Nature & Environment Films at SIFF

Posted Jun 1 2010 - 9:08am

While you're taking in all the great films at the Seattle International Film Festival over the next two weeks be sure to take a look at these environmental and nature films they're showcasing.

Countdown to Zerozero
June 2, 7:00pm, Pacific Place
June 3, 9:15pm, SIFF Cinema
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Director Lucy Walker is expected to attend.

Lucy Walker's startling look at the evolution of atomic fears and reasons for international disarmament brings the issue back to the forefront of political conversation, ultimately encouraging us all to resist the dangerous existence of atomic weaponry. (USA, 2010, 92 min.) Director: Lucy Walker.

Beetle Queen Conquers Beetle Queen
Tokyo
June 2, 9:15pm, Harvard Exit
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First-time filmmaker Jessica Oreck captures Japan's fascination with beetles and insects as an exercise in avant-garde entomology. Eschewing talking heads for more poetic inspiration, she shows the beetle obsession from the inside out via images, interviews, poetic musings, literary quotations, video games, and a boy who wants to buy a new beetle for his collection. (USA, 2009, 91 min.) Director: Jessica Oreck.

General Orders No. 9General Orders No. 9
June 4, 5:00pm, Harvard Exit
June 8, 9:15pm, Harvard Exit
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A breathtakingly poetic meditation on the history of the American South told with maps, dreams, and prayers, along with award-winning cinematography. This experimental documentary charts the surrender of rural landscapes to urban cityscapes as the invention of the interstate throws everything out of balance. (USA, 2009, 72 min.) Director: Robert Persons.

Secrets of the TribeSecrets of the Tribe
June 1, 7:00pm, SIFF CInema
June 2, 4:00pm, SIFF Cinema
June 7, 9:15pm, Harvard Exit
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Jose Padilha's eye-opening new documentary centers on the popular field of Yanomami Indian studies, but they aren't the tribe in question. The secrets being exposed are those of the tribe of intellectuals and academics who have built their reputations and careers by studying the Yanomami. (Brazil, 2010, 94 min.) Director: José Padilha.

White LionWhite Lion
June 5, 11:00am, Harvard Exit
June 6, 7:00pm, Harvard Exit
June 12, 11:00am, SIFF Cinema
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According to African legend, white lions are messengers of the gods. Shot with real lions on location 50 miles outside Johannesburg, South Africa, the film draws an intimate portrait of a rare white lion's journey to survive alone on the wild African plains, and a young boy's destiny to protect him at all costs. (South Africa, 2009, 90 min.) Director: Michael Swan.

Wildest Dream-in IMAXwildestdream
June 11, 7:00pm, Pacific Science Center IMAX
June 12, 1:30pm, Pacific Science Center IMAX
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Subject Conrad Anker is scheduled to attend
THE WILDEST DREAM uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.(USA, 2010, 94 min.) Director: Anthony Geffen.

This Way of Lifethis way of life
June 11, 9:15pm, Harvard Exit
June 13, 3:45pm, Harvard Exit
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Peter Karena, his wife Colleen, their six children, and many horses live almost wild in the stunning beauty of New Zealand's rugged Ruahine Mountains. Until, that is, Peter's escalating battle with his own father has profound consequences for the whole clan.