Enhance your environmental literacy through film. Films range in time from 15-58 minutes followed by a group discussion. Programs are free of charge.

Films run October 27th - March 9th, every Tuesday and Thursday from 3 - 4 p.m. in the UTMSI Auditorium. No movies during holiday breaks (Nov 24, Dec 22-29). 

October and November Schedule

Thursday, Oct 27th, 2016 - Texas the State of Springs
Narrated by Walter Cronkite, examines the alarming decline of Texas’ natural springs and addresses the current issues that directly impact spring flow and what can be done to save these vital resources. Film by TPWD. (~58 minutes)

Tuesday, Nov. 1st, 2016 - Ocean Frontiers, The Dawn Of A New Era In Ocean Stewardship
An inspiring voyage to seaport and watersheds across the US where unlikely allies are embarking on a new course of cooperation, to sustain the sea and our ocean economies. Produced by Greenfire Productions. (~22 minutes)

Thursday, Nov. 3rd, 2016 - The Crabs, The Birds, The Bay.
Every spring nearly one million migrant shorebirds stop to feed on horseshoe crab eggs along the beaches of Delaware Bay. This film provides an intimate yet bold look at this phenomenon. Produced by Natural Art Films. (~19 minutes)

Tuesday, Nov. 8th, 2016 - The State of the Gulf, Chapter 1-3.
A documentary examining critical water issues facing our state. This film explores the rich diversity of the Gulf, its flora and fauna, unique geology and hydrology, and critical habitats. Ch. 1, The Open, Ch. 2, Burden of Bounty, Ch. 3, Hurricanes – Force of Nature. Film by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (~20 minutes)

Thursday, Nov. 10th, 2016 - The State of the Gulf, Chapter 4-7.
A documentary examining critical water issues facing our state. This film explores the rich diversity of the Gulf, its flora and fauna, unique geology and hydrology, and critical habitats. Ch. 4, Fisheries For the Future, Ch. 5, What’s in the Water Ch. 6, Climate of Changes, Ch. 7, Action For the Oceans. Film by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (~37 minutes)

Tuesday, Nov. 15th, 2016 - Bag It.
What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic's effects on our oceans, environment, and bodies. We see how our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up to us...and what we can do about it. Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow "everyman" Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. A Reel Thing Productions Film in association with the Telluride Institute. (~45 minutes)

Thursday, Nov. 17th, 2016 - Water On The Table.
WATER ON THE TABLE explores Canada’s relationship to its freshwater, arguably its’ most precious natural resource. Featuring best-selling author, activist and public figure Maude Barlow, and her crusade to have water declared a human right, protected from privatization. The film shadows Barlow over the course of a year as she leads an unrelenting schedule as the U.N. Senior Advisor on Water to Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the United Nations. Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air? Film by Liz Marshall. (~56 minutes)

Tuesday, Nov. 22nd, 2016 - Shell Shocked.
Saving oysters to save ourselves follows efforts to prevent the extinction of wild oyster reefs, which keep our oceans healthy by filtering water and engineering ecosystems. Today, because of overfishing and pollution, wild oyster reefs have been declared the most severely impacted marine habitat on earth and no longer play a role in their ecosystems. Now scientists, government officials, artists and environmentalists are fighting to bring oysters back to the former capital of the world- New York Harbor. Film by BonSci Films; Emily. V Driscoll. (~39 minutes)

Thursday, Nov. 24th, 2016 – Thanksgiving Holiday, No program

Tuesday, Nov. 29th, 2016– Addicted to Plastic.
From Styrofoam cups to artificial organs, plastics are perhaps the most ubiquitous and versatile material ever invented. No invention in the past 100 years has had more influence and presence that synthetics. But such progress has had a cost. For better and for worse, no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the shrink-wrapped grasp of plastic. This film is a global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses and why there’s so darn much of it. Film by Ian Connacher. (~45 minutes)