Fwd: free forestry film tonight - Majestic Theatre

[mfrances stilwell]

Looks like a fun evening.

Frances

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From: "Morre, Susan" <Susan...@oregonstate.edu>

Date: December 19, 2011 2:15:14 PM PST

To: "'sustainabl...@googlegroups.com'" <sustainabl...@googlegroups.com>, "'sustainable-corva...@googlegroups.com'" <sustainable-corva...@googlegroups.com>

Subject: free forestry film tonight - Majestic Theatre

Reply-To: susan...@oregonstate.edu

Please join us tonight for another great free movie at the Majestic Theatre:

 

CORVALLIS INTERNATIONAL FOREST FILM FESTIVAL, Part Five:  December 19, 2011, 7 pm, Majestic Theatre (115 SW 2^ndStreet)

 (FREE screenings of award-winning films from the United Nations and Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, in celebration of International Year of Forests 2011)

Short film:  “Wild Places:  Banff National Park” (Finalist, Best Short Film)

Feature film:  “Climbing Redwood Giants” (Winner, Forest Hero category)

The OSU College of Forestry, Student Sustainability Coalition, International Forestry Students Association, Majestic Theatre and Corvallis Sustainability Coalition are cosponsoring the film festival, with new movies shown on alternate weeks through late January.  Seehttp://international-programs.forestry.oregonstate.edu/ for more information. 

 

Feature film:  Climbing Redwood Giants National Geographic Television (52 minutes)

 (Winner of the film festival’s Forest Hero category, awarded to the film that most effectively celebrates the work of individuals or groups committed to forest research and sustainability.

 

They are living giants, one of Earth’s largest and oldest trees. Some tower more than 350 feet high, taller than the Statue of Liberty; some may have been seedlings 2000 years ago. Yet, these natural legends still shroud centuries-old secrets. Climbing Redwood Giants reveals the little-explored environment of the redwoods using high-tech aerial laser surveys and breathtaking imagery. Humboldt State University’s, Steve Sillett, the first researcher to explore the redwood canopy, discovered the canopy contained a hidden world of trees growing within trees, fern gardens growing on soil mats the size of a bus, and a mysterious salamander as top predator. Sillett tallied every speck of biological stuff from ground to crown in one plot of redwood forest. His patch contains more biological material by far than any other measured patch of the planet. As Sillett investigates redwoods up in their towering crowns, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Mike Fay, is charting the entire redwood range on the ground, step by step, on an epic year- long journey to get a sense of the past, and future, of the world’s most awe-inspiring living things.

 

Finalist Short Film:  Wild Places:  Banff National Park

Parks Canada (8 minutes)

 

As part of the celebrations marking the 125th anniversary of national parks in Canada, student video reporters worked in the 32 Parks Canada field units across the country, participating in the Parks’ “Greatest Summer Job” program. They were tasked with producing video reports on their experiences in the national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas--a unique opportunity for student filmmakers to gain valuable work experience while discovering and sharing Canada’s cultural and natural heritage. Adam Greenberg’s film documents the people he came to know in his time at Banff. On one extreme were the summer students and new staff who were experiencing the park’s environment for the first time. As they tentatively explored the manicured trails, they struggled to understand and describe the significance of the landscape.  On the other hand were seasoned back-country workers who knew the park more intimately, living with a connection to the landscape that has been largely lost in contemporary society. Greenberg’s film centers on this second group of people, but its message is for the first group.

 

Susan Morré

International Programs Assistant

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society 

Oregon State University

109A Richardson Hall

Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5751

Susan...@oregonstate.edu

Phone:  541.737.0872

Fax:  541.737.3008

 

 

From: Morre, Susan 
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 2:05 PM
To: Forest Engr Res & Mgmt Unit; Forest Ecosystems and Society Unit; Wood Sci & Engr Unit
Subject: free forestry film tonight - Majestic Theatre

 

FREE FORESTRY MOVIES AT THE MAJESTIC TONIGHT!!!  Invite anyone you think may be interested.

 

CORVALLIS INTERNATIONAL FOREST FILM FESTIVAL, Part Five:  December 19, 2011, 7 pm, Majestic Theatre (115 SW 2^ndStreet)

 (FREE screenings of award-winning films from the United Nations and Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, in celebration of International Year of Forests 2011)

Short film:  “Wild Places:  Banff National Park” (Finalist, Best Short Film)

Feature film:  “Climbing Redwood Giants” (Winner, Forest Hero category)

The OSU College of Forestry, Student Sustainability Coalition, International Forestry Students Association, Majestic Theatre and Corvallis Sustainability Coalition are cosponsoring the film festival, with new movies shown on alternate weeks through late January.  Seehttp://international-programs.forestry.oregonstate.edu/ for more information. 

 

Feature film:  Climbing Redwood Giants National Geographic Television (52 minutes)

 (Winner of the film festival’s Forest Hero category, awarded to the film that most effectively celebrates the work of individuals or groups committed to forest research and sustainability.

 

They are living giants, one of Earth’s largest and oldest trees. Some tower more than 350 feet high, taller than the Statue of Liberty; some may have been seedlings 2000 years ago. Yet, these natural legends still shroud centuries-old secrets. Climbing Redwood Giants reveals the little-explored environment of the redwoods using high-tech aerial laser surveys and breathtaking imagery. Humboldt State University’s, Steve Sillett, the first researcher to explore the redwood canopy, discovered the canopy contained a hidden world of trees growing within trees, fern gardens growing on soil mats the size of a bus, and a mysterious salamander as top predator. Sillett tallied every speck of biological stuff from ground to crown in one plot of redwood forest. His patch contains more biological material by far than any other measured patch of the planet. As Sillett investigates redwoods up in their towering crowns, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Mike Fay, is charting the entire redwood range on the ground, step by step, on an epic year- long journey to get a sense of the past, and future, of the world’s most awe-inspiring living things.

 

Finalist Short Film:  Wild Places:  Banff National Park

Parks Canada (8 minutes)

 

As part of the celebrations marking the 125th anniversary of national parks in Canada, student video reporters worked in the 32 Parks Canada field units across the country, participating in the Parks’ “Greatest Summer Job” program. They were tasked with producing video reports on their experiences in the national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas--a unique opportunity for student filmmakers to gain valuable work experience while discovering and sharing Canada’s cultural and natural heritage. Adam Greenberg’s film documents the people he came to know in his time at Banff. On one extreme were the summer students and new staff who were experiencing the park’s environment for the first time. As they tentatively explored the manicured trails, they struggled to understand and describe the significance of the landscape.  On the other hand were seasoned back-country workers who knew the park more intimately, living with a connection to the landscape that has been largely lost in contemporary society. Greenberg’s film centers on this second group of people, but its message is for the first group.

 

 

 

 

Susan Morré

International Programs Assistant

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society 

Oregon State University

109A Richardson Hall

Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5751

Susan...@oregonstate.edu

Phone:  541.737.0872

Fax:  541.737.3008

 

 

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