“Give peace a chance.” It’s not just a catchphrase. It’s a lifeline.
Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War
Green Screens
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 7:00 p.m.
After the screening, join filmmakers Alice Day and Lincoln Day, plus Dr. Jeanne Mager Stellman, an environmental researcher with considerable expertise in Agent Orange and other military herbicides for a panel discussion about issues raised by the film. Representatives from Peace Action Network and League of Conservation Voters will be on hand during a reception that follows the discussion.
From World War II to Vietnam to Afghanistan, the cost of war has been tallied in lives lost and damage done. But the hidden cost—both practical and emotional—can have equally tragic long-term effects. The production and use of weapons and their eventual disposal create a war byproduct that pollutes land, air and water for generations. Radioactive contamination, oil spills, decimated forests and crops all threaten the earth’s ecosystem. Using archival footage and eyewitness interviews while examining conflicts ranging from high-tech bombings in Iraq to low-tech confrontations in Bosnia and the Sudan, filmmakers Alice and Lincoln Day reveal the stress war puts on all of our lives.
For more information about the film, including how you can order a DVD copy, please visit the film's official site.
Related resources:
New York League of Conservation Voters wants to identify and mobilize 100,000 eco-voters. Find out how you can help.
Peace Action of New York State is dedicated to promoting the non-violent resolution of conflict, the abolition of nuclear weapons, halting the global spread of conventional arms, building a human rights culture and supporting human needs instead of militarism. Find out more.
"If we cannot eliminate war, we can at least require a fuller accounting of war's costs and consequences." Read more about the filmmakers' motivations.
Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War
Alice T. Day & Lincoln H. Day, USA, 2008; 60m
The Film Society’s Green Screens program addresses through film the vital environmental concerns of global warming, the safety of our food supply, sustainable living, and more. Each screening includes a discussion and reception with artists and expert commentators, where we invite non-profit organizations and others to provide materials and raise awareness of the many positive actions we can all take. Green Screens is programmed by Sharon Bahus, Isa Cucinotta and Marian Masone.
In addition to this series, the Film Society screens PSAs showcasing climate change, sustainability and other matters concerning the health of our planet and its inhabitants. We are one of the first movie theaters in the country to regularly screen such PSAs and we encourage other theaters to join us.
Buy Tickets Tues Sep 16: 7:00*
*Post-screening Q&A followed by a reception in the Furman Gallery
Admission:
$15 public
$12 member/student
Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office. No passes ~ no vouchers accepted to this event.
