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"Earth Magic: An Intimate Diary of the Planet" is the theme of the Cinema Series, in its second year at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.
The film series, programmed by Don Brown and the UH Office of Sustainability, focuses on sustainable living, natural resources, and matters of culture and the human spirit. New this year is a dining option: Govinda's will offer meals in the Sustainability Courtyard from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Films will screen at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the HIG auditorium (room 110); and at 5 p.m. Sundays in the Spalding auditorium.
Admission is $5 general, $3 UH students and faculty, unless otherwise noted. 223-0130.
The films:
A journey through the undersea world of the Hawaiian Islands and focusing on three major threats to marine life — shoreline sprawl, pollution and overfishing.
Sunday; all seats $5
This film considers the link between oil interests and U.S. military policy.
Wednesday and Sept. 4
"The Corporation" (directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott; Canada, 2003, 166 min.).
A look at the effect corporations have on our lives. Corporate insiders and critics are interviewed as the film asks: if a corporation were human, what kind of person is it?
Sept. 7, 11
A sensory exploration of time, space and humanity as scientist and visionary David Suzuki discusses the interconnected universe.
Global warming and oil drilling are in focus as temperatures in Alaska rise and Native Alaskans are conflicted about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where drilling would bring jobs but threaten natural habitat.
Sept. 14, 18
Musician Gilman has researched ocean mammals and how they behave in response to music by electronic keyboard and Native American flute.
Surfers Ross Clarke-Jones and Carlos Burle journey into the delta of the Amazon to experience a giant wave that was generated hundreds of miles away in the mid-Atlantic.
Sept. 21, 25
A local disaster, a globalization lesson. In the 1960s, the enormous Nile perch was introduced into central Africa's Lake Victoria. It wiped out nearly all other species but is a bonanza for multinational factories that export the fish.
Sept. 28, Oct. 2
The real-life story of Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, a pioneer to the "forbidden kingdom" of Nepal and his return 40 years later.
Oct. 5, 9
The story of Cynthia Hunt and her journey from adventure-seeking climber to artist, book publisher and educator as she tries to bring change in the ancient society of Ladakh in northwestern India.
New Age flutist Paul Horn travels with Maui resident Lama Tenzin to Tibet — Horn, to record music in various temples; Tenzin, to visit the family he left behind 39 years earlier.
Oct. 12, 16
Chef John Bishop leads takes a close look at our food choices and finds that 70 percent of the processed foods on North American supermarket shelves contain genetically modified ingredients.
Another look at how technology has created genetically altered potatoes, corn, soybeans and canola.
Oct. 19, 23
Actor Woody Harrelson goes on a road trip in a bio-diesel and hempoil-fueled bus.
Oct. 26, 30
A look at the beauty of the Himalayas and the great hardships of its indigenous people.
A documentary that follows Tibetan exiles who struggle to maintain their culture and create a virtual Tibet in the communities they live in.
Nov. 2, 6
The story of Brower and his efforts to preserve the American wilderness.
Nov. 9, 13
A 'round-the-world odyssey about objects that seem to possess special power, and the power of belief.
Nov. 16, 20
Some businesses and organizations, including Nike, Ford Motor Co., Oberlin College, Herman Miller Furniture and DesignTex, manage to work with nature and enhance profitability.
A look at the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico, which may have been a center of astronomy and cosmology.
Nov. 30, Dec. 4
