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Sustainability: Community, Ecology, Economy

Grants Pass High School, Performing Arts Center

Siskiyou FilmFest, a production of the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, is in its 11th year. This film festival features environmental films focusing on sustainability and critical issues which face our region and the planet. For more information call 541.476.6648

Organizing Team

Marsha Bashford
Theresa Bush
Melanie Jessee
Shane Jimerfield
Barry Snitkin
Monica Vaughan
Lydia Weatherwax

Main Event

Previews
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Friday, January 27th

FilmFest Opening Reception, 6:00pm

Kate Dwyer Catering helps kick things off and makes sure you are fueled up for an evening of films!

Films, 7:00 - 9:30pm

Finding Oregon is a timelapse project featuring the beautiful state of Oregon. 2011, Produced by Uncage the Soul Productions. 4 min

Carbon Nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, big tent film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national & energy security and promotes health & a clean environment. 2010, Directed by Peter Byck. 82 min

Intermission - Fabulous Food by Kate Dwyer

Portland Bike Boulevards features transportation planners in Portland who are taking their famous bicycle boulevards to the next level. 2010, Produced by Streetfilms.org. 7 min

The Story of Bottled Water explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. 2010, Produced by The Story of Stuff Project. 8 min

Run-Rogue-Run investigates what’s at stake along this marvelous river around the Rogue’s 40th anniversary of protection under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. 2009, by Epicocity Project. 7 min

Saturday, January 28th

Afternoon, 2:00 - 6:00pm

The Last Mountain is set in the Valleys of Appalachia where a battle is being fought over a mountain as America struggles to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. 2011, Directed by Bill Haney. 95 min

Intermission - Fabulous Food by Kate Dwyer

Getting Real about Food and the Future looks at the deeper issues of food security and community survival in this new age of global chaos and scarcity. 2011, Produced by Cris Bedford. 30 min

Beyond the Spill follows 22 Oregonians who traveled to the Gulf Coast to bear witness to the impacts of this environmental disaster on the cultural, economic, and environmental fabric of the region. 2010, Produced by Uncage the Soul Productions. 30 min

The Greatest Migration follows the journey of these remarkable fish, who migrate farther inland and higher than any other salmon on Earth, making their way from the waters of southeast Alaska to the cold, wild rivers of Idaho’s Sawtooth Valley. 2010, by Epicocity Project. 20 min

Saving A River talks about how the American River Conservancy has been preserving rivers and land, building a sustainable future for natural areas and humans and building an enduring ethic of care. Produced by Todd Stanley. 15 min

Evening, 7:00 - 9:30pm

Doubt is a short film which compares the tobacco industry’s fight against banning cigarette smoking with the oil industry’s fight against Climate Change. Produced by the Climate Reality Project. 5 min

Green Fire provocatively examines Aldo Leopold’s thinking, renewing his idea of a land ethic for a population facing 21st century ecological challenges. 2011, Directed by Ann Dunsky & Steve Dunsky. 73 min

Intermission - Fabulous Food by Kate Dwyer

Student and Youth Video Contest: We invited individuals and small groups between the ages of 14 and 19 to submit a short video focusing on issues of conservation or sustainability. Three selected videos will be shown.

Chasing Water follows the Colorado River from source to sea in this intimate look at a unique watershed that traverses 1,500 miles, drains seven states, and is the life-blood for over 30 million people in the southwest United States. 2011, Directed by Peter McBride & Anson Fogel. 18 min
Previews
 
January 17th in Ashland at the Headwaters Building on 4th ST, 6:30pm

Black Wave
      (feature film)

In the early hours of March 24th 1989 the Exxon Valdez oil supertanker runs aground in Alaska. It discharges millions of gallons of crude oil. The incident becomes the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history. For twenty years, Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against the world’s most powerful oil company – ExxonMobil. Toward the end of their judicial saga, Riki Ott and the fishers of Cordova ask if corporate values have trumped human rights and community values in the United States today. And they look for ways to rebuild their lives. link

