Friday, Sep 13, 3:30 pm
LONGLEAF FOREVER
Director & Writer: Laura Albritton
17 min
Longleaf Forever is a short documentary film that plunges viewers into one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Home to hundreds of rare plants and animals, longleaf pine forests once covered 90 million acres in the American South. Today, conservationists and land managers are turning a history of habitat loss and decline into a hopeful environmental story of renewal. We hear from women and men who care passionately about these landscapes and the species which live within them: a forester in rural Georgia, a Native longleaf needle basket maker, a young Black botanist, and fire ecologists who study the essential role of regular cycles of fire in the health of longleaf forests. Made with assistance from the GA Dept of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Division, The Longleaf Alliance, and The Environmental Resources Network (TERN).
ᏩᏯ Waya, Saving Our Red Grandfather
Director & Writer: Jennifer Loren
30 min
The Red Wolf is not only the most endangered wolf in the world, it’s quite possibly the most misunderstood. In this 30-minute documentary, we explore the Red Wolf’s cultural significance to the Cherokee people and why conservationists hope indigenous knowledge will help save it from extinction.