis, THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT from directors Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk travels back in time to document how a crucial opportunity to take real action on global warming was not just squandered but deliberately undermined. Woven entirely of archival material, the documentary focuses on the pivotal years of the George H.W. Bush administration—1988 to 1992—when the entire country was waking up to the reality of global warming and Bush had pledged to use “the White House effect” to tackle it. View Trailer.

September 11, 7pm at The Paradise Theatre, Paonia

 

Film #3:  Common Ground

Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to  Kiss the Ground, which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late. View Trailer.

 

September 23, 6pm Bill Heddles Recreation Center, Delta

 

Film #4:  Watershed: Exploring A New Water Ethic For the New West

WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River, and offers solutions for the future of the American West. As the most dammed, diked, and diverted river in the world struggles to support 40 million people and the peace-keeping agreement known as the Colorado River Compact reaches its limits, WATERSHED introduces hope. The film inspired the formation of the Raise the River coalition — a unique partnership of US and Mexican non-governmental organizations working to restore the Colorado River Delta. The film premiered in 2012 and has been featured in over 50 film festivals. As the Colorado River Basin states undergo their greatest challenge, this history is a source of inspiration for how to move forward. View Trailer.

 

October 17, 7pm, Grand Mesa Arts Center, Cedaredge