Screening:
- Wednesday, September 14 - 7:00pm
Centro León, Santiago de los Caballeros - Thursday, September 15 - 9:00am
Colegio Dominicano, Santiago de los Caballeros - Thursday, September 15 - 6:00pm
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo - Friday, September 16 - 3:00pm
FUNGLODE, Santo Domingo - Friday, September 16 - 6:00pm
Colegio Bilingue New Horizons, Santo Domingo
Featuring the insights of three children (aged 10, 8 and 4); a family leaves the comforts of home to live for nine months in the remote wilderness of the Canadian North. They spend the long Yukon winter living in a small cabin with no road access, no electricity, no running water, no Internet and not a single watch or clock.
Director: Suzanne Crocker
Country: Canada
Year: 2014
Duration: 87 min
Language: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Suzanne Crocker
Suzanne Crocker, a Canadian filmmaker from the Yukon in northern Canada, switched careers from rural family physician to filmmaker in 2009. Over the years Dr. Crocker has been involved in various environmental pursuits mostly focused on zero waste as well as researching the health and social impacts of how we choose to use digital technology. Suzanne created 10 short films in her first year of filmmaking.
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Sustainable Foods
Films to help us reflect on the food we eat, how it’s produced, and the effects of our daily eating decisions on our environment.
Biodiversity
These films help us explore the oceans and seas and their corals; birds and other species under threat of extinction; and the abuses committed by humans against global biodiversity. Inspiring, emotive, dramatic, and impactful stories that are guaranteed to rouse any viewer out of apathy.
Climate Change
A selection of films showing the broad reach of the effects of climate change on our lives. From innovative looks at previously neglected sectors (such as commercial shipping) to reflections on properly evaluating a nation’s wealth through its natural resources, cultural heritage, and opportunities for improvement in all areas affected by climate change.
Clean Energy
A look at clean energy alternatives that open the path to a future free of fossil fuels. Films analyzing issues ranging from the effects of coal on the Dominican-Haitian border and oil spills in our oceans, to a survey of the currently available sources of renewable energy.
Sustainable Practices and Attitudes
Provocative projects, innovative ideas, and manifold possibilities that show us how to adopt new attitudes and practices to contribute to sustainability. In our daily consumption of products and services (electricity, clothing, hygiene products, and more), in building our homes, in recycling: small actions can yield big results.
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Ecofilm Kids’ Short Films Program. A special collaboration between DREFF and the Ecofilm International Environmental Short Film Festival in Mexico.