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).

December Schedule

Thursday, Dec. 1st, 2016 – Keepers of the Coast.
Spectacular surfing footage dramatizes the message of this important video. Last year, in the US alone, over 3,500 beaches were closed due to pollution. Millions of dollars in tourism and related industries were lost, and when our coastline is polluted, surfers suffer first. They take it on the skin, in their eyes and ears, and even in their guts. Now surfers are organizing world-wide: testing water quality, funding research on wetlands restoration, and educating the public in schools and communities. Film by Michael Graber and Diana Schutz. (~31 minutes)

Tuesday, Dec. 6th, 2016 – Plasticized.
PLASTICIZED is an intimate account of a first-hand journey aboard the Sea Dragon with the 5 Gyres Institute on the very first scientific expedition, focused on plastic waste, through the centre of the South Atlantic Ocean. An eye-opening story about the institute's global mission to study the effects, reality, and scale of plastic pollution around the world. Documentary by MARE. (~48 minutes)

Thursday, Dec. 8th, 2016 - End of The Line.
The first major documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans. Based on a book by Charles Clover. This film delves beyond the surface of the seas to reveal a troubling truth beneath: an ocean increasingly empty of fish, destroyed by decades of over-exploitation. Film by Rupert Murray. (~25 minutes)

Tuesday, Dec. 13th, 2016 - Can The Gulf Survive?
Investigate what happened to 4.9 million barrels of oil that poured form the sea floor in one of the worst environmental disasters of all time. Follow the first two months after the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, tracking cleanup efforts as experts seek to learn the ongoing effects and BP battles the spill and the public’s outcry. Film by National Geographic. (~45 minutes)

Thursday, Dec. 15th, 2016 - Journey To Planet earth; Dispatches From The Gulf.
Dispatches from the Gulf is a new Journey to Planet Earth episode showing how scientists confront the challenges of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The documentary also investigates the impact of the event on the ecosystems and communities along the Gulf of Mexico. Film by Marilyn and Hal Weiner. Narrated by Matt Damon. (~36 minutes)

Tuesday, Dec. 20th, 2016 – Tapped.
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water. Film by Stephanie Soechtig. (~54 minutes)

Thursday, Dec. 22nd, 2016 - Thursday December 29th, 2016 - Holiday Break, No Programs.