AMERICAN GRAIL: A QUEST FOR THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
Director: Andy Sarjahani
USA, 16 min
Captivated by the elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker, self-taught expert Mark Michaels seeks to prove its persistence against insurmountable odds.

THE FOREST (A FLORESTA)
Director: Brooks Dierdorff
USA, 16 min
An experimental portrait of overlapping histories, extractive capitalism, rewilding, and the tension between nature and its representation—all within the boundaries of Tijuca National Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (MEET ME AT THE CREEK)
Director: Loren Waters
USA, 9 min
In order to revitalize cultural traditions, a Cherokee elder fights to restore the “irreversibly damaged” Tar Creek.

WHAT WE DISCOVER ALONG THE WAY
Director: Rose Vincelli Gustine
USA, 25 min
Journei, an herbalist, tends the Bronx River Foodway and seeks nourishment from the earth.

Q&A to follow.