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."3$) 100 documentary, feature, animated, archival, experimental and children’s films selected to provide fresh perspectives on environmental issues facing our planet. Presented at venues throughout Washington, D.C. Most screenings include discussion with filmmakers and scientists and are'3&& 'FTUJWBM)JHIMJHIUT U GEORGE BUTLER screens his new film THE LORD GOD BIRD about the elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker at the National Geographic Society U THE SECRET LIFE OF A NATURALIST about eminent naturalist DR. E. O. WILSON and his work on biodiversity and sociobiology with a discussion by Dr. Wilson at the National Geographic Society U The world premiere of SCARRED LANDS AND WOUNDED LIVES: THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF WAR with filmmakers ALICE and LINCOLN DAY U Two new IMAX films: GRAND CANYON ADVENTURE and THE ALPS with The Smithsonian Associates U WORLD WATER DAY observance: films and panel discussion with DAVID DOUGLAS, Waterlines and Water Advocates; MELANIE NAKAGAWA, NRDC; TANVI NAGPAL, Global Water Challenge and MARK VAN PUTTEN, ConservationStrategy U TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI about the Nobel prize-winning Kenyan environmentalist U THE PLANET a prize-winning Scandinavian film examining the future of our Earth U GARBAGE WARRIOR about earthship biotecture and RADIANT CITY a documentary on suburban sprawl, at the National Gallery of Art U THE UNFORESEEN an acclaimed feature documentary on the clash over property rights and the public good at Barton Springs in Austin, Texas with director LAURA DUNN at the AFI Silver Theatre ( - k _  8 E E L 8 C [Z\em`ifed\ekXc]`cd]\jk%fi^ M`j`kflin\Yj`k\]fik_\Zfdgc\k\jZ_\[lc\ fiZXcc)')$*+)$),-+]fiX=\jk`mXcYifZ_li\