Boston Flora

Category: Movie Recommendations

  • Thursday, April 28 – Sunday, May 1 – Birds and Bards: A Festival Celebrating Birds, Poetry, and Nature

    Visit the Arnold Arboretum, Boston Nature Center, Forest Hills Cemetery, Franklin Park Coalition and the Franklin Park Zoo,  Thursday, April 28 to Sunday, May 1 for Birds and Bards: A Festival Celebrating Birds, Poetry, and Nature. Spend the weekend exploring birds, poetry, and nature in over 1000 acres of green space along Boston’s Emerald Necklace. The festival includes activities for children and adults, most of which are free!

    For complete event listings and information, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu/news-events/birds-and-bards.

     

  • Friday, April 22, 7:30 pm – Mother Nature’s Child

    A screening of Mother Nature’s Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age, will take place Friday, April 22 at 7:30 at the Cape Ann Community Cinema, 21 Main Street, 2nd floor, Gloucester, Massachusetts.  Wendy Conquest, the co-producer of this film about bridging the divide between children and nature, will join the audience for a Q & A after the show.  Proceeds benefit Kestrel Educational Adventures, a local non profit organization that is creating bridges between schools and nature for the children of Cape Ann.  For more information, log on to www.kestreleducation.org.

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  • Saturday, March 5, 2:00 pm – Vanishing of the Bees

    We’ve already mentioned the Insect Planet: Family Festival at Harvard Museum of Natural History, taking place this Saturday, March 5, from 9 – 5 at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History (see www.hmnh.harvard.edu for a complete run down of events), but we’ve just learned that a screening of the documentary Vanishing of the Bees, a documentary examining the mysterious disappearance of honeybees across the planet, has been added to the day’s activities.  Filmed spanning the US, in Europe, Australia and Asia, it examines the alarming phenomena known as Colony Collapse Disorder, and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth.  The film is narrated by Ellen Page and is for adults and children ages 12 and older.  See more information about the film at www.vanishingbees.com.  The screening is free with museum admission, and since admission to the museum is free all this coming weekend for Bank of America’s Museums on Us program – that means free to any Bank of America credit or debit card holder, about half of everyone in Massachusetts, this is a very sweet deal.  See more about the Bank of America program at http://museums.bankofamerica.com.

  • Sunday, March 20, 2:00 pm – Lunch Line

    Filmmakers Michael Graziano and Ernie Park were originally inspired by the Organic School Project, a now-defunct school garden project in Chicago, and had intended to focus their  film Lunch Line on it. Once they started production, however, they realized that there was a much larger story to be told. The resulting film adopts a visually striking style as it portrays the surprisingly long and tortuous history of school food in this country. $5, co-sponsored by Slow Food Boston and The Museum of Science, at The Cahners Theater at The Museum of Science, 1 Science Park in Boston, at 2 pm on Sunday, March 20. To reserve, log on to www.slowfoodboston.com/reserve.cfm?eno=872.

  • Sunday, February 27, 2:00 pm – Vanishing of the Bees

    Where did all the bees go? If you’ve been aware of the news in the past few years, we’re sure you’re familiar with CCD: Colony Collapse Disorder. Discovered first in late 2006, hordes of bees literally….disappeared. The worker bees leave for the day and never return, abandoning the queen, the young, the eggs. Everything. So maybe the darn queen was crackin’ the whip too hard. But maybe not — the theories abound. Was it a virus? Environmental changes? Malnutrition? An affect of pesticides?

    Want to explore these questions? If so, come to the Small Metcalf Hall in Boston University’s GSU, 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, on Sunday, February 27th at 2:00PM for the film Vanishing of the Bees, which explores the issues in greater detail, outlining what led up to the problem and what can be done differently going forward in order to prevent it from happening again. We’re following the film with a panel of local beekeepers and honey makers (Golden Rule Honey, Allandale Honey Co & more!) discussing their work… And then we’ll get to taste their bounty! It’s your chance to learn the nuances of honey and talk to the folks that make it. And understand exactly why we need to be informed and make changes to prevent honeybees from disappearing again. This screening is generously co-sponsored by Slow Food Tufts and Slow Food BU. $5 fee. You may reserve a space on line at www.slowfoodboston.com/reserve.cfm?eno=873.

  • Sunday, February 13, 2:00 pm – Forks Over Knives

    Diabetes. Heart Disease. Obesity. What is going on in our society? Why are we so sick? The next film in Slow Food’s 2011 Winter Film Series explores these issues, and even tries to make some recommendations for what we can do to stop sliding down this slippery slope of illness.

    On Sunday February 13th at 2:00PM come by the Museum of Science (co-sponsor of the event)  for a screening of Forks Over Knives, an amazing and eye-opening documentary about the connection between our diet and the diseases that are so prevalent in our society today.

    Now, the health side of the eating equation isn’t our normal stomping ground, we know — but encouraging folks to eat more sustainably is. And we believe that eating more sustainability means eating closer to the source: locally grown fruits and vegetables, pasture-raised antibiotic & hormone free meats and dairy…. (You know the drill by now!) Eating sustainably also means cooking more, taking time to enjoy the process of preparing and eating your meals. And frankly, we believe that all of this dovetails nicely into the questions raised in the film. Because it is our oh-so-humble opinion that many of society’s health related ills could be solved by eating this way.

