DCEFF Earth Day 2026

Shorts: Student Spotlight

Expired April 24, 2023 3:45 AM
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6 films in package
Our Coast
James Lawson’s ties to British Columbia’s coast run deep. The young fisherman has spent his life harvesting seafood across the region’s waters, but today the longevity of his way of life is uncertain.
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Îinha
For Jason Reed, salmon are synonymous with life. He has grown up on the banks of California’s Klamath River where the Karuk Tribe have depended on these salmon since time immemorial.
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Mapping Love
Filmmaker Mary Alice McMillan explores the geography of her family’s past to learn why every woman in her family has developed breast cancer.
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Sonora
An introspective and verité glimpse into the field work of Juan Pablo Culasso, a blind birdwatcher and sound recordist in Colombia.
Trashman
A personal exploration of a neighborhood trash pollution problem and what community activists in Washington, DC's Ward 8 are doing to solve this issue.
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Filmmaker Conversation: Student Spotlight
A newly-recorded conversation featuring Holly Jonas, Lawrence Green, Johnny Holder, Mary Alice McMillan, and Ella Van Cleave
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This program features new voices who are taking action through their work. These intimate portraits tell important stories, some even investigating and seeking answers to the issues plaguing their community and personal lives. 


Stick around after the shorts for an exclusive filmmaker conversation!

Filmmaker Mary Alice McMillan explores the geography of her family’s past to learn why every woman in her family has developed breast cancer and where her own breast cancer-related genetic mutation may have originated. Her mom and aunt join her on a journey back to their birthplace in Niagara Falls, New York, just blocks away from the Love Canal Superfund site.


MAPPING LOVE brings the viewer along on this intimate and sometimes-infuriating journey as these women wrestle with the generational effects of a massive environmental disaster, prove the resilience of their family, and make life-altering decisions about their health.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    30 minutes
  • Country
    USA
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
  • Director
    Mary Alice McMillan
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