February 27, 2018| CCSJ | By Jesse Fuerte |<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seventh annual One Earth Film Festival, the Midwest\u2019s premier environmental film festival, officially begins with a \u201cGreen Carpet Gala<\/a><\/strong>\u201d on Friday, March 2 and runs through March 11, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The festival coincides with CCSJ\u2019s spring break and features dozens of free or affordable film screenings throughout Chicagoland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the festival began at Calumet College of St. Joseph with a pre-festival screening of the documentary \u201cShifting Sands: On The Path to Sustainability<\/a><\/strong>\u201d (Shifting Sands). Nearly 80 people attended the screening and the panel discussion that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Festival director Ana Garcia-Doyle says that, \u201cWe are a festival that uses film as a catalyst for conversation, for awareness raising, and ultimately for acting on behalf of our one and only planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Encouraged by the increased number of volunteers and partners, this year\u2019s festival theme is \u201cThis is the moment\u201d. The festival features over 30 films including \u201cAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cWasted! The Story of Food Waste\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cRise: Sacred Water, Standing Rock\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>; \u201cJane\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, and \u201cDolores\u201d<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shifting Sands provides the history of ecological science in Indiana, which predates the Great Depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n