This weekend is the inaugural SkyFire Environmental Film Festival, where just under 100 documentaries will be showcased across three cities in the Valley.
The films are from all over the world, and vary in length and notoriety. But the common thread is the environment.
“We have three movies that are high profile. They’ve either received really great reviews or they’re premiering. So the Nick Offerman movie ‘Fork in the Road’ will be showing on Sunday,” said Joe Roselle, a co-producer of the film fest.
He said SkyFire was created to help engage audiences and filmmakers in environmental topics and issues.
“There’s so many different aspects of the environment that you can cover. You could talk about fossil fuels, you could talk about trash, you could talk about food, you could talk about air, water, wind," Roselle said.
The films will be screened at venues accessible via public transportation in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. To see the film schedule, visit skyfireff.org/sundayschedule.
“So we really wanted to walk the walk and talk the talk when it comes to sustainability. But the idea of having different venues is we wanted people to actually explore the city and take pride in what a great area we live in," Roselle said.
He says audiences, with the help of a Valley Metro partnership, will get a free light rail pass that can help connect them to each venue.
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