A Conversation on Cinema and Social Activism Inspired by Charles Hood
November 2, 2022 | 6:00 pm
Come listen to Bay Area documentarians discuss the inspiration behind their films and the extraordinary efforts activists are engaged in to preserve a healthy North Bay ecosystem. Inspired by and coordinated with the upcoming book release, Wild Sonoma, by Charles Hood.
In an effort to promote better stewardship of our own backyard and acknowledge the impacts of climate change and urban growth, the Petaluma Film Alliance has curated an impressive collection of documentary shorts focused on keeping our local plant, animal, insect, and sea life in balance.
A conversation with the filmmakers on cinema and social activism will take place at 6pm. A Q & A will also follow the program.
Details HereAbout the Speaker
Charles Hood
Poet and essayist Charles Hood has been a factory worker, a ski instructor, and a birding guide in Africa. His recent books published by Heyday include Nocturnalia, an appreciation of nature after dark, and the essay collection A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature. His wildlife studies have taken him around the world, from the high Arctic to the South Pole, and from Tibet to West Africa to the Amazon. Mammal no. 1,000 seen and recorded on his world animal list was a Crossley's dwarf lemur in Madagascar. (Mammal no. 999 was a Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat.) Recently retired and now professor emeritus, Hood lives in the Mojave Desert with two kayaks, two mountain bikes, two dogs, and five thousand books.
