Env Film Festival (2016) -- "The Seer" w/Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell, and Mary Berry @ National Geographic Society:
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Description of Pictures: The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
Winner of the William W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers Award!
From a hillside office in his native Henry County, Kentucky, Wendell Berry captures in writing the changing landscape and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture. The Seer adapts Berry’s agrarian philosophy for the big screen, exploring the life of the land and the people who inhabit it through nuanced observations of farming practices, interviews with the community, and painstakingly composed shots of the surrounding landscape. The result is a moving dual portrait of two deeply connected characters: Berry’s literary voice and Henry County itself.
Directed by Laura Dunn and produced by Jef Sewell, Laura Dunn, Terrence Malick, and Robert Redford.
Introduction by author and essayist Phyllis Theroux.
Discussion follows screening:
* Annie Kaempfer, EFF Board Member
* Laura Dunn, director
* Jef Sewell, producer
* Mary Berry, film subject
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SEER3_160324_045.JPG: Annie Kaempfer, Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell, and Mary Berry
SEER3_160324_087.JPG: Jef Sewell
SEER3_160324_094.JPG: Mary Berry
SEER3_160324_423.JPG: Annie Kaempfer and Laura Dunn
SEER3_160324_436.JPG: Peggy Parsons and Laura Dunn
SEER3_160324_478.JPG: Jef Sewell and Brad Forder
SEER3_160324_489.JPG: Mikel Witte and Deborah Rothberg
SEER3_160324_492.JPG: Phyllis Theroux and Laura Dunn
SEER3_160324_495.JPG: Gregory McGruder and Grace Guggenheim
SEER3_160324_550.JPG: Bill Stetsnon and Allison McGourty (London and LA based producer)
SEER3_160324_551.JPG: Bill Stetson and Allison McGourty (London and LA based producer)
SEER3_160324_556.JPG: Gregory McGruder, Allison McGourty, Jane Watson Stetson, and Bill Stetson
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2016_DC_EFF_Thankyou_160406: Env Film Festival (2016) -- Volunteer Thank You Happy Hour @ B Too (32 photos from 2016)
2016_DC_EFF_Benefit_160210 Env Film Festival (2016) -- 10th Annual Benefit Reception @ Japanese Ambassador's Residence
2015_DC_Monument_150915 Natl Archives -- Panel -- 9th Annual Charles Guggenheim Tribute Pgm (Monument to the Dream)
2015_DC_Moe_150319 Env Film Festival (2015) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner ("Silent River") w/Steve Fisher and Jason Jaacks @ Natl Geographic Society
2018_DC_Last_AnimalsR_180315 Env Film Festival (2018) -- "The Last Animals" -- Receptions and Preparation @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_Seasons_170326 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Seasons" (w/Jacques Perrin and Jacque Cluzaud) @ Carnegie Inst
2017_DC_LostCityZ2_170323 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Lost City of Z" (w/James Gray) -- Presentation and Q&A @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_LostCityZ_170323 Env Film Festival (2017) -- "Lost City of Z" (w/James Gray) -- Rehearsal and pre-reception @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_Moe_170320 Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner @ Natl Geographic Society
2017_DC_MoeR_170320 Env Film Festival (2017) -- Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award Finalists and Winner -- Pre-Event Reception @ Natl Geographic Society
2019_DC_When_Lambs_190316 Env Film Festival (2019) -- "When Lambs Become Lions" (w/Jon Kasbe) @ Natl Geographic Society
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2016 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Seven relatively short trips this year:
two Civil War Trust conference (Gettysburg, PA and West Point, NY, with a side-trip to New York City),
my 11th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Utah, Nevada, and California),
a quick trip to Michigan for Uncle Wayne's funeral,
two additional trips to New York City, and
a Civil Rights site trip to Alabama during the November elections. Being in places where people died to preserve the rights of minority voters made the Trumputin election even more depressing.
Number of photos taken this year: just over 610,000.