Docs Equinox

3-Day Pass: Best Buy $50 Adults / $40 Members

Includes admission to all 3 days

DAY 1: GIANTS RISING

Director & Producer: Lisa Landers

Co-producer: Jennifer Ciraldo

Editor: Damon Claussen

Synopsis: A journey into the heart of America’s most iconic forests, GIANTS RISING reveals the secrets, superpowers and saga of the redwoods— the tallest and some of the oldest living beings on Earth. Living links to the past, redwoods also hold powers that may play a role in our future, including their ability to withstand fire and capture carbon, to offer clues about resilience, and even to enhance our own well-being.

DAY 2: CALL OF THE FOREST

Director: Jeff McKay

Producer: Jeff McKay and Merit Jenson Carr

Editor: Jeff McKay

Synopsis: We cut down billions of trees every year – Today only five percent of the world’s old growth forests remain intact. Yet trees are one of this planet’s most significant creators of food, new medicines, and oxygen. Forests hold the answer to many of the world’s problems; from climate change to human health and well-being. Visionary scientist and acclaimed author Diana Beresford-Kroeger explores the science, folklore, and history of this essential eco-system reminding us that when we improve our profound human connection to woodlands we can, not only, restore our health – we can restore our planet.

From the sacred sugi and cedar forests of Japan, the ancient Raheen Wood of Ireland, and the walnut and redwood trees of America, to the great boreal forest of Canada, Call of the Forest tells the amazing stories behind the history and legacy of these ancient forests while also explaining the science of trees and the irreplaceable roles they play in protecting and feeding the planet.

DAY 3:

TALK: FOLLY TREE ARBORETUM WITH TUCKER MARDER

FILM: FUNGI: THE WEB OF LIFE

Director: Joseph Nizeti

Co-Directors: Gisela Kaufmann & Paul Phelan

Producers: Jo-anne McGowan, David Gross, Jennifer Peedom, Sarah Noonan

Editor: Paul Phelan

Synopsis: Through the eyes of passionate biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake, join us on this brilliant round-the-world journey into the secret world of fungi. Through dazzling images of fungi under the microscope, and all around us in the forest, Merlin unravels the many secrets of these essential organisms in the web of life. So much more than mushrooms, not only do fungi shape the weather and support life on land, they are at the cutting edge of medical research and even have the power to break down plastic waste.