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Pages tagged "Film Classic"


THE AGE OF STUPID

Posted on Film Archive by Nicolle Gudino · September 29, 2019 6:50 PM

The film that started it all! The Age of Stupid inspired the founding of the first Green Film Fest. Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking back at old footage from our time and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?

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Blog

Posted by Rachel Caplan · April 05, 2019 3:43 PM

SF Green Film Festival to Close After 10 Years of Environmental Films & Action

Posted by Rachel Caplan · July 16, 2020 4:51 AM

April Newsletter: Free Virtual Programming, Earth Day, and More

Posted by Emily Boleware · April 09, 2020 12:54 PM

Film Provides a Window to the World

Posted by Emily Boleware · March 17, 2020 4:07 PM

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Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

Posted on Film Archive by Gemma Bradshaw · April 25, 2017 7:00 PM

Film Classic: Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1964 Cold War satire, with Peter Sellers as the eponymous Doctor with an ingenious and irrevocable scheme.

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Generation on the Wind

Posted on Film Archive by Gemma Bradshaw · April 23, 2017 6:30 PM

Film Classic: During the 1978 'energy crisis', a group of artists, mechanics & environmental activists set out to build the largest electrical generating windmill in the world.

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Dark Circle

Posted on Film Archive by Gemma Bradshaw · April 23, 2017 12:30 PM

Film Classic: Acclaimed 1982 doc exploring in evocative, personal and immediate terms how all of us have been affected by the nuclear age.

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The Nuclear Age on Film

Posted on Blog by Gemma Bradshaw · April 15, 2017 7:00 AM

Nuclear disarmament seems to have gone out of fashion with our current White House Administration. At the same time, the United Nations continues to work on a new treaty to ban nuclear weapons. 

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Behind The Scenes: Filmmaker David Vassar

Posted on Blog · April 06, 2017 7:00 AM


generation-on-wind-crew.jpgWho isn't curious about what happens behind the scenes while making a film?

Our second 'sneak peak' installment looks into the motivations and methods of filmmaker David Vassar, whose Generation on the Wind, will be shown on Sunday, April 23, at 6:30 pm, in the Little Roxie.

The film depicts the efforts of an island community to try to develop alternative energy - wind power - before that was even a 'thing'.

Not only is it one of Vassar's earliest efforts, it was also an Academy Award nominee in 1979.

Recently, the film has been carefully restored by the Academy.

 

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Bigger Picture: Honoring Cecil the Lion & Born Free

Posted on Blog by Gemma Bradshaw · June 30, 2016 4:10 PM

When we heard the news of the killing of Cecil the Lion, we knew that we must honor him and the many lions lost each year at the 2016 Green Film Fest as part of our Keep It Wild theme.

The clear choice for this event was to bring the classic film Born Free to San Francisco for a special 50th Anniversary screening.  

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Born Free

Posted on Film Archive by Gemma Bradshaw · April 20, 2016 7:00 PM

This wildlife epic first roared onto the big screen 50 years ago as the first mainstream Hollywood film to spotlight a big conservation issue.

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Born Free star to appear at screening

Posted on Blog by Debbie Burton · March 03, 2016 8:00 AM

- Born Free film celebrates 50th Anniversary this year

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