This Sunday, March 20, 2016, as part of the ongoing DC Environmental Film Festival, "Taïga" and "The Whispering Star" will be showing at the National Museum of American History. "Taïga" is the work of director Hamid Sardar who documents the world of Mongolian sheepherders as they combat the forces of nature (wolves) and humans (the people behind the mining industry). There will be two guest speakers addressing the environmental concerns: William W. Fitzhugh, director of the Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center; Paula T. DePriest, deputy director of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute. The other Sunday film, "The Whispering Star" will follow "Taïga" at 3:00pm. Directed by Sion Sono, "The Whispering Star" depicts a post-apocalyptic world where humans face extinction. Humans have created their own demise by their destructive disregard for the environment, which they inherited and squandered.
This Sunday, March 20, 2016, as part of the ongoing DC Environmental Film Festival, "Taïga" and "The Whispering Star" will be showing at the National Museum of American History. "Taïga" is the work of director Hamid Sardar who documents the world of Mongolian sheepherders as they combat the forces of nature (wolves) and humans (the people behind the mining industry). There will be two guest speakers addressing the environmental concerns: William W. Fitzhugh, director of the Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center; Paula T. DePriest, deputy director of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute. The other Sunday film, "The Whispering Star" will follow "Taïga" at 3:00pm. Directed by Sion Sono, "The Whispering Star" depicts a post-apocalyptic world where humans face extinction. Humans have created their own demise by their destructive disregard for the environment, which they inherited and squandered.