GREEN EDGE FILMS: Solar Powered Film Festival hosted by Solar One and Green Edge NYC

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WHEN: August 21 -23 and Sept 4 - 7. Activities begin at 8pm and screenings commence at sundown. See below for schedule of films and speakers.

WHERE: Solar One, E. 23rd St. and FDR Dr. By Subway & Bus: take the (6) to 23rd St. and the M23 east to Avenue C *or* take the (L) to 1st Ave and walk about 10 minutes to the site or take the M15 north to 23rd St. and walk along East 23rd St. The M16 and M21 buses also stops near E. 23rd St. and Avenue C.

HOW MUCH: Admission is free!

WHAT: The Solar-Powered Film Series is the first in New York City to use the power of the sun to construct an outdoor “eco-theater” like no other. Solar One's independent film venue integrates natural and human-made components of our urban environment creating the city’s “greenest” motion picture showcase. This free six-evening program features nightly screenings of environmental documentaries. Each night will focus on a different theme including water, energy, food, waste and more.

SCHEDULE OF FILMS:
Aug 21 – Art and the Environment
RUNNING FENCE - 58 mins.

 Running Fence depicts the long struggle by the artists, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, to build a 24 mile fence of white fabric over the hills of California disappearing into the Pacific. There is a struggle between the artists and the state bureaucracy, who want to prevent the fence being erected, even though the ranchers whose land it crosses want it. Opposition seems insurmountable.

Film will be followed by a Q&A with director Albert Maysles

Aug 22 – Water
GIMME GREEN, CITY OF WATER, and INVISIBLE CREEK

Gimme Green - 28 mins: Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity? Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life.


City of Water - 33 mins: City of Water explores the aspirations of public officials, environmentalists, academics, community activists, recreational boaters and everyday New Yorkers for a diverse, vibrant waterfront at a time when the shoreline is changing faster than at any other time in New York's history.


Invisible Creek - 8 mins: Travel down the most polluted waterway in America, Newtown Creek, located on the border between Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, a small 3 _ mile creek with 12 toxic waste sites along its shores, Newtown Creek's been largely forgotten. But a small group of local kids are trying to save it: through boat building. Speaker: Cortney Worrall, Executive Director of the Coastal Marine Resource Council, will discuss the conservation of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary and the use of CSO system (Combined Sewer Overflow).


Aug 23 – Green Design

THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE – 81 mins.


What happens when you're asked to build the city of tomorrow… today? Set on the rugged streets of South Boston, The Greening of Southie is the story of a revolutionary Green Building, and the men and women who bring it to life. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, The Macallen Building is something different––a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design. But Boston's steel-toed construction workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young development team has to keep the project from unraveling. Funny and poignant, The Greening of Southie is a story of bold ideas, unlikely environmentalists, and the future of the way we live.
Sept 4 – Energy
BURNING THE FUTURE: COAL IN AMERICA - 89 mins.

Burning the Future: Coal in America examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based US energy policy, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, our heroes demonstrate a strength of purpose and character in their improbable fight to arouse the nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their families, and preserving their way of life. Film will be followed by a Q&A with director David Novack


Sept 5 – Waste and Recycling
GARBAGE WARRIOR - 86 mins.

Imagine a home that heats itself, that provides its own water, hat grows its own food. Imagine that it needs no expensive technology, that it recycles its own waste, that it has its own power source. And now imagine that it can be built anywhere, by anyone, out of the things society throws away. Thirty years ago, architect Michael Reynolds imagined just such a home - then set out to build it. A visionary in the classic American mode, Reynolds has been fighting ever since to bring his concept to the public. He believes that in an age of ecological instability and impending natural disaster, his buildings can - and will - change the way we live.

Speaker: Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash

Sept 7 –Food
THE FUTURE OF FOOD - 88 mins.
There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America -- a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

For more information, please visit the Solar-Powered Film Series site.

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