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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Green Screens for Kids! Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 11am Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is the first family feature in our Green Screens program. We hope its ecological message, exquisite animation and depictions of heroic children will empower young viewers to go out and change the world! Join us in the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery following the film as a number of local environmental organizations show what kids can do to help. –– Sharon Bahus, Isa Cucinotta and Marian Masone We are screening the uncut original Japanese version of Nausicaä. This environmental epic is the second feature by legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle). Its powerful environmental message makes it more than a film about war; it is an exciting futuristic anime for all ages. Rated PG. A thousand years after a nuclear war destroys civilization and most of Earth’s original ecosystems, a few human settlements survive, each one isolated from the others by toxic jungles of plant life and fungus. One island of humanity is the Valley of the Wind, where strong sea winds protect the inhabitants from poisonous spores and power a forest of windmills that pump water from underground wells. But when peaceful life in the valley is threatened by warring factions seeking to control a deadly biological weapon, the inhabitants rise up in resistance, led by the young princess Nausicaä. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, 1984; 116m The Film Society’s Green Screens program addresses through film the vital environmental concerns of global warming, the safety of our food supply, sustainable living, and more. Each screening includes a discussion and reception with artists and expert commentators, where we invite non-profit organizations and others to provide materials and raise awareness of the many positive actions we can all take. Green Screens is programmed by Sharon Bahus, Isa Cucinotta and Marian Masone. In addition to this series, the Film Society screens PSAs showcasing climate change, sustainability and other matters concerning the health of our planet and its inhabitants. We are one of the first movie theaters in the country to regularly screen such PSAs and we encourage other theaters to join us.

Buy Tickets Sat May 17: 11 am Admission: $11 general public $8 Seniors (62 +) $7 Film Society members & students (with ID) and children (6-12, accompanied by an adult) Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office. No passes ~ no vouchers accepted to this event.