2013 Winter Film Festival - Week 3
Rescheduled from February 19th to March 5th, 2013
Rid yourself of the winter blues! "The Magic of the Snowy Owl" and "Mother: Caring for 7 Billion" have been rescheduled from February 19th to March 5th due to weather conditions. Please join us at 6:30 March 5th to watch these great movies. The films will be shown in the Visitor Center Auditorium at Seney National Wildlife Refuge. The shows are open to the public and are free of charge. Hot chocolate, coffee, tea, popcorn and cookies will be provided by the Seney Natural History Association. Please bring a mug.
Join us for the Winter Film Festival Tuesday nights in February! Movies will start promptly at 6:30 p.m.
The Night's Movies
Magic of the Snowy Owl: 60 Minutes - A team of intrepid filmmakers provides an intimate look at the snowy owl, a bird made popular by Harry Potter’s faithful companion Hedwig. Though “snowies” naturally stand out for their beauty, intelligence & charm, in their eerie, bleak Arctic home it is their determination and survival skills that are truly magical. (Watch Preview)
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion: 60 Minutes - Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist & the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it. (Watch Preview)
The descriptions of these films are borrowed from the producer’s websites.