Climate Action Shorts: Ice Ball, Carrying the Fire, and A Voice for the Wild
In partnership with MSP Film Society
Tue, Jan 31, 7 pm
The Main Cinema
Part of the MSP Film Series
A program of three documentary films that unite around expressions of environmental activism and climate action. Following the screening will be a live conversation with Will Steger (Ice Ball) and A Voice for the Wild director Jesse Roesler.
Film Lineup:
ICE BALL
Documentary | 14 min | 2020
Legendary polar explorer, Will Steger, inspires a community by preserving the forgotten craft of ice harvesting. In a nostalgic celebration of this winter craft, the film is a portrayal of human innovation and interconnection that embodies one man’s attempt to move society forward, without leaving the past behind.
CARRYING THE FIRE
Documentary | 18 min | 2021
After the defeat of the Sandpiper Pipeline in Northern Minnesota, Water Protectors return to protect the water, and each other, when Line 3 begins construction.
A VOICE FOR THE WILD
Documentary | 20 min | 2022
In A Voice for the Wild, the follow up to Breaking Trail, Emily Ford and sled dog Diggins attempt to cross the secluded Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in winter during subzero temperatures to raise awareness about the potential environmental impacts a proposed copper-nickel mine in Ely would have on the pristine environment.
About MSP Film Society
The films are curated by the MSP Film Society, whose mission is to inform and transform individuals and communities through the power of great cinema. MSP Film has spent the last six decades celebrating a myriad of cultures, countries and issues of collective local and global concern through film, believing in the potency of storytelling to move people, and to move people to action. Its widely recognized Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Cine Latino, We The People film series, or daily screenings at The Main Cinema represent a diversity of perspectives and 100+ cultures and countries each year, providing unique platforms for learning and action through film and conversation.