For Earth Day Mini Film Fest (April 19 to 23) from One Earth Film Fest and the City of Chicago:
Trip Jennings/2022/101 min/Climate Change, Conservation, Health & Environment
CHICAGO-AREA PREMIERE. FILM DESCRIPTION: “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the harrowing escape from Paradise as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire’s start. We visit fire labs where researchers torch entire houses to learn why some homes burn and others survive. We learn from Native Americans as they employ fire to benefit nature and increase community safety as they have for thousands of years. We follow researchers who work to understand the effects of climate on forests and the crucial role that natural forests play in storing vast amounts of carbon. Along the way we listen to people who have survived the deadliest fires to underscore the importance of this quest.
“Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” won Best Director, Best Editing, and Jury Award Best Documentary at the Golden Gate International Film Festival in 2022. At the Valley Film Festival, the film earned the 10° Hotter Award in 2022.
Film Director Trip Jennings has worked with National Geographic for over a decade. His films have won dozens of awards around the world and have aired on major networks on every continent.
Register in person at Thatcher Woods: https://elementalthatcher.eventbrite.com
IN PERSON: Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 to 9 p.m. CDT [W Suburbs]
Thatcher Woods Pavilion, 8030 Chicago Ave., River Forest
Doors open 30 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines, check in/register, and get best seats. ADA compliant accessible venue.
Register in person at Gorton Center: https://gortoncenter.org/event/elemental-reimagine-wildfire-part-of-the-one-earth-collective-2023-earth-day-mini-film-fest/
IN PERSON: Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 to 9 p.m. CDT
Gorton Center, 400 E. Illinois Rd. [Lake County]
John & Nancy Hughes Theater, Lake Forest
Doors open 30 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines,
check in/register, purchase concessions, and get best seats.
ADA compliant accessible venue.
Register for virtual screening: https://elementalvirtual.eventbrite.com
VIRTUAL: Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 to 9 p.m. CDT
Post-film discussion with Facilitator:
Cindy Klein-Banai, Experienced Sustainability Professional and Educator
Panelists:
Ralph Bloemers, Executive Producer, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
Trip Jennings, Director, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
Richard F. O'Rourke III, Film Subject, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire; indigenous fire practitioner and Fire Coordinator, Cultural Fire Management Council
Vic Bogosian, Manager Department of Natural Resources, Pokégnek Bodéwadmik, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi