Hold onto your straw hat, the Earth Day events are near. Over the next few days, I will
be reporting on the Best of Earth Day Week, or rather Month. While Earth Day is
officially April 22, there is an amazing agenda throughout the entire month of April for the
green at heart.
We begin with my favorite happy meal combo - movies and
after parties. The San Francisco International Film Festival from April 24 through May 8 is gearing up to
release one of the best feats of environmental programming ever. Here are my
picks for don’t miss eco movies of the festival.
FLOW: A movie for the
love of water, this must-see documentary won rave reviews at Sundance and is
sure to get the conservation flowing. Blue is the new green.
Ice People: Get up
close and personal with Antarctica and its
inhabitants and experience a time when this frozen sheet of ice was warm and lush. A film that will melt your mind and your heart.
Sleep Dealer: The sci-fi
movie counterpart to Flow, festival insiders say this is the film to watch. It
sounds like an eco-version of the Matrix.
Up The Yangtze: Yowzers, the Three Gorges Dam being built in China makes for a film subject that
is larger than life. See this phenomenon through the eyes of two teenagers and
the eyes of the world.
Dust: A story that
has never been told, hopefully not for good reason, this documentary gets down
and dirty with the thing we all love to hate, dust. Apparently the portrayed
beauty of dust bunnies and the origin of the universe will help us see this
nuisance in a new light.
Vanity Fair Reel Relief After Party at Temple: What better way to celebrate all of the
outstanding eco films than by partying late into the night at the most
sustainable nightclub around, Temple.
Vanity Fair is hosting a green VIP blow out on the festival’s closing night on
May 8. The event doubles as a Reel Relief charity event benefiting the
enviro-powerhouse organization NRDC. Organic cocktails will be in abundance.
For tickets to these films and events, please visit
the SF Film Festival web site.
The festival home is the new
green-remodeled Sundance Kabuki Theatre where I just saw a preview of season two of the fabulous Robert Redford's Sundance Channel The Green series Big Ideas for a Small Planet on TV now. The Lexus Hybrid Living after party next door was drop dead gorgeous. Lights, camera, eco-action. www.sffs.org
Hold onto your straw hat, the Earth Day events are near. Over the next few days, I will
be reporting on the Best of Earth Day Week, or rather Month. While Earth Day is
officially April 22, there is an amazing agenda throughout the entire month of April for the
green at heart.
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