FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES
WELCOME LETTER
Welcome to Dallas and to the inaugural EARTHxFilm Festival, presented by Earth Day
Texas, the largest Earth Day conference and exhibition in the world. We are truly excited
to share visions of a better, cleaner planet through the lens of the camera.
During your visit, we will share with you a slate of over 60 environmentally focused films.
These incredible films were hand chosen to leave a lasting impression and a strengthened
call to action. The films act as a complement to the panels, seminars and exhibitors of
Earth Day Texas.
There are activities and films that will delight those of all ages: like the 3D FLIGHT OF THE
BUTTERFLIES, or screening in the Texas Discovery Garden among the real live butterflies,
the demonstrations of Virtual Reality which bring the future power of film to the here
and now, and the 72 hour film race for young adult filmmakers and various screenings
with live panels, filmmakers and participants in attendance.
We believe that holding Earth Day Texas and EARTHxFilm right here in the Lone Star state
creates a bold statement that will resonate from one U.S. coast to the other and echo
around the world. Whether your interest lies in harnessing natural energy, cleaning up the
oceans or protecting our coral reefs, we hope you will find our selections entertaining,
engaging and inspiring. We invite you to join the conversation, become a hero for change
and make your own impact on our environment.
CHASING CORAL
With the inclusion of film, you will leave Earth Day Texas and the festival impacted by
what you experience, refreshed and renewed by conversations and connections made
and recommitted to making our world a better place.
Thank you for joining us at the first EARTHxFilm Festival. With your help, FILM CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD.
Sincerely,
Trammell S. Crow
Founder and Chairman
EARTHxFilm
Michael Cain
Founder and President
EARTHxFilm
Ryan Brown
CEO
Earth Day Texas
APRIL 21-23 • EarthDayTX.org • Fair Park • Dallas
SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY
ABOUT EARTHxFilm
EARTHxFilm LEADERSHIP & TEAM
ABOUT EARTHxFilm
LEADERSHIP
Earth Day Texas is the place where environmentally conscious organizations,
businesses, institutions, and brands come together to celebrate and share
conservation practices and sustainable solutions that will make a difference
today, tomorrow, and every day thereafter. EARTHxFilm, founded by Trammell
S. Crow and Michael Cain, is more than a film festival: It utilizes the power of
film to build on a foundation of partnerships with influencers, thought leaders,
top brands, and environmental organizations around the world.
Michael Cain - Founder and President
Trammell Crow - Founder and Chairman
Ryan Brown - CEO Earth Day Texas
OUR MISSION
EARTHxFilm showcases films and emerging media that explore conservation,
climate change, and the environment while honoring the heroes working to
protect our planet. Our mission is to turn awareness into action, through art
and media. We achieve our goals by partnering with top environmental, film
and entertainment organizations across the globe.
FOUNDER’S CIRCLE
Garrett Boone
Trammell S. Crow
Barbara and Steve Durham
Scott Ginsburg
Judith Lifson
Lynn and Allan McBee
Sam and Sandra Moon
Jackie and Peter Stewart
Kacy and Carter Tolleson
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Olivia Ahnemann
John Beitter
Dennis Bishop
Garrett Boone
Janis Burklund
Karl Chiao
Chip Comins
Joe Dishner
Steve Durham
Lauren Embrey
Lampton Enochs
Limbert Fabian
Adrienne Faulkner
James Faust
Veletta Forsythe-Lill
Christian Gaines
Rich Goldberg
Joseph Harberg
Amy Hofland
Tiffany Kieran
Judith Lifson
Lynn and Allan McBee
Sam and Sandra Moon
Brandon Oldenburg
Gina Papabeis
Lee Papert
Chuck Peil
Renee Shippey
David A. Small
David Hale Smith
Chris Taylor
Kacy and Carter Tolleson
Kathy Tyner
Erin and Larry Waks
Bart Weiss
Rick and Beth Wilbins
Brandt Wood
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ryan Brown
Trammell S. Crow
King Hollis
Leilani Münter
Stephen Nemeth
Louie Psihoyos
FESTIVAL STAFF
Dennis Bishop Film Education & Development
Linda Booth Guest Services (Public City)
Matthew Campbell Programming
Brad Ehney Social Media (Runner Agency)
Karen Fleig Marketing & Advertising
Jacqueline Gibbs Office Manager/Special Projects
Jono Gray Head Theatre Manager
Emily Hargrove Festival Producer
Sarah Harris Programming
Marc Lee Website Manager/ Editor
Sharon Lyle Special Events (Public City)
Mark Mahlo Production Manager
Melina McKinnon Festival Development and Management
Amanda Nall Box Office Manager
Danièle Neuharth Strategic Partnerships
Patty Newton Producer: EARTHxFilmEdu Workshops & Filmmaking Classes
Peter O’Brien Lead Programmer
Matt Ostasiewski Director of Operations
Leigh Parks Education & Community Outreach (Public City)
Michael Scott Smith Special Events / Project Manager (Public City)
Lainie Strouse Gala Producer
Chris Taylor Programming (Food)
Chris Telles Presentations Manager
Jessica Tomberlin Program Guide / Web Editor
Stephanie Trest Director of Sponsorship & Marketing
John Wildman Press & Publicity
Melanie Yonks Executive Assistant to Michael Cain
SPONSORS, PARTNERSHIPS & DART
BOX OFFICE, TICKETING & VENUES
SPECIAL THANKS
BOX OFFICE
Ben E. Keith
Melinda Booth Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Owen Davies DC Environmental Film Festival
The Dallas Morning News
Alison Draper
Elevant
Half Price Books
KD Conservatory
Christian Gaines
Scott K. Ginsburg
Tiffany Kieran
Debbie Kinder Blue Ocean Film Festival
Manuscript Wine
Modern Luxury
Old Mill Restaurant
One Hope Wine
Connie Partos
Laura Ginsburg Pierson
REI
Reel FX
Catherine Rowland
Samsung
Tesla
Variety
Wolfgang Puck Catering
Zevia Natural Soda
PARTNERSHIPS
EARTHxFilm Festival Box Office
Located in the lobby of the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park
1121 First Avenue, Dallas, TX 75210
Phone: 972-587-6757
Email: [email protected]
Box Office Hours (Apr 19-23)
Wednesday, April 19th: Noon - 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 20: Noon - 6:00 p.m.
