Call of Life

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time: 
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 12:30pm
Director: 
Monte Thompson & Chera Van Burg
Country: 
USA
Duration: 
89 min.

Most of us are aware of the threat from global warming.  But, what if global warming was just the tip of a much larger threat?  What is virtually unknown to the public is that human activity is causing a Mass Extinction event, which is the greatest crisis that we have ever faced because it threatens to destroy the very life support systems on which human existence depends.   Global warming, while urgent, is just one of the causes of this crisis.  Mass Extinction is the big picture in our planetary crisis. 

In the first feature-length film to investigate the growing threat from the Mass Extinction, Call of Life presents interviews with leading scientists, social scientists, historians, environmentalists, and visionary thinkers that explore the causes, scope, and potential effects of the Mass Extinction.  It also considers how cultural myths and psychological patterns have allowed this crisis to develop and continue to determine our response to it.  Looking beyond technological solutions, which are insufficient to meet the challenge, the film explores how humanity's thoughts and behaviors are inextricably linked to the factors driving the Mass Extinction suggesting a need to create change in our minds, our culture, and our hearts.

Call of Life tells a story of a crisis not only in nature, but also in human nature, and suggests that we have been given a great opportunity: one last chance to preserve the vitality and magnificence of our planet.

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Envirometer

Director: 
Danny Robashkin
Duration: 
5 min.
Country: 
USA

When the forces of conservation and industrialization within a common society compete head to head, the only entity that can regulate the fight is the fantastic measuring contraption known as the Envirometer.

Dessicator

Director: 
Wijnand Geraerts
Duration: 
13 min.
Country: 
The Netherlands

A tour of extreme weather conditions along the plateau.  The elements mold the landscape into an abstract beauty that goes beyond its own geological context.