    But enough of the soap box rant! Come check out the film for yourself, and learn more from the *special* speaker planned for afterward. We can guarantee you’ll walk away with your eyes opened wide and a few small changes ready in your toolbox! $5 fee.  Reserve now at    www.slowfoodboston.com/reserve.cfm?eno=851.

  • Thursday, August 19, 5:15 pm – Cambridge Premiere of Bugged

    You are invited to the Cambridge Premiere of BUGGED, The Race to Eradicate the Asian Longhorned Beetle, Narrated by Emmy Award-Winning News Correspondent Pat Dawson, Produced/Directed by Emily Driscoll, on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 5:15PM, at The Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge.

    For more information, call 617.495.3045 or log on to www.hmnh.harvard.edu

    Bugged is “…frankly one of the most comprehensive and best educational documentaries on the Asian longhorned beetle that has been made to date….Now, more than ever, the general public needs to remain observant and vigilant in case ALB shows up in your city or neighborhood. This short film will broaden one’s view of this most important and unwanted pest!”

    -Richard Hoebeke, Taxonomic and Survey Entomologist, Cornell University

    About the Documentary:
    Alien invaders live hidden among us. The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is one of the world’s worst invasive species and could destroy one third of America’s trees. Now, for the first time, the ALB infests a city (Worcester) on the edge of a natural forested area. Follow the scientists, USDA officials and private citizens who are the front lines in the Asian longhorned beetle eradication war.

    Bugged is the first documentary to present the national story of the ALB infestation in America and to explore the  science of eradication.

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  • Wednesday, August 4, 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm – Bugged

    Martin Luttrell of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette has posted the following announcement, which may be found in full at www.telegram.com:

    Shortly after earning her economics degree at George Washington University, Fitchburg native Emily V. Driscoll set her sights on science journalism, getting a master’s degree and setting to work as a documentary film maker.  And after producing a number of short-form documentaries as a member of a production company, she returned to Central Massachusetts to document the efforts to eradicate the Asian longhorned beetle.

    Bugged: The Race to Eradicate the Asian Longhorned Beetle, is the first science documentary Ms. Driscoll has directed. It will be shown in Worcester and Fitchburg next month.  Ms. Driscoll, 29, said she began interviewing sources for the project in September and finished editing the 24-minute piece in June.

    “I want to spread awareness of the Asian longhorned beetle in America, and the extraordinary efforts at eradication,” she said in a telephone interview from her home in New York City. “I want people to understand the gravity of the situation, and the efforts that go into containing it.”

    The Asian longhorned beetle destroys trees by boring holes through them, and some officials are concerned that they are endangering trees and forests throughout New England. The infestation area in and around Worcester now covers 74 square miles, where more than 25,600 trees have been cut down.

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture has put up $41.5 million to expand the eradication project this year, and officials with that government department have said they are optimistic that eradication should succeed over the next 10 years.

    Ms. Driscoll, who moved from Fitchburg to New York City while in elementary school, received her economics degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 2002, and her master’s degree in science journalism from New York University in 2007. She is now working toward a master’s in science documentary production at the Gallatin School, a school of individual study within NYU.   The film will be shown at the Worcester Public Library at 2 and 6 p.m. Aug. 4. Ms. Driscoll will not be present for those screenings, but will be on Aug. 6 in Fitchburg. That screening will take place at Riverfront Park, at a time to be announced.

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  • Thursday, July 29, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Ingredients

    INGREDIENTS is a feature-length documentary illustrating how passionate individuals around the country are working to revitalize the local food movement. Narrated by Bebe Neuwirth, the film takes us across the U.S. from the diversified farms of the Hudson River and Willamette Valleys to the urban food deserts of Harlem and to the kitchens of celebrated chefs Alice Waters, Peter Hoffman and Greg Higgins. INGREDIENTS is a journey that reveals the people behind the movement to bring good food back to the table and health back to our communities. The film will be shown on Thursday, July 29, at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street in Brookline.For more information, please visit: http://coolidge.org/greenscreens .  The ticket price is $9.75.

  • Wednesday, July 21, 6:00 pm – Food Matters: From the Ground Up

    Bascom Lodge, on Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts (below), will hold a Talk and Dine Series Event on Wednesday, July 21, beginning at 6 pm.  Producer/Director Sharon Wyrrick will speak about Community Supported Agriculture, its beginnings in the United States and in the Berkshires, and its importance and promise for revitalizing local food systems and economies.  She will show footage from her documentary movie Food Matters: From the Ground Up, focusing on some of the rock stars of the North Berkshire food system – the farmers.  For more information, log on to http://bascomlodge.net/Events.html.  The talk is free, and there is a dinner to follow for which reservations (413-743-1591) are required.

    From the Mass Turnpike, take Exit 2 in Lee, and follow Rt. 20 to Rt. 7 North.  Continue North to Lanesboro, watch for Mt. Greylock Reservation and Visitor Center signs on the right.  Turn right onto  North Main Street and follow Mt. Greylock and Bascom Lodge signs 9 miles to the summit.

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