Introduction and disscussion with filmmaker Ashok Ahuja.
A young woman ecologist of Indian origin arrives in a remote Himalayan town, with her European boyfriend, to begin her research project. While in the village, she meets three other young men who are also drawn towards her. Each of her four suitors represents a different attitude towards the environment - from among them she must make her choice. Designed to inform, inspire, and generate a more active concern for the environment, this film explores the role of the individual in society and the relationship between information, knowledge, and wisdom. Special Jury Prize, Indian National Film Awards. FREE.
Sponsored by: South Asia Program
Uris Hall G-08
Discussion to begin at 12:15pm.
This film is a refreshingly lively, lyrical and avant-garde look at our relationship to the land. Presented as a series of vignettes and reminiscences involving British Columbian native and non-native elders, retired loggers and environmentalists, this film documents the social and environmental consequences of short-sighted logging practices and years of colonialism. With its evocative camerawork, atmospheric soundscape and cast of compelling characters, Bones of the Forest, is an illuminating exploration of the tensions that have developed between "those that were here" and "those that came". By Heather Frise and Velcrow Ripper. Winner, Best Documentary, Genie Awards 1996; Chalmers Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary; Air Canada Prize for Best Feature Documentary, Vancouver International Film Festival. FREE.
Sponsored by: Canadians at Cornell & the Akwe:kon American Indian
Program House
Goldwin Smith Auditorium D
Post-film discussion led by Alyssa Joyce. Alyssa is from British Columbia
and is an activist involved with a number of British Columbian environmental
coalitions.
Titled with a Hopi word meaning "life out of balance" or "a state of life that calls for another way of living," Koyaanisqatsi is a symbolic confrontation of two worlds in opposition - the natural and the technological. Photographed by renowned cinematographer Ron Fricke (Baraka), awash of images from Monument Valley, Grand Central Station, and other landmarks of the human and the natural accompanied by a hypnotic soundtrack composed by Philip Glass. Directed by Godfrey Reggio.
Sponsored by: Cornell Cinema
Willard Straight Theater
General Admission - $4.50, Students/Seniors/Children Under 12 - $4.00