Africa Revolutions

Journey with seven longtime friends to discover and explore the white water rivers of Southern Africa. Along their adventure the team works closely with the Sun Catchers Project, bringing solar cooking ovens and water purification into schools, orphanages and communities in Africa. link

January 20th in Williams at Pacifica, 6:30pm

American Outrage

American Outrage asks why the United States government has spent millions persecuting and prosecuting two elderly women grazing a few hundred horses and cows in a desolate desert? The United States Bureau of Land Management insists the sisters are degrading the land. The Dann sisters say the real reason is the resources hidden below this seemingly barren land, their Mother Earth. Western Shoshone land is the second largest gold producing area in the world. link

Black Wave
      (feature film)

In the early hours of March 24th 1989 the Exxon Valdez oil supertanker runs aground in Alaska. It discharges millions of gallons of crude oil. The incident becomes the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history. For twenty years, Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska have waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against the world’s most powerful oil company – ExxonMobil. Toward the end of their judicial saga, Riki Ott and the fishers of Cordova ask if corporate values have trumped human rights and community values in the United States today. And they look for ways to rebuild their lives. link

January 18th in Cave Junction at the Library, 6:30pm

Queen of the Sun
      (feature film)

What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, director of THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.

Queen of the Sun follows colorful, alternative and inspiring beekeepers from all around the globe as they keep bees in natural and holistic ways. From Gunther Hauk in the United States to Massimo Carpinteri in Italy, each has unique philosophical and spiritual insights into their bees and is striving to keep their bees safe from pesticides, and the other causes behind Colony Collapse Disorder. link

American Outrage

American Outrage asks why the United States government has spent millions persecuting and prosecuting two elderly women grazing a few hundred horses and cows in a desolate desert? The United States Bureau of Land Management insists the sisters are degrading the land. The Dann sisters say the real reason is the resources hidden below this seemingly barren land, their Mother Earth. Western Shoshone land is the second largest gold producing area in the world. link

January 25th in Medford at Rogue Community College, 11am to 2pm

Doubt

Doubt is a short film which compares the tobacco industry's fight against banning cigarette smoking with the oil industry's fight against Climate Change. link

Beyond the Spill

Following the BP Oil Spill, 22 Oregonians traveled to the Gulf Coast to bear witness to the impacts of this environmental disaster on the cultural, economic, and environmental fabric of the region. They would be introduced to a complex and ambiguous crisis, and leave considering how their actions a continent away could influence our evolution Beyond the Spill. link

The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how to get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. link

American Outrage

American Outrage asks why the United States government has spent millions persecuting and prosecuting two elderly women grazing a few hundred horses and cows in a desolate desert? The United States Bureau of Land Management insists the sisters are degrading the land. The Dann sisters say the real reason is the resources hidden below this seemingly barren land, their Mother Earth. Western Shoshone land is the second largest gold producing area in the world. link

January 26th in Grants Pass at Rogue Community College, 11am to 2pm

Doubt

Doubt is a short film which compares the tobacco industry's fight against banning cigarette smoking with the oil industry's fight against Climate Change. link

Beyond the Spill

Following the BP Oil Spill, 22 Oregonians traveled to the Gulf Coast to bear witness to the impacts of this environmental disaster on the cultural, economic, and environmental fabric of the region. They would be introduced to a complex and ambiguous crisis, and leave considering how their actions a continent away could influence our evolution Beyond the Spill. link

The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how to get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. link

American Outrage

American Outrage asks why the United States government has spent millions persecuting and prosecuting two elderly women grazing a few hundred horses and cows in a desolate desert? The United States Bureau of Land Management insists the sisters are degrading the land. The Dann sisters say the real reason is the resources hidden below this seemingly barren land, their Mother Earth. Western Shoshone land is the second largest gold producing area in the world. link