Friday, April 21: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m
Saturday, April 22: 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 23: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
TICKETS AND PASSES
Tickets and Passes are available for sale online or at the EARTHxFilm Festival
Box Office at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park
EARTHxFilm Festival Individual Screening Tickets $7.50
EARTHxFilm Festival Ticket to the Opening Night Film $10
Saturday Day Pass (April 22) $15
Sunday Day Pass (April 23) $15
Opening Night VIP Ticket (April 20) $45
EARTHxFilm Festival Pass (Fri-Sun, April 21-23) $75
AREDAY Impact Film Festival, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital,
Blue Ocean Film Festival, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development,
VideoFest of Dallas, Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Programming Generously provided by: Discovery, DisneyNature , HBO, National
Geographic, Participant Media and Netflix.
GREENING THE FEST – DART TO EARTH DAY TEXAS
We encourage attendees to take the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Green
Line to the Fair Park stop, which lets passengers off between Gates 3 and 4.
If traveling by car, please remember to carpool, and parking will be open at Gates
2 & 5. Three light rail lines serve downtown Dallas, Dallas Area and the Trinity
Railway Express (TRE) to provide commuter rail to and from Fort Worth.
Visit the DART website to learn more about the Green line at:
dart.org/riding/dartrailgreenline.asp
HOW TO FEST
1. Look at the film schedule and choose the films you want to see.
2. Purchase a ticket to individual films or purchase a pass if you plan to attend many screenings over multiple days
• You can purchase tickets and passes online, at EarthxFilm.com or at the Festival Box Office in Fair Park.
3. Look online for free or discounted tickets at exhibitor booths throughout Earth Day Texas
4. Go see your films!
EARTHxFilm All Access Pass (April 17-23) $300
EARTHxFilm Global Pass (April 17-23) $750
Passholders must be in their seats 15 minutes prior to screening time to
guarantee their seats.
Must be 21 or older to enter the EARTHxLounge after 5:00 p.m. or to purchase
passes that guarantee EARTHxLounge access. EARTHxLounge access only with
Festival Pass, All Access Pass and the Global Pass.
FAIR PARK VENUES
African American Museum
3536 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
(214) 565-9026
Music Hall at Fair Park
909 1st Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
(214) 565-1116
Centennial Hall
1001 Washington St., Dallas, TX 75210
Texas Discovery Gardens
3601 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Dallas, TX 75210
(214) 428-7476
EARTHxLounge at the Magnolia Lounge
1121 1st Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
(214) 888-6650
Hall of State
3939 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210
(214) 413-3947
TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR
Women’s Museum
3800 Parry Ave, Dallas, TX 75226
(202) 293-4505
EARTHxFilmEdu
EARTHxFilmEdu
EDUCATION
72 HOUR FILM RACE
EARTHxFilmEdu introduces young adults to environmental
concerns through filmmaking.
FIRST ANNUAL 72 HOUR FILM RACE AND AWARDS
FOR GREEN SHORT FILMS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
EARTHxFilm presented by Earth Day Texas is launching its first annual
72-Hour Film Race and awards for digital, environmentally-themed short films
via social media.
EARTHxFilm’s goal for the 72 Hour Film Race is to turn awareness into action
by navigating young filmmakers through the Earth Day Texas event, using a
scavenger hunt that includes visiting several booths, vendors, and environmentally conscious experts and panel speakers to be included in their short films.
This unique approach will educate the next generation about their earth while
allowing them to express themselves creatively through means of film and
social media.
The race begins at noon on April 20 and the clock stops ticking at noon on April
23, when the call for submissions closes. Films must be 60 seconds or less in
length and may be of any genre. Films must meet the required specifications
provided in-person at the EARTHxFilm box office at Earth Day Texas.
Online Short Film Competition • 72 Hour Film Race
How To Make A Film Workshop • Filmmaking Classes
HOW TO MAKE A FILM WORKSHOP
Young filmmakers will gain invaluable hands-on experience in narrative and
documentary production from industry professionals. From story development
to the big screen, subjects such as crafting narrative and documentary films,
creating shot lists, scouting locations, producing, directing, operating cameras,
recording sound and assisting in editing short, environmentally conscious films
will be offered. This one-of-a-kind workshop is FREE to middle school, high school
and college-aged students. Following completion of the workshop, filmmakers
and their families will be invited to attend a special screening of select films,
with an audience, at the EARTHxFilm festival on Sunday, April 23 at 4:00 p.m.
The How To Make A Film workshop will run several times throughout the Earth
Day Texas event.
