Attend a screening of "Meat the Future," a documentary about meat that is produced sustainably without the need to breed, raise and slaughter animals. The film follows Dr. Uma Valeti, a Mayo Clinic-trained cardiologist, co-founder and CEO of Upside Foods, and leader of the start-up of the "cultivated" meat revolution and his team over five years as the cost of production plummets, and consumers' eye the imminent birth of this timely industry.

Facilitated discussion and Q&A with audience led by Dr. Reva Ovissipour.

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NOVA presents “Great Electric Airplane Race,” a one-hour special that looks at an array of promising new electric aircraft on the horizon and takes viewers for a ride in some impressive prototypes that are already flying.

Followed by Q&A led by Charles Gerena. Light refreshments will be served.

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As a centuries-old black community, contaminated and uprooted by petrochemical plants comes to terms with the loss of its ancestral home, one man standing in the way of a plant's expansion refuses to give up.

Panelists will discuss the importance of achieving environmental justice as key to winning climate mitigation goals and the emotional, economic, and community loss and other consequences to families and individuals for historic Black communities when polluting industries are placed among them.

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My Octopus Teacher follows the heart-warming story of the year Craig Foster spent developing a friendship with a wild octopus. Oscar academy-winning film in 2021.

Q&A with Animal Keeper, Aimee Bushman.

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YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE takes us inside the rise of the Global Youth Climate Movement. Slater Jewell-Kemker was 15 when she began documenting the untold stories of youth on the front lines of climate change refusing to let their futures slip away. Over the course of 12 years and set against stunning visuals of a planet in crisis, YOUTH UNSTOPPABLE follows the evolution of a diverse network of youth rising up to shape the world they will live in.

A brief facilitated panelist discussion led by Sara Barton, followed by audience Q&A.

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Nature's Cleanup Crew tells the story of the busy scavengers who live among us in our cities, recycling the mountains of waste our human consumer society leaves behind. With the help of thoughtful and passionate scientists who have come to understand and love them, we find out what makes scavengers tick. We debunk myths about them. We ask...What adaptations have they evolved to do their job? What benefits do they provide to humanity? How can we humans work with them, so that they can do their job even better?

Q&A with Animal Control Officer, Robert C. Leinberger, Jr.

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In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily routine for years. When an uncommonly long drought threatens their entire way of life, Virginio and Sisa face the dilemma of resisting or being defeated by the passage of time. With the arrival of their grandson Clever, the three of them will face, each in their own way, the environment, the necessity for change, and the meaning of life itself.

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The Falconer follows master falconer Rodney Stotts on his mission to build a bird sanctuary and provide access to nature for his stressed community. This is a story of second chances: for injured birds of prey, for an abandoned plot of land, for a group of teenagers who have dropped out of high school, and for Rodney himself.

The film screening will be preceded by a lecture-style presentation on the identification, biology, and conservation of regional raptors led by environmental educators from the Maymont Foundation and followed by a group discussion of the contents of the film.

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Virginia Environmental Film Contest First Prize Winning Film

A documentary short on the community impacts of the coal terminal in Southeast Newport News, Virginia. The 200-acre coal pile is located right next to a redlined neighborhood that today has the highest rate of asthma in the city. – Director/Producer: Brandon Davis.   Assistant Producer: Michael Bush

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A project of Nelson County citizens on the fight against the Atlantic coast pipeline. Interviewing 30 people who were instrumental in opposing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, this documentary is a guide to how the community organizes to overcome such an invasion from outside interests.

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Located on the Bering Sea, Yup’ik village is dealing with melting permafrost, river erosion and decaying infrastructure. The 360 Yup’ik residents must relocate their entire village to stable ground upriver. They will be some of America’s first climate change refugees.

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A segment of Endgame 2050 about the importance of insects as the basis of our ecological systems and the negative impact on humans from the decline of insect populations. Insects are heart of every food web, pollinate the large majority of plant species, keep the soil healthy, recycle nutrients, control pests, and much more.

Follow investigative filmmaker Rebecca Cappelli as she travels around the world to uncover the dark side of the fashion industry. Rebecca's journey of discovery unravels a harrowing story of greenwashing, mislabeling, animal cruelty and cover-ups from some of the world's major luxury fashion brands.

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Explore the physical and emotional aspects of a community of Canadian west coast tree planters. Filmmaker Rita Leistner depicts the contradictions in the tree planter’s experience—the hardship and the healing; the solitude and the joy of belonging—creating a cinematic metaphor for the human condition. The tree planters restore themselves and each other in the process of restoring the environment.

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Explore the growing fire risk caused by decades of aggressive fire suppression, increasing development in fire-prone areas, and a longer, drier wildfire season due to climate change. Can we truly manage fire, or will we continue to be shocked in disbelief? Either way, the fires are coming.

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Reckoning with seasonal dangers of a changing climate, filmmaker Emmett Brennan treks along the Los Angeles aqueduct in search of solutions. He asks: what would happen if we designed our lives around water in a radically different way? Featuring music from multi-Grammy-winner Jacob Collier.

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A poem written by Richmonder Joanna Lee included in the anthology Windblown I and part of the Writing the Land project organized by Nature Culture. 

David Attenborough recounts the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future.

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Follow wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn as he records the bee species in his tiny urban garden. He catalogs more than 60 species, from large bumblebees to scissor bees the size of a mosquito, documenting life at their level as never seen before. He gets so familiar with the bees he can identify individuals by sight.

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No flowers or trees grow in the town of Thneedville where twelve-year-old Ted lives. Ted wants to win the heart of Audrey, the girl of his dreams, but to do this, he must find a Truffula tree. To get it, Ted learns from the Lorax (Danny DeVito), once the gruff guardian of the forest, and the Once-ler (Ed Helms), who let greed overtake his respect for nature. Original Version (1972).

Wildcat follows the emotional and inspiring story of a young veteran on his journey into the Amazon. Once there, he meets a young woman running a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, and his life finds new meaning as he is entrusted with the life of an orphaned baby ocelot. What was meant to be an attempt to escape from life, turns out to be an unexpected journey of love, discovery, and healing.

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