The 2021 EARTH Target ENVIRONMENTAL Film Competition will host the opening evening virtual screening of “Playing With Sharks” showcasing the existence story of groundbreaking scuba diver Valerie Taylor (pictured).

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March 25, 2021
PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS stations, together with nationwide independent satellite community Link Tv, these days introduced the return of the third annual EARTH Concentration ENVIRONMENTAL Film Competition, the only competition of its form in Los Angeles, heading virtual this calendar year from April 12-23, 2021. The two-week competition features movie screenings and Q&A conversations addressing local climate modify realities with the purpose of confronting global problems that affect all residing creatures and natural sources. The West Coast premiere of “Playing With Sharks,” acquired by Countrywide Geographic Documentary Movies at the 2021 Sundance Movie Festival, will kick off the lineup as the Opening Evening movie on Monday, April 12 at 7 p.m. A put up-screening panel dialogue with author/director Sally Aitken (The Week The Girls Went, The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Prepare dinner), creator/producer Bettina Dalton (Massive Red: The Kangaroo King, Borneo’s Solution Kingdom) and the matter of the film, Australian groundbreaking marine conservationist, cinematographer and renowned shark expert Valerie Taylor will be moderated by KCET CINEMA Collection host and Deadline chief film critic Pete Hammond.
Normal admission tickets for the EARTH Concentration ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival are accessible starting up today. Ticket choices include a $45 all-entry move to attend all nine of the digital movie screenings and publish screening conversations getting location on the Eventive system (the three-component, Earth Working day April 22nd PBS distinctive GRETA THUNBERG: A Year TO Change THE Environment is obtainable on-air on PBS SoCal domestically as well as streaming live on-line at pbs.org and on the cost-free PBS App). Alternatively, $10 personal screenings can be purchased on any of the 3 web-sites at pbssocal.org/efeff, kcet.org/efeff and linktv.org/efeff.
Noteworthy guests and movies showcased in this year’s slate of environmental-themed documentaries contain Patagonia Films’ “Public Trust: The Combat for America’s Public Lands” on Thurs., April 15, from executive producers Yvon Chouinard and actor-turned-environmental activist Robert Redford, which investigates impending threats on America’s general public lands. The movie will also air domestically as portion of EARTH Emphasis Presents on Wed., April 21 at 9 p.m. on Url Tv set and Sunshine., April 25 at 5 p.m. on KCET. Director David Garrett Byars and Producer Jeremy Rubingh will be part of the digital panel dialogue. The Closing Evening film on Fri., April 23 is the California Premiere of the 90-minute 2020 Swedish movie “Citizen Nobel” that follows Chemistry Nobel Prize recipient Jacques Dubochet and how he, as a ‘noble citizen,’ should really fulfill his duty as a researcher and as a human being. A panel will follow with both equally Dubochet and director Stéphane Goël.
The competition will also host KCET’s very own 90-minute documentary from EARTH Focus “The New West and the Politics of the Environment” which explores how iconic Nevada Senator Harry Reid established the foundations for a green new deal in the state utilizing energy in new approaches to settle drinking water wars with respect for Native Us citizens, protect endangered species and usher in a just transition to renewable electrical power. “The New West and the Politics of the Environment” is co-manufactured by the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Tactics (LENS) at UCLA.
The EARTH Focus ENVIRONMENTAL Movie Festival encourages superior knowing of and dialogue on environmental difficulties, and motivates audiences to develop optimistic alter in their individual group. The festival extends community media’s mission of strengthening communities through schooling. The digital party engages customers, viewers of all ages, influencers and media though boosting money to assistance public media’s upcoming environmental programming.
The function enhances PBS SoCal, Link Television and KCET’s full slate of Earth Month programming which includes the award-winning series EARTH Concentration, produced in partnership with the Thomson Reuters Basis. Due to the fact its debut in 2007, EARTH Target has develop into the longest-working investigative environmental news sequence on U.S. tv, offering audiences with urgent regional and international environmental protection that spotlights in-depth reports on crucial challenges this kind of as endangered species, weather alter, environmental wellbeing and sustainable methods.
Unique content associated to Earth Month programming on related topics ranging from environmental justice to weather activism will be accessible on the PBS SoCal, KCET and Link Tv sites. Contributors will include things like veteran environmental journalists and other specialists. Furthermore, web site website visitors will be addressed to multimedia attributes as perfectly as trailers to the films in the EARTH Emphasis ENVIRONMENTAL Film Pageant.
Festival program is as follows (*topic to improve):
OPENING Night time! Playing With Sharks – Mon., April 12 at 7 p.m. (West Coast Premiere)
The extraordinary life tale of groundbreaking scuba diver Valerie Taylor, a fearless marine maverick whose passion for sharks understands no bounds – even when there need to be. Taylor has devoted her life to exposing the myth surrounding the anxiety of sharks. Showcasing Q&A Visitors: Writer/Director Sally Aitken Creator/Producer Bettina Dalton and the subject matter of the movie, Australian revolutionary maritime conservationist, cinematographer and renowned shark qualified Valerie Taylor. Moderated by KCET CINEMA Collection Host and Deadline main film critic Pete Hammond.
Obtain – Tues., April 13 at 7 p.m. 
An personal portrait of the increasing motion amongst Native Us residents to reclaim their non secular, political and cultural identities by means of food sovereignty, though battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. Showcasing Q&A Attendees: Director Sanjay Rawal, Producer Tanya Mellier and Founder of the Native American Culinary Affiliation Nephi Craig. Moderated by DeLanna Studi (Artistic Director, Native Voices at the Autry, Autry Museum of the American West).