Tentative schedule is as follows:
Friday, April 21 – 10:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 22 – 10:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 23 – 11:00a.m.
OTHER FILMMAKING CLASSES
How To Make A Documentary: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
How To Conduct An On-Camera Interview: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
How To Edit: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Filming Techniques: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Ask A Filmmaker: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Available only Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23
Filmmakers ages 12 and up are invited to participate. Filmmakers may join anytime
during the event but all applicants must have their submissions turned in by 12
noon on April 23rd.
The grand prize winner will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize. In addition to other
prizes there will be a $500 cash prize for the Audience Award winner. The films
will be screened and the winners announced at the EARTHxFilm Festival on
Sunday, April 23 at 4:00PM.
Our mission is to turn awareness into action through media. With strong
educational programming, EARTHxFilm will showcase films and emerging
media that explore conservation, climate and the environment.
PRESENTED BY
These concentrated classes are geared towards the novice filmmaker. Ages 12 and
up are invited to attend. Limited seats will be available! For more information and
class registration, go to: EARTHxFilm.org/edu
Our mission begins with awareness. With a strong emphasis on education,
EARTHxFilm is the go-to stop for young filmmakers.
EARTHxGLOBAL GALA
HONOREES
DR. SYLVIA EARLE
Dr. Sylvia A. Earle is Explorer in Residence at the National
Geographic Society, Founder of Mission Blue and
Founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Inc.
(DOER). She is Author of more than 200 publications and
leader of more than 100 expeditions with over 7,000
hours underwater. Her research explores the ecology and
conservation of marine ecosystems and development
of technology for access to the deep sea. She is the subject of the Emmy® Award Winning Netflix documentary,
Mission Blue, and the recipient of more than 100 national
and international honors and awards including being named Time Magazine’s
first Hero for the Planet, a Living Legend by the Library of Congress and many
more. We will award Dr. Earle the Global Impact Award during the EARTHxGlobal Gala for her lifetime of fearless work that inspires action to explore and
protect our oceans for the generations to come.
CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON
Paul is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental
activist from Toronto, Canada. Watson was one of the
founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977,
Watson left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society. Watson has served as Master and
Commander on seven different Sea Shepherd ships since
1978 and continues to lead Sea Shepherd campaigns.
Alongside his crew he has starred in seven seasons of
Animal Planet’s television series Whale Wars.
AN EVENING THAT POWERS
AND HONORS CHANGE
In Partnership with Global Green
Friday, April 21 at 6:00 p.m.
Texas Discovery Gardens
Honorees include Dr. Sylvia Earle
and Paul Watson
The star-studded evening will celebrate progress, hope, and innovation in a
global shift toward a sustainable and secure future and benefit the year-round
educational activities and youth filmmaking workshops of Earth Day Texas.
An amazing group of supporters will attend the event including, Jon Bowermaster, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Leilani Münter, Stephen Nemeth, Jeff Orlowski, Louie
Psihoyos, Jamie Redford and countless others.
HONORARY CHAIR Scott Ginsburg
CHAIR Laura Ginsburg Pierson
CHAIR EMERITUS Trammell S. Crow
PRESENTED BY
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
P RE S E N TE D BY E A RTH DAY TX
Watson has received many awards and commendations
over the years. In 1996, Watson was awarded an honorary citizenship to the
French town of St. Jean Cap Ferrat. Prior to that, he was made an honorary
citizen of the Florida Keys in 1989. Other awards include Toronto City TV’s
Environmentalist of the Year Award in 1990 and the Genesis Award in 1998. He
was also awarded the George H.W. Bush Daily Points of Light Award in 1999 for
his volunteer efforts with conservation activism. In 2000, Paul was chosen by
Time Magazine as one of the environmental heroes of the 20th Century, and in
2002, he was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame.
EVENTS, PANELS & SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
EVENTS, PANELS & SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
EARTHxFilm EVENTS
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/WORKS IN PROGRESS
Join us for several exciting EARTHxFilm pre-festival events April 18 - 20, as well as panel discussions,
filmmaker Q&As and virtual reality presentations on the weekend of April 21-23.
BORN IN CHINA
POP-UP VEGAN DINNER AT BONTON FARMS WITH CHEF CHAD HOUSER
An outdoor pop-up vegan Farm-to-Table dinner prepared over a Dutch oven open fire by Café
Momentum Chef Chad Houser. Toast your own vegan smores! Musical performance by Quentin Moore.
Tickets - $100 per person. Free for Global and All-Access Pass Holders.
USA, 76 min.
Venturing into the wilds of China, BORN IN CHINA captures intimate moments with a panda bear
and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother
snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
DIR Chuan Lu
Tuesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. | Angelika Film Center - Dallas
Monday, April 17, 6:00 p.m.| Bonton Farms Extension, 12650 Ravenview Road, Dallas 75253
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING EVENT
CHASING CORAL SCREENING
Opening Night Celebration: Thursday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. | Fair Park Music Hall
EARTHxFilm PANELS
SEED/FOOD EVOLUTION EXTENDED PANEL
Who’s correct: heritage farmers and passionate seed-savers, or one of the world’s most dominant
food companies? In this panel, Jon Betz, the director of SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY discusses his
views on our diminishing seed genome and the danger and our earth for our planet. On the other side,
Oscar-Nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy, the director of FOOD EVOLUTION, argues in
favor of GMO’S, scientific rigor and the value in separating fact from myth. You decide who’s right in
this provocative panel.
