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7:30 p.m. film screening/Q&A, Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, University at Albany Downtown Campus. See map.
Is Nature entitled to legal rights? The documentary, THE RIGHTS OF NATURE: A GLOBAL MOVEMENT, shot in Ecuador, New Zealand and Santa Monica, California, focuses on a growing environmental initiative where natural areas are given legal rights that can be enforced by people, governments and communities.
Film screening with filmmaker Hal Crimmel
Monday, April 22
4:15 p.m. discussion, Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center West Addition, University at Albany Uptown Campus. See map.
Film screening with filmmaker Hal Crimmel Monday, April 22 4:15 p.m. discussion, Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center West Addition, University at Albany Uptown Campus. See map.
7:30 p.m. film screening/Q&A, Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, University at Albany Downtown Campus. See map.
Is Nature entitled to legal rights? The documentary, THE RIGHTS OF NATURE: A GLOBAL MOVEMENT, shot in Ecuador, New Zealand and Santa Monica, California, focuses on a growing environmental initiative where natural areas are given legal rights that can be enforced by people, governments and communities.
Film screening and discussion with director/producer Cynthia Wade
Tuesday, April 23
3 p.m. -- Followed by a light reception. UAlbany Performing Arts Center, 1400 Washington Avenue, on the uptown campus. See map.
A documentary by Cynthia Wade and Sasha Friedlander Woodard, GRIT chronicles a community’s response to one of the word’s largest man-made environmental disasters.
The film follows Dian, a young girl who lost her home when the enormous tsunami of mud caused by natural gas drilling slammed into her village in 2006. The film chronicles Dian’s awakening as a political activist as she had her community organize against the drilling company.