Highlights from the 2004 Festival
Cristina
Goettsch Mittermeier displayed
her striking photographs as part of the festival
Read
an article from The Eagle>>
Mittermeier has coauthored several scientific articles
on conservation of terrestrial and marine biodiversity and is
coauthor of five coffee-table books -- Megadiversity, Hotspots,
Wilderness, Wildlife Spectacles and the soon-to-be-released Hotspots
II-- that aim to showcase different conservation strategies for
global biodiversity. More
on Mittermeier>>
Jasmina
Bojic, (pictured left) founder and director of the United
Nations Association Film Festival, with Center co-director
Pat Aufderheide (right), show off the EFF programs.
The Center is proud to continue to host the UNAFF
Traveling Festival, and a full-house at the screenings of Empty
Oceans, Empty Nets and The Shaman's Apprentice.
Several of the films from the
festival have been catalogued in the American
University Bender Library:
Left
Behind by Christof Putzel
AU Call Number VHS 7539
Inheritance, A Fisherman's Story
by Peter Hegedus AU Call Number VHS 7615
An
Injury to One by Travis Wilkerson
AU Call Number VHS 7436
Lens at
Work Panel Discussion:
Successful Environmental Filmmaking
Panelists included Holly Stadtler (filmmaker), Robert Brewster
(filmmaker); Jeff Bieber (WETA); Andrea Meditch (Discovery); Christopher
Palmer (National Wildlife Federation); and moderated by Center
co-director Pat Aufderheide
These leading industry professionals
discussed what strategies they are using to tell compelling stories,
and getting films to people who can make a difference!
Read Christopher
Palmer's remarks from the panel>>
March
27
Film Screenings
2:00 p.m. Ward Circle Building, T1 following
the panel discussion (Note room change)
Cooking with the Sun by AU's Peter Stolz; Media That
Matters selection Diane Wilson: A Warrior's Tale and
Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty; An
Injury to One by Travis Wilkerson.
The DC Environmental Film Festival ran
from March 18-28, 2004 with 90 documentary, feature, animated, archival
and children's films at museums, libraries theaters all around DC.
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out more>>