Saturday, April 22, 3:30 p.m. | Hall of State Theater
WHERE’S THE FOOD?! FILM PANEL
In partnership with the Nasher Sculpture Center
Join us for a Special Presentation Sneak Peek Screening & Panel Discussion
WHERE’S THE FOOD?! is a documentary (in production) and a transmedia movement focused on
creating awareness and sustainable outcomes to food deserts in Dallas by showing stories of the
people and organizations taking action toward solutions as well as vignetting families affected by
the issue.
THE GHOST FLEET (Work in Progress)
Select Clips and Conversation with Jon Bowermaster
USA, 60 min., Color
Southeast Asia supplies a large portion of America’s seafood, but with giant fishing fleets based in
Thailand and Indonesia chronically shorting tens of thousands of fishermen per year, human traffickers
have stepped in. Captives—fishing slaves—are sold from the region to the ship captains for a few
hundred dollars each. Once at sea, the men may never return to land—unless they escape.
DIR Shannon Service, Jeff Waldman PROD Jon Bowermaster
Friday, April 21, 7:00 p.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
NATURE NEEDS HALF: AN IMPACT CAMPAIGN (Presentation)
Join filmmaker and activist James Brundige’s workshop on NATURE NEEDS HALF, a global movement to protect and interconnect half of all the planet’s ecosystems—land and water—for the good of
all life on earth. Why? Because the best science and traditional wisdom show us that existing global
conservation goals are far too low to maintain a healthy and prosperous planet. Brundige and Media
186 are launching a NATURE NEEDS HALF web channel at Earth Day Texas, the first step in a bold,
media-driven initiative to galvanize public audiences, conservation groups, philanthropists and
governments to address the global biodiversity crisis at scale. Using film and social media for strategic
impact, NATURE NEEDS HALF will promote a strikingly different relationship between people and
nature to ensure a bountiful wild legacy for generations to come.
DIR James Brundige
Sunday, April 23, 12:30 p.m. | African American Museum Theater
DIR Beau Ethridge, Daniel Nanasi
RIDGE TO REEF (Presentation)
Tuesday, April 18, 6:00 p.m. |The Nasher Sculpture Center
Sunday, April 23, 12:00 p.m. | Hall of State Theater
What happens when an artist, a scientist, and a conservationist explore the planet to study the impact
of climate change on indigenous people? Mythology, history, art, and culture turn climate change into
more than just a series of statistics. RIDGE TO REEF is a series of short documentary style films that
focus on ancient wisdom as it relates to care for the oceans and and our earth, in hopes that we find
a way to curb our greatest challenge, survival. Jeremy McKane and Markus Reymann in attendance.
Panel and clips to discuss the impact of climate change in the South Pacific.
PANELISTS
Daniel Nanasi and Beau Ethridge - Directors
Taylor Toyne - Community Impact Specialist with Commit! Partnership
Danaë Bibiana Gutiérrez Martínez - Operating Manager of Harvest Project
Patrick Wright - Bonton Farms Manager
FREE | Registration required at EARTHxFilm.org
DIR Jeremy McKane
Saturday, April 22, 3:30 p.m. | African American Museum Theater
SCREENING GRID
Climate
Energy
Food &
Agriculture
Family Friendly
Recycling &
Conservation
Hero
Wildlife &
Pollinators
Water & Ocean
FRIDAY APRIL 21
11 AM
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
THE GHOST
FLEET
7:00 p.m.
15 min.
WOMEN’S MUSEUM
THEATER
9 PM
10 PM
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
8:30 p.m.
92 min.
PETE’S DRAGON
8:00 p.m.
103 min.
FAIR PARK BANDSHELL
OUTDOOR SCREENING
EARTHxGLOBAL GALA
6:00 p.m.
120 min.
TEXAS DISCOVERY
GARDENS
SATURDAY APRIL 22
11 AM
12 PM
WOMEN’S MUSEUM
THEATER
2 PM
BETWEEN EARTH AND
SKY: CLIMATE CHANGE
ON THE LAST FRONTIER
1:30 p.m. 75 min.
CHASING CORAL
12:30 p.m.
93 min.
MUSIC HALL AT
FAIR PARK
AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM
1 PM
FILM4CLIMATE
COMPETITION
WINNERS
11:30 a.m. 60 min.
SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY
11:00 a.m.
94 min.
STRAWS
12:30 p.m.
32 min.
HALL OF STATE
THEATER
3 PM
4 PM
HAPPENING
3:15 p.m.
75 min.
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
A PLASTIC OCEAN
5:30 p.m.
102 min.
TIDEWATER
3:00 p.m.
42 min.
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
5:00 p.m.
92 min.
RACING EXTINCTION
1:15 p.m.
94 min.
RIDGE TO
REEF
3:30 p.m.
60 min.
FOOD EVOLUTION
1:15 p.m.
92 min.
SEED/FOOD EVOLUTION
EXTENDED PANEL
3:30 p.m.
60 min.
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
THE AGE OF
CONSEQUENCES
8:00 p.m.
78 min.
BIGGER THAN WATER
7:30 p.m.
96 min.
RAINFOREST
PARTNERSHIP’S
FILMS FOR THE FOREST
5:00 p.m. 60 min.
RIVERBLUE
7:00 p.m.
95 min.
LOOK AND SEE:
A PORTRAIT OF
WENDELL BERRY
8:15 p.m. 80 min.
