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Harkins 5 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:40 AM
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Terra Madre
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88 minutes
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Director: Ermanno Olmi
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It's fitting that a movement started by one poet, Carlo Petrini, should be documented by another. 77-year-old Ermanno Olmi chronicles the 2006 and 2008 gatherings of Petrini's Slow Food movement in Turin, where thousands of farmers and artisans from 150 countries exchanged ideas about sustainable, responsible agriculture. Olmi, fascinated with costumes, faces and gestures, visits an underground global seed vault in the remote Arctic reaches of Norway, the Indian farm of eco-philosopher Vandana Shiva and the abandoned home of a hermetic Italian who practiced sustainability long before it was fashionable. Back in Turin, a Massachusetts student promises, "We will be a generation that reunites mankind with the earth. Terra Madre's wordless, lyrical final act follows a solitary farmer through seasons of cultivation and consumption. ENVIRONMENTAL
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Common Ground
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21 minutes
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Director: Joe Hudson
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The film tells the story of the cleanup of the Yuma East Wetlands. Now the area has returned to balance, and crime has drastically reduced. Various stakeholders and non-profits from both Mexico and the U.S. have joined forces to restore a small section of the Limitrophe known as Hunter's Hole, and are using the Yuma East Wetlands as a model for what can be done in there. Jobs are created, wildlife is returning to the area, and security has been enhanced for both nations that share this common ground. ENVIRONMENTAL
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