Earth Week 2024 Events
Our Children’s River @MYCO
April 21, 4:00PM
BKLN Commons, 495 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
Our Children’s River (2023, dir. Dominic Gill) follows the indigenous guards who risk their lives to protect their ancestral lands and one of earth’s most biodiverse places from the threats of extractive industries including mining, oil, and logging. We’ll be screening this short film at MYCO, an Earth Day summit exploring the climate and environmental justice movement and its intersections with racial, gender, and queer liberation.
Where: BKLN Commons, 495 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
When: Sunday, April 21st at 4:00PM
King Coal @Asia Society
April 24, 6-8PM
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021
A lyrical tapestry of a place and people, King Coal (2023, dir. Elaine McMillion Sheldon) meditates on the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, and the myths it has created. We’re thrilled to partner with Asia Society’s COAL + ICE exhibition for this screening, and the director will be calling in for a Q&A after the film.
Where: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021
When: Wednesday, April 24th at 6:00PM
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code @Maysles Documentary Center
April 26, 6-7PM Reception, Screening at 7PM
Maysles Documentary Center
343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2020, dir. Judith Helfand) tells the story of Chicago’s 1995 heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American.
We’re honored to show this film in partnership with WE ACT, and the screening will be followed by a panel discussion between: Elijah Hutchinson (NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice), Kim Knowlton (Columbia University), Leslie Vasquez (South Bronx Unite), and moderated by Caleb Smith (WE ACT), with an introduction by Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard (WE ACT).
Where: Maysles Documentary Center, 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027
When: Friday, April 26th, Reception from 6:00 - 7:00PM, Screening at 7:00PM