FROGS
10:00 p.m.
91 min.
CREATIVE ARTIST
THEATER
FRENGULLY: THE LAST
RAINFOREST
8:00 p.m.
76 min.
FAIR PARK BANDSHELL
OUTDOOR SCREENING
SUNDAY APRIL 23
11 AM
12 PM
WOMEN’S MUSEUM
THEATER
HALL OF STATE
THEATER
2 PM
3 PM
FISHPEOPLE
2:00 p.m.
54 min.
WHY JUST ONE?
1:00 p.m.
60 min.
MUSIC HALL AT
FAIR PARK
AFRICAN AMERICAN
MUSEUM
1 PM
LOOK AND SEE:
A PORTRAIT OF
WENDELL BERRY
11:45 a.m. 80 min.
WILD WAYS:
CORRIDORS OF LIFE
11:00 a.m.
53 min.
NATURE NEEDS HALF:
AN IMPACT CAMPAIGN
12:30 p.m.
60 min.
WHERE’S THE FOOD?
12:00 p.m.
60 min.
NATURE’S
ORCHESTRA
2:00 p.m.
32 min.
BEFORE THE FLOOD
3:00 p.m.
96 min.
THE AGE OF
CONSEQUENCES
3:30 p.m.
78 min.
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
VR
OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION
Enter the world of Virtual Reality with environmentally-themed experiences. Embark on a virtual trip
featuring wildlife, exotic destinations, undersea experiences, or action sport adventures. Free to the
public; the VR Lounge will be open Friday 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m; Saturday 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m; Sunday
10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Check the website EARTHxFilm.org for last minute changes and updates.
DEMONSTRATIONS/PARTICIPATION WITH EDTX
Friday, April 21 - Sunday, April 23
AMOR DE ABUELA - A GRANDMOTHER’S LOVE
1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. More power from the sun hits the earth in one
hour than humanity uses in an entire year. These stories allow people to step inside a world they
would not normally get to see and better understand what’s at stake if these communities don’t get
access to reliable power. A Guatemalan family’s life is transformed when their grandmother gains
access to electricity and light.
DIR Jessie Hughes
ARE YOU LISTENING? Congo – Amazon
A multi-chapter video experience that combines immersive journalism with stories about how energy
poverty is threatening lives in eastern Congo and sacred lands of the indigenous people in the Amazon.
Shot with virtual reality cameras and stitching equipment powered in part by solar energy, ARE YOU
LISTENING? transports people near Riwindi, Congo, atop Mount Nyiragongo volcano and the Tapajos
River in the Amazon Basin. There, users have the opportunity to experience daily life to better understand how not having electricity is dangerous for park rangers, the Munduruku people and the places
these guardians of the forest are trying to protect.
CHASING CORAL (Documentary Feature)
Preceded by
Online Short Competition Finalists
DIR Sarah Hill
CHASING CORAL: THE VR EXPERIENCE
This remarkably sobering VR is the powerful result of Jeff Orlowski’s project of the same name, about
the quest of a group of filmmakers and ocean scientists to provide visual proof of climate change.
This exclusive underwater experience follows Zackary Rago, a passionate scuba diver and researcher,
as he documents the unprecedented 2016 coral bleaching event at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier
Reef off the coast of Australia.
ARTIST Jeff Orlowski
INFINITE SCUBA® Sponsored by INTEL®
Take a relaxing 5-minute vacation in Belize with legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle in Infinite
Scuba® VR. You’ll swim with colorful reef fish, sea turtles, groupers, and even a whaleshark. No two
dives are the same! This beautiful, immersive VR experience is based on Infinite Scuba®, the awardwinning video game in which players do what real divers do - identify wildlife, find artifacts, clean up
the reef, and take photos to share with friends, while learning about dive science, local culture, and
environmental issues.
ARTIST Cascade Game Foundry SPC
OUT OF THE BLUE
A family of fishermen in Mexico sacrifices their livelihood and saves open ocean sea life from overfishing. Narration by Dr. Sylvia Earle.
DIR Sophie Ansel
CAST Dr. Sylvia Earle
Thursday, April 20 | Music Hall at Fair Park
6:00 p.m. Green Carpet Arrivals
7:00 p.m. Presentation and Screenings
Join us for EARTHxFilm’s Opening Night, including a screening of the 2017
Sundance Audience Award Winner, CHASING CORAL, and special receptions.
Opening Night Film Tickets are only $10. Opening Night VIP Tickets are $45 and
include: Priority seating to the Opening Night screening, Access to Pre-Reception
for patrons 21 years and older, and an Invitation to Post-Screening Party with
local partners (21+).
For Complimentary EARTHxFilm Opening Night Screening Tickets, visit Half
Price Books locations.
CLIMATE
CLIMATE
THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES (Documentary Feature)
FILM4CLIMATE GLOBAL VIDEO COMPETITION WINNERS (Shorts Block)
USA, 2016, 78 min., Color
THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES investigates the impacts of climate change on increased resource
scarcity, migration and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability. Through
unflinching case-study analysis, distinguished admirals, generals, and military veterans take us beyond
the headlines of the conflict in Syria, the social unrest of the Arab Spring, the rise of radicalized groups
like ISIS, and the European refugee crisis – and lay bare how climate change stressors interact with
societal tensions, sparking conflict.
In 2016, Connect4Climate launched the Film4Climate Global Video Competition, a trust fund from the
World Bank to communicate climate change. They received more than 860 videos from 155 countries
during a 3-month submission period. Join us for a screening of these Film4Climate Global Video
Competition winners.
