Anthropocene, the motion picture

“Stunning,” “Ravishing, “Sobering”… the usual positive-film-review adjectives have been deployed about “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,” but the movie is even better and more important than that. Its combination of intimate detail and massive scale—in the same imagery—conveys viscerally the full scope of human activity as a planetary force.

The Long Now Foundation has been involved with this project from its start four years ago, and so we are proud to be part of its launch. Following the premiere showing at the Castro on September 29, I’ll be on the stage for Q & A with the filmmakers— Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and our old friend Edward Burtynsky.

"Anthropocene: The Human Epoch" screening with filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky at The Castro Theater, San Francisco, 1:30pm, Sunday, September 29. Doors at 12:45pm and the show starts promptly at 1:30pm.

To be sure of a seat:
• Long Now Members can use the discount code on the Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats.
• You can purchase tickets for $25 each.
• The venue is The Castro Theater, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
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Watermark and Manufactured Landscapes, the other 2 films in this Anthropocene trilogy, will show the same day at 5:30pm and 9:00pm at the Castro Theater, with separate tickets required for each screening. Tickets to see the 2 additional films need to be purchased in person at the theater box office (open from noon to 9:30pm) on the day of the event.

Talks coming up:
October 14 - Suhanya Raffel, World Art Through The Asian Perspective
November 18 - Andrew McAfee, More From Less

High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here.

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–Stewart Brand [email protected]

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