Mother Earth Justice Film Series
A FREE community film series to uplift inspiring stories about environmental justice, bring people together around film and food, and provide a community space for dialogue that will lead to action. 🌎🌿
Film Schedule
January 23 – Plastics
🕓 5:30-8:30 pm
📍Anchorage Museum Auditorium (625 C St)
In collaboration with the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic (SILA).
Plastic People (80 min) is an award-winning documentary film examining the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Journalist Ziya Tong talks to scientists and undergoes experiments in her home, on her food, and on her body to determine just how pervasive plastics are and what can be done about it.
5:30 pm Reception, light food provided
6:30 pm Film
There will be a children’s program for ages 4-12 with a special guest appearance by Molly of Denali!
February 27 – Chemicals and Cancer
🕓 5:30-8:00 pm
📍Mountain View Community Center / Boys & Girls Club (315 Price St, Anchorage)
In collaboration with the Pacific Community of Alaska, Alaskans Take a Stand, and Umoja.
Mossville: When Great Trees Fall (76 min) is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of a once-thriving Black community in Louisiana, now uprooted by the petrochemical industry. As pollution forces residents from their homes, one man stands his ground to protect his family’s legacy and his community.
5:30 pm Reception, light food provided
6:15 pm Film
March 20 – Mining and Community Resistance
🕓 5:30-8:30 pm
📍Anchorage Museum SEED Lab (111 W 6th Ave)
In collaboration with Elim Students Against Uranium and Native Movement.
Demon Mineral (89 min) is an award-winning documentary exploring the devastating legacy of uranium mining in Diné Bikeyah, the homelands of the Navajo Nation, where over 500 abandoned mines have contaminated the land, water, and air. Through the voices of Indigenous scientists, elders, and activists, the film highlights their efforts to reclaim and protect their sacred homeland.
5:30 pm Reception, light food provided
6:15 pm Film
March 24 – Plastics (Juneau)
🕓 5:30-9:00 pm
📍Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall (320 W Willoughby Ave)
In collaboration with SalmonState and Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.
Plastic People (80 min) is an award-winning documentary film examining the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Journalist Ziya Tong talks to scientists and undergoes experiments in her home, on her food, and on her body to determine just how pervasive plastics are and what can be done about it.
5:30 pm Reception, light food provided
6:00 pm Film
April 9 – Plastics (Seward)
🕓 5:30-9:00 pm
📍K.M. Rae Building (125 3rd Ave)
In collaboration with the Alaska Just Transition Collective, Alaska SeaLife Center, Qutekcak Native Tribe, Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance, and Sustainable Seward.
Plastic People (80 min) is an award-winning documentary film examining the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Journalist Ziya Tong talks to scientists and undergoes experiments in her home, on her food, and on her body to determine just how pervasive plastics are and what can be done about it.
5:30 pm Reception, light food provided
6:15 pm Film
April 17 – Plastics (Wrangell)
🕓 5:30-9:00 pm
📍The Nolan Center (296 Campbell Dr)
Plastic People (80 min) is an award-winning documentary film examining the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Journalist Ziya Tong talks to scientists and undergoes experiments in her home, on her food, and on her body to determine just how pervasive plastics are and what can be done about it.
5:30 pm Reception, light food provided
6:00 pm Film
April 24 – Indigenous Rising
🕓 4:30-8:30 pm
📍Wilda Marston Theatre – Loussac Library (3600 Denali St)
In collaboration with the Alaska Just Transition Collective, the Alaska Center, Native Movement, and SalmonState.
UNEARTH (93 min) is an award-winning documentary following two sets of siblings — the Salmon sisters and the Strickland brothers — and their fight to protect Bristol Bay from the destructive Pebble Mine. As they expose corporate deception and political corruption, the film reveals the hidden costs of extraction and the resilience of communities defending their home.
4:30 pm Outdoor Meet & Greet at Loussac Patio, light food provided
6:00 pm Film