Preceded by Reception in lobby with live music by David Hannon at 6:30pm
Followed by a discussion with Sam Look, Executive Director of the Vineyard Conservation Society
Songs of Earth is a majestic symphony for the big screen. The film is an audio-visual composition of the earth’s primordial forces with our camera taking you from inside nature’s smallest components to outside the wild panoramas. The filmmaker’s father (85) is our guide. Bringing us through Norway’s most scenic valley, he grew up in and where generations have been living alongside nature to survive. The sounds of the earth harmonize together to make music in this breathtaking journey.
“Unique cinematic experience” – TIFF September 2023
“The cinematic nature experience of the year. A magnificent existential journey.” – CPH:DOX March 2023
Samantha Look is the Executive Director of the Vineyard Conservation Society, a local environmental nonprofit dedicated to the protection of the Island’s land and water. VCS is always looking for solutions to the Vineyard’s environmental challenges. Among various projects, Samantha has helped advance the Island’s plastic bag ban, the West Tisbury “Big House” bylaw, assisted with the development of the Land Use, Natural Resources and Biodiversity portion of the Vineyard’s Climate Action Plan and helped launch the Island Climate Action Network.
Sam was lucky to grow up on the Island spending much of her time exploring and better knowing the Island’s wild spaces. It was these experiences that developed a love of place and passion for nature that drives her work today.
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