DIR Jared P. Scott EP Sophie Robinson
Saturday, April 22, 8:00 p.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
Sunday, April 23, 3:30 p.m. | Hall of State Theater
ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM • ARMOUR • BEATRICE • BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
CLIMATE COUNTDOWN: CARBON PRICING • THE GAME • LOVE NOTE TO AN ISLAND
NEBEDAY, THE BIO-COAL • PAKKASPOIKA (POLAR BOY)
PALE BLUE DOT (PÁLIDO PONTO AZUL) • PLASTIC POLLUTION, OUR OCEANS, OUR FUTURE
ROOTS • THE SNOW GUARDIAN • A SUN AT NIGHT • SYRIA: WHEN THE WATER RUNS OUT
THREE SECONDS • YOUR CHOICE
Saturday, April 22, 11:30 a.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
BEFORE THE FLOOD (Documentary Feature)
USA, 96 min., Color
If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? BEFORE
THE FLOOD, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United
Nations Messenger of Peace, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change
firsthand. He goes on expeditions with scientists uncovering the reality of climate change and meets
with political leaders fighting against inaction. He also discovers a calculated disinformation campaign
orchestrated by powerful special interests working to confuse the public about the urgency of the
growing climate crisis. With unprecedented access to thought leaders around the world, DiCaprio
searches for hope in a rising tide of catastrophic news.
TIDEWATER (Documentary Feature)
DIR Fisher Stevens
DIR Roger Sorkin
Sunday, April 23, 3:00 p.m. | African American Museum Theater
Saturday, April 22, 3:00 p.m. | Music Hall at Fair Park
USA, 2017, 42 min., Color/B&W
Hampton Roads, Virginia is relatively unknown nationwide, but it is the region whose vulnerability to
sea level rise most affects military readiness and our overall national security. With 14 military installations spread across 17 local jurisdictions, it is our highest concentration of military assets in the
country, where 1 in 6 residents are associated with the military. Their homes, schools, hospitals, and
families are increasingly struggling to keep up with the effects of rising waters. The military and all the
surrounding municipalities are working towards solutions in the name of strengthening national security
and enhancing economic prosperity.
BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY: CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LAST FRONTIER
(Documentary Feature)
USA, 2016, 75 min., Color
Alaska has been the source of myth and legend in the imagination of Americans for centuries, and
what was once the last frontier of American expansion has become the first frontier in climate change.
BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY examines climate change through the lens of impacts to native Alaskans,
receding glaciers, and arctic soil. The island of Shishmaref has been home to the Inupiaq people for
thousands of years. As sea ice retreats and coastal storms increase the people of Shishmaref are faced
with a disappearing island and a $200 million dollar price tag to move their people with an untold cost
on their culture and history.
DIR Paul Allen Hunton
Saturday, April 22, 1:30 p.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
ENERGY
HAPPENING (Documentary Feature, Work in Progress)
USA, 2017, 75 min., Color
Filmmaker Jamie Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era
as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. Unlikely
entrepreneurs in communities from Lehi, Utah, to Georgetown, Texas to Buffalo, New York reveal
pioneering clean energy solutions, while Jamie’s discovery of how clean energy works, and what it
means at a personal level, becomes the audience’s discovery, too. Reaching well beyond a great story
of technology and innovation, HAPPENING explores issues of human resilience, social justice, embracing
the future and finding hope for our survival.
DIR/SCR Jamie Redford PROD Jill Tidman
Saturday, April 22, 3:15 p.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
FAMILY FRIENDLY
FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES (3D Short)
Our ’s may be
blue, but our
hearts are green.
CANADA, 2012, 14 min., Color
The monarch butterfly is a true marvel of nature. Weighing less than a penny, it makes one of the longest
migrations on Earth across a continent to a place it has never known. Follow the monarchs’ perilous
journey and join hundreds of millions of real butterflies in the remote mountain peaks of Mexico, with
breathtaking cinematography from an award winning team including Oscar® winner Peter Parks. Be
captivated by the true and compelling story of an intrepid scientist’s 40-year search to find the
monarchs’ secret hideaway. Unravel the mysteries and experience the FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES.
DIR Mike Slee SCR Mike Slee, Wendy MacKeigan
Friday, April 21, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 23, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 22, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Texas Discovery Gardens
Every 30 minutes we’ll screen this amazing film about butterflies. Free to Attendees.
OUTDOOR FILM SCREENINGS (Free to Attendees)
FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST (Narrative Feature)
USA, 1992, 76 min., Color
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a
polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
DIR Bill Kroyer
Elevent is proud to support
Earth Day Texas as the
official ticketing provider of
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Saturday, April 22, 8:00 p.m. | Fair Park Bandshell
PETE’S DRAGON (Narrative Feature)
USA, 2016, 103 min., Color
Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford), a woodcarver, delights local children with stories of a mysterious dragon
that lives deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. His daughter Grace believes these are just tall tales,
until she meets Pete, a 10-year-old orphan who says he lives in the woods with a giant, friendly dragon.
With help from a young girl named Natalie, Grace sets out to investigate if this fantastic claim can be true.
DIR David Lowery SCR David Lowery & Toby Halbrook
Friday, April 21, 8:00 p.m. | Fair Park Bandshell
Attendees to outdoor screenings are encouraged to dress appropriately for evening weather and
bring blankets/small chairs for seating.
