Film screening and director's talk with filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia.
Symphony of the Soil: Film and
Discussion with Deborah Koons Garcia
Symphony
of the Soil
is a multi-film project that explores the world of soil, including how it is
formed, its life cycle, human uses and misuses in agriculture, and soil’s role
in addressing global environmental problems. The project consists of the
feature film as well as several short films on topics like dry farming,
composting, soil-water relationships, and carbon sequestration. Deborah Koons
Garcia’s previous film, The Future of Food, was a documentary about
genetically modified foods. It is credited with helping pass Mendocino County,
California’s Measure H, which bans the planting of genetically engineered
crops. Though Garcia is an accomplished filmmaker and runs her own production
company, Lily Films, she is better known as the widow of Jerry Garcia, the
legendary Grateful Dead lead singer and guitarist who died in 1995.
Cosponsored
By:
- Leopold
Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- World
Affairs
- Committee
on Lectures (funded by GSB)
