Illinois State University’s Center for Math, Science and Technology and the ISU Office of Sustainability invite campus and community members to The Green Screen: A Climate Change Film Series. Films feature a different topic each month, with a focus on the global climate change crisis.
Each film will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Normal Theater. All screenings are free and open to the community.
Film Schedule
January 25, 2022 – Before the Flood
Director, Fisher Stevens
Released 2016
Leonardi DiCaprio, the UN Messenger of Peace, travels to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. He discovers a calculated disinformation campaign orchestrated by powerful special interests working to confuse the public about the urgency of the growing climate crisis.
February 15, 2022 – There’s Something in the Water
Director, Ian Daniel and Elliot Page
Released 2019
This documentary spotlights the struggle of minority communities in Nova Scotia as they fight officials over the lethal effects of industrial waste.
March 15, 2022 – Chasing Ice
Director, Jeff Orlowski
Released 2012
Photographer James Balog deploys cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers and compress years into seconds. The film captures ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.
April 19, 2022 – 2040
Director, Damon Gameau
Released 2019
Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker’s daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.
