Project Native 4th Annual Environmental Film Festival
March 29 & 30, 2014
Great Barrington, MA

For the past three years, Project Native has hosted a successful day-long environmental film festival. This year they are expanding the festival to include an evening screening at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA, on Saturday, March 29th in addition to the festival on Sunday, March 30th at the Triplex Cinema.

The festival will kick off Saturday, March 29th at 7pm with a special screening of Revolution, an award-winning film by Rob Stewart, director of Sharkwater at the  Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA. Startling, beautiful, and provocative, Revolution has already won awards at international film festivals. Revolution is not just about the environment—it’s a film about hope and inspiration. It is an urgent call-to-action with an uplifting message that tells us it’s possible to alleviate the damage already done. While creating this film, Stewart met with experts in their fields to investigate the important issues affecting our lives. In an effort to uncover the secrets to a safer world, Stewart goes on an adventure filled with action and drama that will leave audiences around the world, at any age, inspired about how they can get involved in the fight to save our planet.

“Our goal is to not only show the problems facing our world, but to also inspire action for positive change,” says Karen Lyness LeBlanc, Education & Outreach Coordinator for Project Native. Project Native is encouraging middle, high school and college students in the area to attend and bring their friends. This event is FREE, thanks to support from the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation. A panel discussion will follow the film.

On Sunday, March 30th Project Native will once again host a full day of environmental films at the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington. As in years past, the day will start at 10am with a film for children and families. “We are thrilled to be showing Flight of the Butterflies at our Family Program this year,” says Karen Lyness LeBlanc. “This summer hundreds of children (and adults) learned about native habitats, butterfly lifecycles and conservation while participating in bug safaris or visiting our native butterfly house. Now with Flight of the Butterflies in 3D they can follow a Monarch Butterfly on its epic migratory adventure.”

For the remainder of the day, a variety of films will be shown on a wide-range of current environmental topics including: salmon farming, GMO’s, Tarsands, invasive Asian Carp, fracking and industrial hemp. A complete schedule and film synopses are available at www.projectnative.org.

– Submitted by Karen Lyness LeBlanc.