FOOD & AGRICULTURE
HERO
FOOD EVOLUTION (Documentary Feature)
LOOK AND SEE: A PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2016, 92 min., Color
From Academy Award® nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (THE GARDEN, FAME HIGH,
OT: OUR TOWN) and narrated by esteemed science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson, FOOD
EVOLUTION is set amidst a brutally polarized debate marked by fear, distrust and confusion: the
controversy surrounding GMOs and food.
USA, 2017, 80 min., Color
LOOK & SEE is a cinematic portrait of farmer and writer Wendell Berry. Through his eyes, we see both
the changing landscapes of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture and the redemptive beauty
in taking the unworn path.
DIR Scott Hamilton Kennedy SCR Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Trace Sheehan
Saturday, April 22 1:15 p.m. | Hall of State Theater
DIR Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell
Saturday, April 22, 8:15 p.m. | Hall of State Theater
Sunday, April 23, 11:45 a.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2017, 92 min., Color
From the Montana Rockies to the Kansas wheat fields and the Gulf of Mexico, families who work the
land and sea are crossing political divides to find unexpected ways to protect the natural resources
vital to their livelihoods. An official selection of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and narrated by Tom
Brokaw, RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN is the next chapter of conservation heroism, deep in
America’s heartland.
DIR Susan Froemke, John Hoffman SCR Miriam Horn
CAST Dusty Crary, Justin Knopf, Wayne Werner, Keith Thompson
Friday, April 21, 8:30 p.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
Saturday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. | Music Hall at Fair Park
SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2016, 94 min., Color
Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshiped and treasured since the dawn of
humankind. Award winning documentary SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY follows passionate seed keepers
protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers
and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food. In a
harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured
resource and revive a culture connected to seeds.
DIR Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel
CAST Vandana Shiva, Dr. Jane Goodall, Andrew Kimbrell, Winona Laduke, Raj Patel
Saturday, April 22 11:00 a.m. | African American Museum Theater
RECYCLING & CONSERVATION
RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP’S FILMS FOR THE FOREST
(International and Local Shorts Block)
60 min. Block, Color/B&W
Films for the Forest (F3) is an international short film challenge created by Rainforest Partnership to
raise awareness about the importance of preserving tropical rainforests and their link to stabilizing
climate change.
This screening of the 2017 winning films span five continents with global interpretations of this year’s
theme, “We the Forest.” The three categories of films include short shorts (under 4 mins), shorts
(under 20 mins) and youth, and were judged by a panel including Academy Award nominee Richard
Linklater, filmmaker Alonso Mayo, and film festival director (EARTHxFilm) Michael Cain.
ABOUT RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP • ARMOUR • AUTUMN LEAVES • BRIGHT SPOTS
CHOCOLATE IN THE JUNGLE • DIFFERENCE MAKER • FIRST SNOW • LOST PINES
OUR WONDERFUL NATURE • OWNERS OF THE FOREST
Saturday, April 22, 5:00 p.m. | African American Museum Theater
STRAWS (Documentary Short)
USA, 2017, 32 min., Color
Used once and tossed, billions of plastic straws wind up in landfills and streets finding their way to
oceans. Actor Tim Robbins narrates the history and story of STRAWS, as marine researchers, citizen
activists and business owners discuss how it’s possible to make a sea of change, one straw at a time.
DIR Linda Booker CAST/NARRATOR Tim Robbins
Saturday, April 22, 12:30 p.m. | Hall of State Theater
WATER & OCEAN
WATER & OCEAN
BIGGER THAN WATER (Documentary Feature, Work in progress)
A PLASTIC OCEAN (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2017, 96 min., Color
Clean water is supposed to be every American’s birthright, but when the city of Flint fails to properly
treat their water system, and city and state officials move to cover it up, residents fight to fix their
vital lifeline and thwart the effects that a politically negligent system created. BIGGER THAN WATER
explores the Flint water crisis through the eyes of those directly impacted and illustrates how a thirst
for money poisoned an entire city. This film depicts one community’s fight for justice as they ban
together to ensure their survival.
USA/UK/HK, 2016, 102 min., Color
A PLASTIC OCEAN begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers
plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. In this adventure documentary, Craig teams up with
free diver Tanya Streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, as they travel to
20 locations around the world over the next four years to explore the fragile state of our oceans,
uncover alarming truths about plastic pollution, and reveal working solutions that can be put into
immediate effect.
DIR Rameen Aminzadeh SCR Rameen Aminzadeh, Jeffrey Copeland
PRO Rameen Aminzadeh, King Hollis, Trammell Crow, Michael Cain
DIR Craig Leeson SCR Craig Leeson, Mindy Elliott
Saturday, April 22, 5:30 p.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
Saturday, April 22, 7:30 p.m. | Music Hall at Fair Park
CHASING CORAL (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2017, 93 min., Color
Coral reefs are the nursery for much of the life in the ocean, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains
us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called “coral bleaching”—a sign of
mass coral death—has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or
implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater. CHASING CORAL taps into the collective
will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, and renowned
marine biologists as they invent the first time-lapse camera to record bleaching events as they happen.
Unfortunately, the effort is anything but simple, and the team doggedly battles technical malfunctions
and the force of nature in pursuit of their golden fleece: documenting the indisputable and tragic
transformation below the waves. With breathtaking photography, nail-biting suspense, and startling
emotion, CHASING CORAL is a dramatic revelation that won’t have audiences sitting idle for long.