2040: The Regeneration – Weds., April 14 at 7 p.m. 
Embark on a journey to investigate what the foreseeable future could seem like by the 12 months 2040 if we merely embraced the most effective remedies presently out there to us to boost our world and shifted them promptly into the mainstream. Structured as a visible letter to his 4-year-old daughter, the film blends traditional documentary with dramatized sequences and superior-finish visible outcomes to develop a eyesight board of how remedies could regenerate the entire world for upcoming generations. That includes Q&A Attendees: Award-winning Director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film). Moderated by TBA
General public Trust: The Battle for America’s General public Lands – Thurs., April 15 at 7 p.m. 
As America’s procedure of general public lands face unparalleled threats, the movie investigates three heated conflicts – national monument in the Utah desert, a mine in the Boundary Waters and oil drilling in the Arctic Countrywide Wildlife Refuge—and helps make a situation for their ongoing protection. Showcasing Q&A Guests: Director David Garrett Byars, Producer Jeremy Rubingh and investigative journalist and General public Believe in narrator Hal Herring. Moderated by Website link TV’s Senior Programming Executive Kim Spencer.
Okavango – Fri., April 16 at 7 p.m. 
F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus, The Grand Budapest Lodge, Homeland) narrates the wild expertise of the Okavango Delta, an unlikely oasis and lush paradise in Southern Africa that connects and supports a broad array of creatures. In episode a single of this 3-section series that premiered as episodes of NOVA, viewers examine the landscape and wildlife of the Higher Okavango River. A lioness severely wounded by a buffalo is left for lifeless by her pleasure. Now handicapped, she has to survive in the swamp alone, hunting to feed her cubs. That includes Q&A Friends: Directors Dereck and Beverly Joubert (Everlasting Enemies, Eye of the Leopard, Very last Lions, Reflections on Elephants). Moderated by TBA
EARTH Concentrate: The New West and the Politics of the Atmosphere – Mon., April 19 at 7 p.m. 
Iconic Nevada Senator Harry Reid set the foundations for a inexperienced new deal in the point out using electricity in new techniques to settle drinking water wars with respect for Native Americans, secure endangered species and usher in a just transition to renewable energy. Reid forged allegiances involving not likely allies and crafted policy to grow the economic climate of his residence point out though shielding its wilderness and in the course of action, redefined the foreseeable future of the West. The conversation quickly subsequent the screening is courtesy of the Environmental Film Competition in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF). That includes Q&A Company: U.S. Senator Harry Reid, Writer Adam Jentleson (Eliminate Switch: The Rise of the Fashionable Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy) and Senior Subject Director of the Conservation Lands Basis Jocelyn Torres. Moderated by Govt Producer Jon Christensen.
The Human Factor – Tues., April 20 at 7 p.m. 
Renowned environmental photographer James Balog explores wildfires, hurricanes, sea level rise, a battling coal mining neighborhood and our modifying air provide. The movie highlights People in america on the entrance traces of climate alter, inspiring us to re-examine our romantic relationship with the all-natural planet. That includes Q&A Guest: Environmental Photographer James Balog. Moderated by Co-Host/Correspondent of “The California Report” Saul Gonzalez. “The California Report,” manufactured by KQED/NPR is the Golden State’s day-to-day community news show broadcast on public radio stations across California.
Youth v Gov. – Weds., April 21 at 7 p.m. 
Given that 2015, twenty-a single plaintiffs, now ages 13 to 24, have been suing the U.S. authorities for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, individual protection and home by way of their willful actions in building the climate crisis they will inherit. Featuring Q&A Company: Filmmaker & Scientist Christi Cooper, Co-Direct Counsel Phil Gregory, Alaskan Federal Plaintiff Nathan Baring. Moderated by the Director of Programming for the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Funds (DCEFF) Brad Forder.
EARTH Working day 2021! Greta Thunberg: A Calendar year to Transform the World– 3 Part PBS Exclusive On-Air Occasion – Thurs., April 22 from 8-11 p.m. on PBS SoCal (Check out neighborhood listings or stream are living on PBS.org and the Free of charge PBS App) **No Eventive Celebration**
Travel with Greta Thunberg as she normally takes her battle to a world-wide stage in this 3-portion, on-air event. In Aspect Just one she sees impacts of weather transform at a few places: melting glaciers and dying trees in Canada, and hearth devastation in California. And when a UN convention moves to Madrid, she sails throughout the ocean during lifetime-threatening storms. Section Two follows Greta’s journey from the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, to Poland, where by she speaks with miners who have shed their work. She also visits the British isles, where by she meets with just one of her inspirations — Sir David Attenborough. Portion 3 will take Greta to Switzerland and Denmark to look into probable methods to limit local weather adjust and seems for lessons from the world’s response to COVID-19.
CLOSING Night! Citizen Nobel – Fri., April 23 at 7 p.m. (California Premiere)
When Jacques Dubochet receives the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, his daily life changes. Out of the shadows and into the light, he is quickly contacted from all sides. What can he do with his voice, which is now read by anyone? How should really he, as a ‘noble citizen’, satisfy his responsibility as a researcher and human becoming? A speech by Greta Thunberg turns every little thing upside down. That includes Q&A Friends: Director Stéphane Goël and Nobel Prize Winner and topic of the movie Jacques Dubochet. Moderated by KCET Will have to SEE Motion pictures host and Deadline chief film critic Pete Hammond.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EARTH Concentrate is supported by generous institutional funders. The EARTH Target sequence was produced by Raisa Scriabine.
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