NEWTOK + REBIRTH OF A REEF

2403 Flora Street,Dallas TX 75201

14 May, 2022

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Saturday, May 14, 4:00pm: NEWTOK Hamon Hall Short Films: REBIRTH OF A REEF Feature Film: NEWTOK (dir. Michael Kirby, Andrew Burton) Saturday, May 14: HAMON HALL 4:00PM Short Films: REBIRTH OF A REEF Doors at 3:30pm | Films at 4:00pm Water threatens to erase Newtok, Alaska. Built on a delta at the edge of the Bering Sea, the tiny Yup’ik village has been dealing with melting permafrost, river erosion and decaying infrastructure for decades. To keep their culture and community intact, the 360 Yup’ik residents must relocate their entire village to stable ground upriver, while negotiating with a federal government that has failed to take action to combat climate change. In moving their village, they will become some of America’s first climate refugees in the new millennium. Newtok is a verité portrait of a village seeking justice and help in the face of climate disaster. Runtime: 97mins Year: 2021 Screening Times: Sat, May 14 - 4:00pm at Hamon Hall Sun, May 15 - 1:15pm Hamon Hall Meet the Directors: Michael Kirby Smith and Andrew Burton are documentary filmmakers and photojournalists who have covered conflict, protest, natural disasters and presidential campaigns for outlets including The New York Times, The New Yorker and National Geographic. Their work has been honored by the Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 2016); Sundance Institute (Grantees, 2019); Photographer of the Year International (2011) and American Photography (32 & 34). In 2016 Burton and Smith set out to make a film that showed the impact of climate change on an American community in real time. Short Film: REBIRTH OF A REEF (dir. Shaun Wolfe) Runtime: 6min Year: 2021 The rocky reefs that are home to countless species of fish and invertebrates, while supporting the lush giant kelp forests of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, are under threat. Rebirth of a Reef follows a team of scientists as they put their decades of research to use in creating a new system of reefs to restore the underwater world of Palos Verdes. Meet the Director: Shaun Wolfe is a cinematographer, photojournalist and conservationist with a passion for environmentally and culturally-focused storytelling. The goal of his imagery is to have an impact; on public perception, government policy and to inspire individual action. After earning a Master's degree in Environmental Science, Wolfe has worked exclusively in the documentary film and television spaces. His work has been featured on Netflix, Apple TV+, Nat Geo Wild, Amazon, NOWNESS and The New Yorker. www.earthxfilmfestival.org