Join the Center for Applied Liberal Arts at NYU SPS and our academic partners for a new film series that takes a look at the environment. The series is held in conjunction with CALA’s film studies courses this semester. Each screening includes an introduction and post-film discussion led by a distinguished scholar. See below for more information and RSVP here: TINYURL.COM/CALAFILMFA19
Series description:
FRAGILE EARTH: ENVIRONMENTAL FILMS AROUND THE WORLD
This international film series addresses today’s most pressing environmental issues. From population growth and urbanization to climate change, the films in this series present different perspectives on the biggest threats to the environment and reflect on possible solutions and pathways for a sustainable future for the planet and its inhabitants.
EARTH
Dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Austria, 2019)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 6-9PM
DEUTSCHES HAUS AT NYU
42 Washington Mews, NYC
Introduction: Nandini Thiyagarajan
Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans – with shovels, excavators or dynamite. Earth observes people, in mines, quarries and at large construction sites, engaged in a constant struggle to take possession of the planet.
WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
Dir. Heidi Brandenburg & Mathew Orzel
(Peru/USA/UK, 2016)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 6-9PM
KING JUAN CARLOS I CENTER
53 Washington Square S., NYC
Introduction: Odi Gonzales
An indigenous environmental activist takes on the large businesses that are destroying the Amazon.
MORE THAN HONEY
Dir. Markus Imhoof (Germany, 2012)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 6-9PM
NYU WOOLWORTH BUILDING
15 Barclay St., NYC
Introduction: Prof. Mechthild Feist & Markus Imhoof
An in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.
DEMAIN
(Tomorrow)
Dir. Cyril Dion & Mélanie Laurent (France, 2015)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 6-9PM
MAISON FRANCAISE
16 Washington Mews, NYC Introduction: Leonard Cortana & Daniella Gitlin
Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.
Moderator Bios
Nandini Thiyagarajan is a Faculty Fellow of Environmental and Animal Studies at New York University. Her current research looks at the relationship between migration, race, animals, and climate change. Nandini teaches in the Department of Environmental Studies at NYU, which offers a major and minor in Environmental Studies and a minor in Animal Studies at the undergraduate level, as well as a master’s degree in Animal Studies. The department offers a wide range of courses covering all sectors of environmental science, from ecology and climate science, to policy-making and social justice. It recently launched the Center for Environmental and Animal Protection (CEAP), the first of its kind to engage both faculty and students in research around environmental and animal studies.
Odi Gonzales is a native Quechua speaker, researcher, translator, professor and poet. He has published several scholarly books, and a dictionary in the field of Quechua Oral Tradition, Latin American literature, and many multilingual collections of poetry. In 1992 he received The Peruvian National Poetry Award “César Vallejo”. Recently his book La escuela de Cusco translated by American poet and professor Lynn Levin, was published in the bilingual edition Birds on the kiswar tree (New York, 2Leaf Press, 2016)
He has led the Quechua Language and Culture Program at New York University since 2008.
Mechthild Feist is a Clinical Professor for Digital Communications and Media (NYU-SPS). She teaches courses in Motion Design, Engaged Media and Media history.Building on fine arts and history studies in Berlin, Mechthild has worked in digital media since her DAAD graduate grant (MFA) and Whitney-ISP Fellowship brought her to New York. She worked as an artist and award-winning designer for major studios (Editel, HBO, ARRI-Munich) and artists such as Alexander Kluge and Ornette Coleman.
Markus Imhoof is a Swiss writer and director, known for Das Boot ist voll (1981), More Than Honey (2012) and Eldorado (2018). He studied German Literature, Arts and History in Zurich and attended the film program at the Zurich Academy of Arts. Two of his first documentaries were prohibited in Switzerland, but won multiple awards. In 1981, his feature film Das Boot ist voll won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale and was nominated for the Oscar. His film More than Honey is the most successful Swiss documentary of all time. Imhoof is member of the Academy of Arts Berlin, the European Film Academy, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in Los Angeles.
Leonard Cortana s a PhD Candidate at the Cinema Studies Department at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, an adjunct instructor at the Center for Applied Liberal Arts at NYU SPS, and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. He teaches courses in international and French film history. Cortana is also a filmmaker currently touring in festivals a documentary about activist movements spreading the intersectional legacy of Afro-Brazilian activist and politician Marielle Franco, murdered last year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Daniella Gitlin is a PhD candidate in NYU’s Comparative Literature Department pursuing a Certificate in Media and Culture. Her dissertation revolves around documentary media from mid-20th-century that responds to grave injustice. Daniella sits on the board of and helps run Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria, a nonprofit, bilingual community bookshop in Washington Heights staffed predominantly by volunteers.
