With sci-fi classics, outdoor adventures, science teachers on trial and a cinematic ode to minerals, this summer series explores humanity's relationship with the natural world.
Flowers are in bloom, farmers markets are in full swing and the Dartmouth Film Society is going rock-climbing, saving trees and running from raptors . Scientists become action heroes in Steven Spielberg's classic blockbusters, which warn against humanity's hubris in the face of nature (we're gonna need a bigger boat ). Two outdoor adventure programs celebrate surfers' love of the ocean and generations of climbers tackling the massive cliff face of Mt. Yamnuska. Spencer Tracey defends a science teacher who dared to add evolution to the curriculum in a film that feels strikingly relevant today. We've paired an eco-science fiction classic about a spaceship holding Earth's last trees with the latest addition to the desert-set, post-apocalyptic Mad Max series . And geology nerds will delight at Deborah Stratman's poetic meditation on our planet's history from the point of view of rocks.
6/23 Silent Running
6/30 Inherit the Wind
7/7 Jaws
7/13 Yamnuska: The Ragged Edge
7/20 Jurassic Park
7/21 Last Things
7/27 Surf Film Tour
8/2 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga