DC Environmental Film Festival

Forest for the Trees + Sentinels

Expired March 28, 2022 3:45 AM
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3 films in package
Sentinels
An immersion into the world of young environmental activists who undertake a homespun tree-sitting campaign to stop the clear cutting of a redwood forest in Northern California.
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Forest for the Trees
Deftly weaving together still photos and film footage, award-winning photographer Rita Leistner explores the physical and emotional lives of a community of Canadian tree planters.
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Forest for the Trees: Filmmaker Q&A
Featuring filmmaker Rita Leistner and Tara McGowan-Ross (Mi’kmaw Artist and Writer).
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Co-presented with Grist


Screening includes a pre-recorded Q&A with Rita Leistner (Director, Forest for the Trees) and Tara McGowan-Ross (Featured Subject, Forest for the Trees), moderated by Zoya Teirstein (Reporter, Grist).


Screening only available to viewers in the United States and its territories.


Find out more about the Forest for the Trees and the companion book at www.forestforthetreesdocumentary.com.

Rita Leistner (Director, Forest for the Trees) is an award-winning visual artist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker known for her intrepid work in conflict zones and her in-depth portraits of communities in extreme conditions. Full bio here.


Tara McGowan-Ross is an urban Mi’kmaw multidisciplinary artist and writer. She is the host of Drawn & Quarterly’s Indigenous Literatures Book Club, a critic of experimental and independent Montreal theatre, and an editor for Insomniac Press.  Full bio here.


Zoya Teirstein (Moderator) is a staff writer at Grist covering public health and the politics of climate change. Full bio here.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    25 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    DCEFF
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