Press Releases and Mentions
2024
MEDIA COVERAGE:
April 21: Chicago Cultural Center Hosts Action Fair, Film Screening for Earth Day
April 19: All Things Considered on WBEZ
March 20: A Spring Full of Film in Chicago
March 6: Highlights of Austin Eats Initiative
March 4: Group Seeks Climate Change Solutions as West Side Grows Hotter, Rainier
PRESS RELEASE:
2023
MEDIA COVERAGE
May 2: Ana Garcia Doyle interview with Barbara Best and Nancy Rizzuto — Cap Strat Women’s Forum
April 22: Chicagoans clean parks, beaches to celebrate Earth Day — CBS
April 18: Ana Garcia Doyle interview with John Landecker — WGN Radio
March 31: The Winds of Change: Young Activists Pursue Climate Justice and Green Living
PRESS RELEASES
April 3: Earth Day Mini Film Fest, Park Clean Up and Action Fair
2022
MEDIA COVERAGE:
March 3: One Earth Film Festival hopes environmental films will move you to action — WBEZ
March: Join the watch party! ‘Clean Water for Kane’ hosts One Earth Film Festival’s March 12 documentary: ‘Inhabitants’ —Kane County Connects
Feb. 24: One Earth Film Festival calls on audiences to Turn the Tide on climate crisis — Reel Chicago
Feb. 20: Filmmaker Raj Patel on His Film "The Ants & the Grasshopper" on — The Mike Nowak Show
PRESS RELEASES
April 13: Naperville Siblings Win Honorable Mentions in National Filmmaking Contest
April 13: One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest, Honorable Mention in Potomac
April 7: Earth Week Mini Film Fest and Neighborhood Clean Up
2021
November 24: Two Local Groups Bring Climate Action Home
March 9: WBEZ Reset Interview with Ana Garcia-Doyle.
March: One Earth Film Festival returns to Kane County with ‘Kiss the Ground’
Feb. 25: Natural Awakenings: 10th Anniversary of One Earth Film Festival.
Jan. 26: One Earth Film Festival’s parent organization unveils new name
PRESS RELEASES
April 13: Earth Week Mini Festival welcomes legendary activist Dolores Huerta
Feb. 25: One Earth Film Festival celebrates ‘10 Years of Inspiring Change’
2020
News:
Bicycling for Environmental Justice — South Side Weekly, October 27, 2020
Student’s interactive video challenges waste disposal notions — The Columbia Chronicle, March 21, 2020
Film screening in Austin neighborhood discusses impact of systemic racism on 1995 Chicago heat wave deaths during first day of 2020 One Earth Film Festival — Free Spirit Media, March 18, 2020
The Power of We — Wednesday Journal, March 10, 2020
Chicago’s One Earth Film Fest Features Flick About City’s Beloved Pair of Piping Plovers — WTTW, March 5, 2020
Local students earn awards, recognition from One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest — Chicago Tribune, March 2, 2020
Joplin (Mo.) High School student wins first place for documentary film — KOAM-TV
Local Spotlight: The 9th Annual One Earth Film Festival — Splash Magazines, March 2020
One Earth Film Festival connects people to the planet —Streeterville News, March, 2020
Releases:
9th Annual One Earth Film Festival promotes ‘The Power of We”
Media Advisories
One Earth kicks off 9th festival with filmmaker toasts at Tesla Gold Coast
Past years’ releases
2019
April: Mini film festival puts weeklong spotlight on Earth Day
Jan. 14: 8th annual One Earth Film Festival calls on everyone to go “All In” for the planet
2018
Feb. 5: 2018 Young Filmmakers Contest receives a record number of submissions
Jan. 22: One Earth Film Festival declares, 'This Is the Moment'
2017
April 10, 20: All of Chicago invited to Earth Day screenings of ‘The City Dark’
Feb. 20: One Earth Film Festival Announces 5 Lake County Screenings
Feb. 2, 2017 One Earth Film Festival Announces Schedule for Year 6
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Past years’ news articles:
2019
March 6: Going 'All In' for the planet, with urgency Wednesday Journal
More relevant than ever: One Earth Film Festival Wednesday Journal
March 2-10: CLC hosts two of nine films in One Earth Film Festival (Daily Herald)
Elmhurst rolls out red carpet for Environmental Film Fest March 3 (Daily Herald)
2018
Senior student’s film on water pollution premieres during The One Earth Film Festival Independent (Northeastern Illinois University)
One Earth Film Festival brings environmental awareness Daily Herald
Environmental-themed film festival plans screenings in Park Ridge Chicago Tribune
March 3-10: CLC hosts two of seven films in One Earth Film Festival Lake County News-Sun
Calumet College of St. Joseph Presents Shifting Sands as Part of the One Earth Film Festival
Local Firm Helps Hauser Club Plant Garden Riverside-Brookfield Landmark
2017
April 18: Meet the "Starry Chicago" team at Earth Screening of "The City Dark" DNA Info
March 3: Weekend Passport: One Earth Film Festival Highlights "Hometown Habitat," WBEZ Chicago Public Radio's Worldview with Jerome McDonnell
March 2: 10 Things to Do this Weekend: March 2-5, WTTW
March 2: FPCC Participates in 6th Annual One Earth Film Festival, Forest Preserve District blog
March 2: 5 things Chicagoans will be doing this weekend, Red Eye
March: 2017 One Earth Film Festival Offers a Rainforest Experience, Natural Awakenings Magazine
Feb 28: One Earth Film Fest enters year 6, Wednesday Journal
Feb 27: Things to Do: One Earth Film Festival, Time Out Chicago
Feb 25: Keeping Seeds and Making Films, the Mike Nowak Show on AM 1590
Feb 24: One Earth Film Festival showcases community-based conservation stories in 5 films Daily Herald
Feb 24: Triton College to Feature Hometown Habitat During One Earth Film Fest, Elm Leaves/Chicago Tribune
Feb. 22: Film fest screens 30 documentaries that dig into environmental issues, Oak Leaves
Feb 21: How We Are Poisoning Our Kids, Letters to the Editor, Wednesday Journal
Feb 6: One Earth Film Festival Presents 6th Annual Green Carpet Gala on March 3, eNews Park Forest
