Thursday, November 1
Shepherdstown Opera House
$6 Admission
7:00 pm: Greasy Rider (47 mins.)
From French fries to fuel, a cross-country trek to avoid high-gas prices with talking heads Tommy Chong, Yoko Ono and others.
7:50 pm: Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa (70 mins.)
A hardscrabble community of eco-pioneers living on the fringe in Northern New Mexico.
9:00 pm: Southbounders (85 mins.)
Feature film adventure walking south from Maine to Georgia along America's longest national park - the Appalachian Trail.
Friday, November 2
National Conservation Training Center
Byrd Auditorium, Free Admission
6:45 pm: Conversing with Aotearoa (15 mins.)
Explores our most intimate relations with wild places - a blend of animation and the so-called real world.
7:00 pm: National Geographic's Arctic Expedition (60 mins.)
Explorer Jon Waterman hosts a special preview of a new film on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
8:00 pm: Gates of the Arctic (57 mins.)
Spectacular journey to the Gates of the Arctic National Park focusing on the people who live there.
9:15 pm: Aeon (15 mins.)
A landscape documentary of life and death in Wellington, New Zealand.
9:30 pm: Red Velvet (58 mins.)
A haunting and graphic look at the subsistence lifestyle of a remote Russian village harvesting deer antlers. Contains some graphic depictions of antler harvesting.
Saturday, November 3
National Conservation Training Center
Byrd Auditorium, Free Admission
Family Film Festival
1:30 pm: Critter Quest (22 mins.)
Find the wilderness and wildlife in your backyard on this hi-definition safari from the Smithsonian Channel.
2:00 pm: Charlotte's Web (80 mins.)
The most poetic of children's tales gets a spectacular treatment—some pig, some film!
Filmmakers’ Forum
4:00 pm: The Worst Journey in the World (60 mins.)
Historic feature chronicling the arduous and dangerous 19th century expedition to study penguins.
5:00 pm: Strange Days on Planet Earth: Predators (58 mins)
This futuristic National Geographic film examines the most dangerous animals on the planet.
6:00 pm: The Town That Was (58 mins.)
The stranger than fiction tale of a town that's had the life burned from under it by a coal fire that's been burning for more than 20 years - and of one man obsessed with keeping the town alive.
7:00 pm: Summercamp! (85 mins.)
What happens when a diverse group of kids spend 3 weeks living together in nature? Funny, poignant, and brilliant.
8:30 pm: Student Award Winner
The best student film of the year will be screen and honored.
9:00 pm: World Premier. Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (58 mins)
Sissy Spacek, E.O. Wilson and Henry Louis Gates explore our amazing mountains, people and culture.
Saturday, November 3
National Conservation Training Center
Theater 151, Free Admission
Student Film Competition
11:45 am: Aeon (15 mins.)
A landscape documentary of life and death in Wellington, New Zealand.
12:00 pm: Conversing with Aotearoa (15 mins.)
Explores our intimate relations with wild places—a blend of animation and the so-called real world.
12:15 pm: Eco Views (28 mins.)
Four short films about the ecology and culture of the Chesapeake Bay and the waters that feed it.
12:45 pm: Greasy Rider (47 mins.)
From French fries to fuel oil, a cross-country trek to promote alternative fuels—talking heads are Tommy Chong, Yoko Ono and others.
1:30 pm: Against the Current
Efforts to balance the ranch economy with river systems raise questions about who owns the water.
Independent Film Forum
2:00 pm: Restoring the Balance (28 mins.)
Monty Python alum John Cleese investigates an ongoing battle against invasive rats.
2:30 pm: Bird Song and Coffee (56 mins.)
How caffeine and conservation are united in shade-grown coffee.
3:30 pm: Blowing Up Paradise (60 mins.)
The A-Bomb meets a tropical paradise in this tragic tale of the Cold War in French Polynesia.
4:30 pm: Lusha of Samage (25 mins.)
Fascinating Chinese film exploring the rarely seen black and white snub-nosed monkey.
5:00 pm: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (53 mins.)
What happens when the oil runs out? Find out how one nation faced this energy crisis.
Sunday, November 4
National Conservation Training Center
Byrd Auditorium, Free Admission
Filmmakers' Forum
1:00 pm: When Pigs Fly (62 mins.)
One woman's attempt to protect 700 pigs.
2:30 pm: Charlotte's Web (80 mins.)
The most poetic of children's tales gets a spectacular film treatment - some pig, some movie!
American Conservation Film Festival
November 1–4, 2007
Shepherdstown, W.Va.
www. conservationfilm.org
4:30 pm: Smithsonian Networks Special:A Woman Among Wolves (60 mins.)
One woman’s passion for wolves leads her on a quest to study the animals in the wilds of Canada. Collecting field data, hair, DNA samples and other scientific evidence, Gudrun Pflueger has spent 6 years in search of the coast wolves of British Columbia.
Independent Film Forum
2:00 pm: Gates of the Arctic (56 mins.)
Spectacular journey to the Gates of the Arctic National Park focusing on the people who live there. Features writer Richard Nelson.
3:00 pm: Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (58 mins.)
Sissy Spacek, E.O. Wilson and Henry Louis Gates explore our amazing mountains, people and culture.
For complete descriptions of every film, visit www. conservationfilm.org.
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