Every Friday the Eco Film Club gathers to watch a movie on ecological topics. Join us! Become a member and organize your own private club meetings once a week, watch the same movie we do and use the comments on the Eco Film Club site to discuss it afterwards.
The Eco Film on Friday, January 8th: Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home Won a special mention award at the CINEMAMBIENTE Italian Enviro Fest Genre: Documentary. Director: Andrew Nisker. USA, 2008. 77 minutes. Leading up to the Litter Free Auroville‘s massive cleanup on January 29th we will show two films concerning Waste Management issues. Garbage! The…
The Eco Film on Friday, January 1st: Food, Inc. Won 3 Awards for Best Documentary Genre: Documentary. Director: Robert Kenner. USA, 2009. 94 minutes In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on the American food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the consumer with the consent of the government’s regulatory…
The Eco Film on Friday, December 25th: Examined Life Genre: Documentary. Director: Astra Taylor. Canada, 2008. 87 minutes Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through…
The Eco Film on Friday, December 18th: Zakir and His Friends Won best film at the Bombay International Documentary Film Festival Genre: Documentary. Director: Lutz Leonhardt. Germany, 1998. 91 minutes You are welcome to join us for Sadhana Forest’s 6th Birthday Celebration! This entertaining music-themed documentary eliminates all commentary or narration in order to present a free…
The Eco Films on Friday, December 11th: Earth, Spirit, Action Genre: Documentary. Director: Ruth Rosenhek & Neil Pike. Australia, 2008. 16 minutes Vandana Shiva, Starhawk, Matthew Fox, Ruth Rosenhek and John Seed speak about Deep ecology, Living Democracy and Revolution in Consciousness in a fast moving discussion of the type of change that needs to take…
The Eco Film on Friday, December 4th: Rang-e Khoda (The Color Of Paradise) Won 10 awards in 7 international film festivals Genre: Drama. Director: Majid Majidi. Iran, 1999. 90 minutes Majid Majidi, director and writer of the much-acclaimed “The Children of Heaven” has again proven to the world that he is able to demonstrate weighty ideas…
The Eco Film on Friday, November 27th: Elsewhere (Parts 7 – 9) Won awards at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the Diagonale, Austria Genre: Documentary. Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Austria, 2002. 60 minutes This mesmerizing documentary is founded on an intriguing concept, consisting of 12 20-minute fragments where we witness life in twelve very…
The Eco Film on Friday, November 20th: Elsewhere (Parts 4 – 6) Won awards at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the Diagonale, Austria Genre: Documentary. Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Austria, 2002. 60 minutes This mesmerizing documentary is founded on an intriguing concept, consisting of 12 20-minute fragments where we witness life in twelve very…
The Eco Film on Friday, November 13th: Elsewhere (Parts 1 – 3) Won awards at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the Diagonale, Austria Genre: Documentary. Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Austria, 2002. 60 minutes This mesmerizing documentary is founded on an intriguing concept, consisting of 12 20-minute fragments where we witness life in twelve very…
The Eco Film on Friday, November 6th: 1 Giant Leap Genre: Documentary. Directors: Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto. UK, 2002. 85 minutes. This film was created by the same filmmakers that made ‘What About Me.’ In ‘1 Giant Leap’ they travel the world meeting and recording their musical and philosophical heroes from Kurt Vonnegut to…
