Film Schedule

• February 17, 2012, 7pm

  Animal Endurance: The Turin Horse

• February 18, 2012, 7pm

  The Politics of Oil: Crude

• February 19, 2012, 2pm

  Global Warming and Endangered Peoples: The Island President

• February 20, 2012, 7pm

  Debts to Nature and Society: Payback

• February 21, 2012 7pm

  Environmental Activism after 9/11: If a Tree Falls

• February 22, 2012, 7pm

  The Importance of the Night Sky: The City Dark

• February 23, 2012, 7pm

  Taking Urban Agriculture on the Road: Truck Farm

• February 24, 2012, 7pm

  Ethnomusicology and Ecology in Africa: OKA!

• February 25, 2012, 7pm

  Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic: Green Fire

The Importance of the Night Sky: The City Dark

Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7pm

Credits

Director, Ian Cheney (USA, 84m, 2011)

Official Website

The City Dark chronicles the disappearance of darkness. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney, who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. Posing a deceptively simple question - "What do we lose, when we lose the night?" - the film leads viewers on a quest to understand how light pollution affects people and the planet.

The film will be introduced by writer, producer, director, and editor Ian Cheney. Ian is a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker. He co-created and starred in the Peabody Award-winning theatrical hit and PBS documentary King Corn (2007), directed the feature documentary The Greening of Southie (Sundance Channel, 2008), and co-produced the Planet Green film Big River (2009).

News & Views

• February 27, 2012

  The 2012 award recipients have been announced, click here to see the winners.

• January 19, 2012

  The 2012 films have been announced, learn more.

• March 1, 2011

  The 2011 award recipients have been announced, click here to see the winners.

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