Film Screening: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Friday, March 5, 2021
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Enjoy the film screening of "Anthropocene: The Human Epoch". A cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, this film is a four-year in the making feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team of Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky. The film runs for 1 hour and 29 minutes.
More about the film here: https://theanthropocene.org/film/
After the film, Eleanor Ouimet, Assistant Professor in Residence of Anthropology at UConn, will give a short commentary on the film based on her work and will answer questions. She is an environmental anthropologist who studies human-environment interactions, cross-cultural conservation practices, community response to natural hazards and the effects of climate change, and the links between culture, history, economics, environmental ethics and resource management.
Zoom Webinar Event- REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d8Q5ly60TQq1-FHbgvkjxw
This event is sponsored by The William Benton Museum of Art and co-sponsored by EcoHouse and UConn Reads.
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
University of Connecticut
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Storrs, CT
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