FREE SCREENING of The City Dark at East Wing Tuesday 28 October 7pm – Admission FREE. To accompany our new exhibition, Darkened Cities, by Thierry Cohen, East Wing presents a free one night screening of this insightful documentary, which takes an in-depth look the extremes we go to in order to light our environments and how our practice of over-lighting effects nature, as well as our own personal health. THE CITY DARK chronicles the disappearance of darkness. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney (KING CORN, BIG RIVER,TRUCK FARM), who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. He poses a deceptively simple question, What do we lose, when we lose the night?” Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking disoriented hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing birds on Chicago streets injured by collisions with buildings, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights--including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. In six chapters weaving together cutting-edge science with personal, meditative sequences reflecting on the human relationship to the sky, THE CITY DARK shines new light on the meaning of the dark. The film features stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians, and lighting designers including Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, astronaut Don Pettit, neurologist Dr. George Brainard, Harvard Medical School scientist Dr. Steven Lockley, cosmologist Chris Impey, and lighting designer Hervé Descottes. “ ‘The City Dark’ is the most comprehensive and intelligent documentary on light pollution to have been produced. Ian has examined the societal issues related to the rise of light pollution in a way that tries to challenge the viewer to think differently about the way we use outdoor lighting…”. Bob Parks, Executive Director, International Dark-Sky Association Entertaining and thought-provoking...Mr. Cheneys film is a personal lament for the star-filled night sky he experienced growing up in Maine, but it is neither sorrowful nor a rant; he somehow manages to give this engaging work a sense of humor. He also manages to make it smart...This film makes you want to go find a starry sky to camp under quickly, before its all gone. Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times The most important thing ‘The City Dark’ has to tell us is that by losing touch with the stars, weve lost touch with something that inspired our distant ancestors in a profoundly spiritual way...Its no accident, observes [Hayden Planetariums Neil deGrasse] Tyson at one point, that so many ancient people focused their religious yearnings on the stars--mysterious, glorious beacons that blazed down from skies unpolluted by city lights. Those stars may not become any more visible soon, but the movie will. Michael Lemonick, TIME Directed by Ian Cheney / Produced by Wicked Delicate Films / Co-Producers: Tamara Rosenberg, Colin Cheney, Julia Marchesi / Writer: Ian Cheney / Editors: Ian Cheney, Frederick Shanahan / Cinematography: Ian Cheney, Taylor Gentry / Music:The Fishermen Three and Ben Fries / Presented by Rooftop Films & Edgeworx Studios. See a preview below!
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:57:09 +0000
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