

In recent years, he has divided his time between projects ranging from tropical forests to the poles, working on all continents and embarking on ships across the globe. In addition to directing documentaries, he is also a photographer and editor, has also a background in music and, as a result, composes the soundtracks for many of his films. Brazilian, where he studied journalism, and subsequently film theory at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a Master degree in documentary film at Paris VIII, France. Throughout his career, he produced dozens of films for non-profit organizations and corporations while raising a family in New York and New Jersey.įábio Nascimento is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who has worked for National Geographic, Greenpeace, Doctors without Borders, The New York Times, producing stories about people, nature and science.
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In the 1970s, he received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts to produce a series of films about New York City street festivals broadcast on HBO and shown at the Museum of Modern Art.Īs a film editor, Scott cut an Academy Award-winning short and Emmy award-winning long-form documentaries for Discovery, PBS and network television. Scott’s early career includes exploration of many genres including animation and dramatic short subjects. His work includes award-winning one-hour films including SAVING THE GREAT SWAMP: BATTLE TO DEFEAT THE JETPORT currently distributed by American Public Television, and FROM THE ASHES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TICK HALL featuring talk-show host Dick Cavett and premiering at the 2001 Hamptons Film Festival. Scott Morris is an accomplished independent filmmaker with more than 40 years of experience producing, directing and editing documentaries in the New York/New Jersey area. Join us for a conversation about how these complex issues are intertwined, and how we can grow food that sustains not only the planet, but its people. Roots Rising presents three films depicting three angles of agriculture: the deleterious effects of climate change on crops such as coffee, an innovative approach to sustainable seafood, and the harms that Eucalyptus farming has on the land and wellbeing of indigenous peoples in Brazil. How can we navigate these interwoven issues of food security, sustainable agriculture, environmental wellbeing, and indigenous land rights? At the same time, the more we grow, the more that this taking of land threatens indigenous peoples and the very health of the land itself. Register to watch films and panels from home (online): HEREĪs climate change threatens agriculture as we know it and the global population continues to rise, there is an increasing need to implement sustainable agricultural practices.

Register for Day 2 Matinee in-person screenings: HERE Roots Rising: Land, Food, and Power in the Sustainable Agriculture Movement DAY 2 - TWO SCREENINGS FRIDAY, AP12 pm - 4 pm - HQ L02 at 320 York Street
