Illinois State University’s Center for Math, Science and Technology (CeMaST) and the Office of Sustainability invite campus and community members to the spring 2024 edition of The Green Screen: A Climate Change Film Series. Each month films feature a different topic with a focus on the global climate change crisis.
Films will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Normal Theater throughout the spring 2024 semester. All screenings are free and open to the community. Faculty and student groups are particularly encouraged to highlight these free and local opportunities for students to learn more about these sustainability topics.
Film schedule:
Punk Rock Vegan
Date: Tuesday, January 23
Time: 7 p.m.
Punk Rock Vegan is a feature-length documentary written and directed (and shot and scored) by Moby. It looks at the surprising history of punk rock and animal rights activism, features interviews with dozens of punk rock legends, and cameos from Bagel the dog, the devil, and a boardroom of demons. Viewer discretion is advised for language and content.
Biophilic Design
Date: Tuesday, February 20
Time: 7 p.m.
Biophilic Design is a documentary about the innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature, but we have often designed cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature. Come on a journey from our evolutionary past and the origins of architecture to the world’s most celebrated buildings in a search for the architecture of life.
Water Makes Us Wet
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time: 7 p.m.
With a poetic blend of curiosity, humor, sensuality, and concern, this film chronicles the pleasures and politics of H2O from an ecosexual perspective. Travel with Annie, a former sex worker, Beth, a professor, and their dog Butch, in their E.A.R.T.H. Lab mobile unit, as they explore the role of water.
Just Eat It
Date: Tuesday, April 23
Time: 7 p.m.
Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is thrown out each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. Just Eat It brings farmers, retailers, inspiring organizations, and consumers to the table in a cinematic story that is equal parts education and delicious entertainment.
To learn about topics covered and films shown during past screenings, visit the Green Screen Film Series website. If you would like to recommend a film to be shown in the future, reach out to the Office of Sustainability at Sustainability@IllinoisState.Edu.
