A FIERCE GREEN FIRE

Earth Day Film Fest ~ A Fierce Green Fire

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
  • Library Hall

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet is the 2012 documentary film about the history of grassroots environmental activism by the Academy Award-nominated director Mark Kitchell, narrated by Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Ashley Judd, Van Jones and Isabel Allende.

This film opens a two-night film fest in honor of Earth Day 2014, presented by Bud Werner Memorial Library and the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council's Sustainable Schools program.

The films are free, however donations will be gratefully accepted in support of the Steamboat Springs Middle School Green Team program, including current fundraising efforts for ozone-monitoring equipment to be able to participate in the Global Ozone Project, an online resource to organize and collect ozone emissions data throughout North America.

About the film
A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet spans 50 years of grassroots and global activism. This Sundance documentary brings to light the vital stories of the environmental movement where people fought – and succeeded – against enormous odds. From halting dams in the Grand Canyon to fighting toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace to Chico Mendes; from climate change to the promise of transforming our civilization, A Fierce Green Fire is “nothing less than the history of environmentalism itself,” says the Los Angeles Times.

Run time: 101 min.