Penn State University Libraries - Film Series

Schedule List for Fall 2012

Sep 05

How Earth Made Us: Deep Earth (51 min)- The significance of caves and other geological formations in the development of civilization.

Sep 12

No film this week. Please join us for the Library’s Open House.

Sep 19

Water on the Table (56 min)- Maude Barlow and her crusade to have water declared a human right.

Sep 26

Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil (39 min)- Travel the country to uncover surprising and sometimes disturbing aspects of the oil industry.

Oct 03

How Earth Made Us: Water (51 min)- How control over water has been a central factor in human existence.

Oct 10

Burning in the Sun – Part 1 (42 min)- Daniel Dembélé returns to his homeland in Mali to start a local business building solar panels.

Oct 17

Burning in the Sun – Part 2 (41 min)

Oct 24

How Earth Made Us: Wind (51 min)- How people have exploited the wind for thousands of years.

Oct 31

Tar Creek (54 min)- A 100 year history of Tar Creek, a Superfund Site damaged by zinc and lead mining.

Nov 07

The Biofuel Myth: Harsh Realities in the Developing World (44 min)- Once considered a sustainable energy source, some biofuels are now seen as exploitative and environmentally harmful.

Nov 14

How Earth Made Us: Fire (51 min)- Humankind’s long, complicated relationship with the ravenous power of combustion.

Nov 21

***No Film*** - Thanksgiving Break

Nov 28

The Age of Stupid – Part 1 (45 min)- An archivist living alone in the devastated future of 2055 looks back at the cataclysmic climate change and asks why Earth’s inhabitants did nothing.

Dec 05

The Age of Stupid – Part 2 (44 min)

Dec 12

How Earth Made Us: Human Planet (51 min.)- The impact our species has had, and will continue to have, on the Earth’s geological cycles.