Daniella Ortega and Niobe Thompson/2022/86 min/Climate, Conservation, Energy, Built Environment, Historical Perspectives

FILM DESCRIPTION: With Carbon in the news every day, you might think you know everything about her. But you’d be wrong. This spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary reveals the paradoxical story of the element that builds all life, and yet may end it all. Narrated in first person by Sarah Snook (Succession), “Carbon” tells of her birth in the violent core of an exploding star and of turbulent sagas through the fabric of our evolving Earth. Accompanied by celebrated scientists, unique animations and a stunning orchestral score, “Carbon” reminds us of our humble participation in the most extraordinary story in the universe.

Virtual tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carbon-the-unauthorized-biography-virtual-watch-party-tickets-858489454067

Camilo de Castro, Brad Allgood/2023/80 min/Conservation, Climate, Justice, Food & Agriculture, Historical Perspectives, People & Cultures, Wildlife

FILM DESCRIPTION: Nicaragua is facing an escalating crisis. Illegal cattle ranchers and miners are decimating the Indio-Maiz Biological Reserve — one of the last remaining rainforests in Central America. Climate change and deforestation are leading to destruction of biodiversity and traditional ways of life. Commodities produced on illegally converted lands are finding their way to unsuspecting consumers in the US and other major markets. The indigenous and Afro-descendent peoples are addressing the threat head on—fighting back to protect their territory and way of life and is on Leonardo DiCaprio’s list five environmental documentaries people should watch.

Virtual Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/patrol-virtual-watch-party-tickets-858502342617

Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell/2023/105 min/Climate, Food & Agriculture, Conservation, Health, Wildlife

FILM DESCRIPTION: From the filmmakers of “Kiss the Ground” (Netflix) comes the follow-up documentary “Common Ground,” winner of the Tribeca Film Festival. “Common Ground” is an important new documentary film featuring Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder, Donald Glover, Rosario Dawson, Mark Hyman, Gabe Brown, and many others. This film provides hope for future generations with concrete ways to fix a broken planetary system. “Common Ground” explores how regenerative agriculture can help heal the soil, our health and the planet.

The short film “Hope” by Jodi Wu will precede the feature film. “Hope” tied for the Animation Prize in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest 2023.

In Person Tickets at Chicago Cultural Center: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-ground-chicago-cultural-center-action-fair-tickets-858510015567

Arrive at 12 p.m. for the Action Fair in the 2nd Floor Rotunda.
Enjoy free refreshments and fellowship with environmental advocates.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

In Person Tickets at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-ground-peggy-notebaert-nature-museum-tickets-863367484387

Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

In Person Tickets at Illinois Institute of Technology: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-ground-illinois-institute-of-technology-tickets-863369951767?aff=oddtdtcreator

This is a collaboration with Bronzeville Partners.
Meet community leaders and organizations that are dedicated to
Earth Justice and learn how you can get involved. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Free parking lot across the street between 34th and 35th Streets.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

Illinois Tech is located in Bronzeville, also known as the “Black Metropolis” and the “Black Belt,” and is at the epicenter of African-American history on Chicago’s South Side. Its residents transformed the area into a mecca for innovation, business, culture, and community institutions with national influence that rivaled and even exceeded New York’s Harlem. The film will be screened at the former site of the Binga Bank and Arcade, owned by Jesse Binga, the first Black man to found a privately owned bank in Chicago.

In Person Tickets at Three Brothers Theatre in Waukegan: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-ground-three-brothers-theatre-tickets-863372479327?aff=oddtdtcreator

Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

In Person Tickets at Oak Park Public Library:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-ground-oak-park-public-library-tickets-863373432177?aff=oddtdtcreator

Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

Katja Esson/2023/85 min/Climate, Justice, Built Environment, Historical Perspectives

FILM DESCRIPTION: Liberty City, Miami, was home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the U.S. Now with rising sea levels, the neighborhood’s higher ground has become something else: real estate gold. Wealthy property owners push inland to higher ground, creating a speculators’ market in the historically Black neighborhood previously ignored by developers and policy-makers alike.

The short film “Painting by Numbers” by Radheya Jegatheva will precede the feature film. “Painting by Numbers” won the Sally Stovall Planet Warrior Prize for Creativity in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest 2023.

Chicago Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/razing-liberty-square-bethel-new-life-tickets-868044353027

Doors open at 5:15 for snacks/refreshments before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

DISCUSSION CO-FACILITATORS:

• Hollee Mangrum Willis, Bethel New Life

• J'Niya Blunt, Your Passion 1st

Maggie Hart and Brittany Zampella/2023/19 min/Waste, Health, Justice

FILM DESCRIPTION: “A Good Neighbor” is a feature-length documentary about a Latina single mother’s fight against racism and climate change as she campaigns for city council in one of the nation’s most polluted zip codes.

Farhoud Meybodi/2023/48 min/Waste, Health, Justice, Built Environment, People & Cultures

FILM DESCRIPTION: Amidst a catastrophic plastic waste crisis in her hometown of Nairobi, Nzambi Matee risks everything to pioneer technology that transforms plastic waste into sustainable paving bricks. A former engineer in the oil and gas industry, Nzambi walked away from a lucrative career after a trip to the coastal city of Mombasa, where she discovered a sea of plastic bags and bottles in the crystal blue waters of the Indian Ocean. This inspired Nzambi to create a possible solution to the country’s plastics problem by converting waste into sustainable materials.

The short film “The Speech of Txai Surui” by the students of Escola Parque (in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) will precede the feature film. This film won two awards in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest 2023.

VIEW & BREW tickets for Kehrein Center: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/view-brew-w-one-earth-collective-swsw-pt-3-tickets-881167544847?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

$25 includes film, food, and beverage starting at 5 p.m.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.
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.

In person tickets for Unity Temple: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthbound-nzambi-matee-a-good-neighbor-unity-temple-tickets-858539353317

Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

In person tickets for Triton College:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earthbound-nzambi-matee-a-good-neighbor-triton-college-tickets-858537668277?aff=oddtdtcreator

Doors open 30 minutes before start time.
Arrive early to talk with action partners, avoid lines and get best seats.
ADA-compliant accessible venue. Click here for more ADA details.

Join us! One Earth launches its 13th festival season by sharing reel stories that speak to the real change we can make for our planet when we're united together.

• Enjoy the beautiful, state-of-the art LEED Platinum Radio Flyer worldwide headquarters (a Certified B Corporation)

• Chance to watch the Emmy-winning short film "Taking Flight"

• Enjoy a toast from the amazing filmmakers behind the 2024 One Earth Film Fest film lineup

• See the Young Filmmakers Contest post-graduate winning film “My Brand New Car” as part of a short program beginning promptly at 7 p.m.

• Enter the raffle to win a Radio Flyer Electric Bicycle and other terrific, sustainable prizes

Scholarship and financial assistance awarded to enrolled students and community members with hardship. Applicants can email natasha@oneearthcollective.org to be added to the wait list.

*Please consider taking CTA or carpooling to this event. The closest Metra stop is Mars on the Milwaukee District West Line. Busses run along Grand Ave. and Fullerton Ave. #65 stops close by, for instance. For carpoolers and drivers, Radio Flyer has ample parking space available upon entering the front gate located on Natchez.

In Person Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-earth-film-fest-opening-launch-party-radio-flyer-headquarters-tickets-861884007267

Virtual Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-earth-film-fest-opening-launch-party-virtual-event-tickets-862522246257