artsPlace is excited to celebrate Earth Day, as well as World Creativity and Innovation Day, by showing a special screening. Dutch filmmaker Ellen van den Honert takes us on a beautiful and poetic journey around the world where we meet artists/conservationists who share extraordinarily creative work and a commitment to the environment. Through this process, the viewer gets to experience a unique, intuitive connection to the wild – and the necessity to protect it.
Movie length: 73 minutes
The film will be followed by a 30-45 minute discussion with the director and some artistic and environmentally engaged Bow Valley locals.
“I strive to do more than simply present the case to save wild lands and wild animals, as do most nature documentaries. Instead, I wanted to provide viewers with a vehicle to help them evaluate and understand their own relationship to wild nature and wildlife. Science can help us protect wilderness, yes, but it may fall to artists to help us find the reason why!” - Ellen van den Honert
