Earthbound

Wild Films: Earthbound & Wild Maui

Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
  • Library Hall
See two top award-winning films from the 2023 International Wildlife Film Festival!

Earthbound: Nzambi Matee
WINNER! Best of Festival & Best Sustainable Planet Film at the 2023 IWFF!

Amidst a catastrophic plastic waste crisis in her hometown of Nairobi, Nzambi Matee risks everything to pioneer revolutionary technology that transforms plastic waste into sustainable paving bricks.

Plus a bonus short!

Heart of Maui
WINNER! Best Short Short & Best Wildlife Conservation Program at the 2023 IWFF!

This National Park Service film follows two biologists fighting to save a bird species so rare, there are only 200 left on the planet. The extinction event of our lifetime is unfolding inside Haleakala National Park’s remote backcountry. Discover what will be lost if humans do not take action to save these rare Maui forest birds.

WILD FILMS AT THE LIBRARY is a free series of award-winning international wildlife films selected from the International Wildlife Film Festival. The International Wildlife Film Festival was established in 1977 in Missoula, Montana with a mission to promote awareness, knowledge and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellence in film, television and other media.