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Environmental and Urban Studies Program, Bard Center for Environmental Policy, and Sustainability Council Present

The Hudson: A River at Risk

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Campus Center, Weis Cinema
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
On Tuesday February 16th at 6pm, The Bard Center for Environmental Policy, The Bard Environmental and Urban Studies Department, and the Bard College Sustainability Council present a screening of three short films collectively titled The Hudson: A RIver at Risk by Jon Bowermaster. Discussion to follow with the filmmaker.

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Jon has been making documentary films about water for years and recently played a large role in galvanizing advocacy for New York's anti-fracking movement with his film Dear Gov. Cuomo and he is now at work on a new feature addressing federal policy on the issue called Dear President Obama.

The screening will feature the shorts:
Bomb Trains on the Hudson
The Long Shadow of Indian Point
High Voltage/Dark Shadow
PCBs: G.E.’s Toxic Legacy (World Premiere)
Dear President Obama (Feature Preview)

Regarding The Hudson: A River at Risk, Jon writes on the site hudsonriveratrisk.com, "Specifically we wanted to take a close-up look at three distinct risks:The so-called “bomb trains” carrying a highly explosive gas and oil mix along the riverside from the shale fields of North Dakota to Albany and to Philadelphia; the 50-year-old nuclear power plant at Indian Point, which continues to operate even as its infrastructure ages; and the rebuilding of the Tappan Zee Bridge, currently the largest construction project in North American with a potential to create serious environmental harm if not closely monitored."

There will be a panel following the shorts which run about an hour in total combined featuring:

Eban Goodstein, Director Bard CEP
Jeremy Cherson, Riverkeeper, Bard CEP '15
Andy Bicking, Scenic Hudson
Jon Bowermaster, Filmmaker 

The screening is free but please register on Eventbrite to reserve a seat.

For more information, call 845-758-7073, e-mail [email protected],
or visit http://www.hudsonriveratrisk.com.

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema

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