DIR Jeff Orlowski SCR Davis Coombe, Vickie Curtis, Jeff Orlowski
PRO Larissa Rhodes
Opening Night Celebration Screening: Thursday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. | Music Hall at Fair Park
Preceded by: Screening of Online Short Competition Finalists
Saturday, April 22, 12:30 p.m. | Music Hall at Fair Park
FISHPEOPLE (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2017, 60 min., Color
To some, the ocean is a fearsome and dangerous place. But to others, it’s a limitless world of fun,
freedom and opportunity where life can be lived to the fullest. A new documentary presented by
Patagonia and directed by Keith Malloy, FISHPEOPLE tells the stories of a unique cast of characters
who have dedicated their lives to the sea: from surfers and spearfishers to a former coal miner and a
group of inner city kids in San Francisco. It’s a film about the transformative effects of time spent in
the ocean, and leaving our limitations behind to find deeper meaning in the saltwater wilderness that
lies just beyond the shore.
DIR Keith Malloy
Sunday, April 23, 2:00 p.m. | Women’s Museum Theater
RIVERBLUE (Documentary Feature)
Canada, 2016, 95 min., Color
Narrated by clean water supporter Jason Priestley, RIVERBLUE follows international river conservationist Mark Angelo on a journey that uncovers the dark side of the fashion industry. Spanning the
globe to infiltrate one of the world’s most pollutive industries, and speaking with fashion designers and
water protectors worldwide, RIVERBLUE reveals stunning and shocking, never-before-seen images
that truly change the way we look at how our clothing is made.
DIR David McIlvride, Roger Williams SCR Mark Angelo, Jason Priestley, Orsola De Castro
Saturday, April 22, 7:00 p.m. | African American Museum Theater
WHY JUST ONE? (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2016, 60 min., Color
Set on some of the most beautiful but dangerous beaches in the world, a team risks everything to
save the most vulnerable and ancient of creatures, sea turtles. For more than 100 million years, sea
turtles have survived, witnessing the fall of the dinosaurs and the dawn of humankind. Now, there
is a war taking place between poachers and conservationists that will determine their survival. Sea
Shepherd’s Captain Paul Watson in Attendance.
DIR Michael Colin EXEC PROD/CAST Paul Watson
Sunday, April 23, 1:00 p.m. | Music Hall at Fair Park
WILDLIFE & POLLINATORS
FROGS (Narrative Feature)*
USA, 1972, 91 min., Color
A group of hapless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians,
birds, insects, and reptiles. *Horror content.
DIR George McCowan
CAST Roy Millend, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark
BETWEEN THE EARTH AND SKY
Saturday, April 22, 10:00 p.m. | Creative Arts Theater
NATURE’S ORCHESTRA: SOUNDS OF OUR CHANGING PLANET
(Documentary Feature and Workshop)
32 min.
Nature sounds offer important information about the health of today’s wild habitats and the life within
them. NATURE’S ORCHESTRA follows Bernie Krause on a soundscape expedition in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. To record habitats that are neither disturbed nor destroyed by human activities,
nature sound recordists have to travel far. Along with animal voices, including migratory bird songs,
the barking of a fox, and a grizzly’s sniff, the expedition records the melting of permafrost and other
evidence of climate change. Traveling across the planet to every continent since the late 1960s, noted
musician and soundscape ecologist Dr. Bernie Krause has recorded more than 15,000 species – marine
and terrestrial. Over half of the soundscapes Krause has recorded are now silent or can no longer be
heard in their original form
DIR Robert Hillmann PROD Stephen Most
Sunday, April 23, 2:00 p.m. | African American Museum Theater
RACING EXTINCTION (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2015, 94 min., Color
Louie Psihoyos’s THE COVE exposed viewers to the brutal practice of dolphin slaughter. The Academy
Award-winning director now bears witness to a global problem: mankind’s role in precipitating mass
extinction, potentially resulting in the loss of half of the world’s species. Psihoyos joins forces with
activists, scientists, nature photographers, and cutting-edge inventors to draw attention to the dangers
we face. While covert operations reveal the horrific black-market trade in endangered aquatic species,
the film’s broader lens uncovers the even more disastrous consequences of human activity, chiefly
the release of ocean-killing methane and carbon from energy consumption. With stakes as high as
the survival of life on the planet, RACING EXTINCTION is an urgent, affirming call to action to stem
the tide before it’s too late.
HAPPENING
DIR Louie Psihoyos
CAST Elon Musk, Leilani Münter, Jane Goodall
Saturday, April 22, 1:15 p.m. | African American Museum Theater
WILD WAYS: CORRIDORS OF LIFE (Documentary Feature)
USA, 2016, 53 min., Color
WILD WAYS: CORRIDORS OF LIFE explores the cutting edge of Conservation Biology to discover
how the world’s parks and preserves can be connected and better function as the last enclaves of
wild nature. The world’s iconic wildlife—lions, tiger, elephants, wolves, and grizzly bears—are in
danger of extinction because parks around the world have become islands in a human dominated
landscape. WILD WAYS probes a promising solution to the fragmentation of wildlife habitat:
Connectivity Conservation. Extended panel with filmmakers to follow screening.
DIR James Brundige SCR Linda Harrar
CAST Harvey Locke, Mike Chase, Michael Proctor
Sunday, April 23, 11:00 a.m. | African American Museum Theater
RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN
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