UI Museum of Natural History to show films during April, Earth Month
Monday, March 31, 2014
Written by: Casey Westlake

Want to explore the story behind school lunches in New York City, dive to the depths of the Arctic sea floor, or even venture into our possible future if we continue to pollute? The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History invites you along on these adventures and others during its Movies@MNH Earth Month Movie Series.

As part of the UI Office of Sustainability’s Earth Month Celebration, Movies@MNH will feature a film focusing on humankind’s relationship with the natural world every Sunday afternoon in April, starting at 3 p.m. in Macbride Auditorium. The films being shown are:

• April 6: What’s on Your Plate? Join two 11-year-old city girls as they take a closer look at the food systems of New York City, tracking the food from planting to the table, examining both traditional and innovative systems and learning valuable lessons about society along the way.

• April 13: The Polar Explorer .Scientists aboard the icebreaker journey through the Northwest Passage, conducting one of the first ever studies of the Arctic sea floor. The scientists compare their data to research done in Antarctica and examine how climate change is affecting both environments.

• April 20: Wall-E .Left alone for centuries on a polluted Earth abandoned by humans, trash-collecting robot Wall-E meets and falls in love with sleek search robot Eve, then follows her aboard the humans’ space cruise-ship, eventually launching a mutiny against the ship’s computer.

• April 27: Arctic Tale .Nanu, a polar bear cub, and Seela, a walrus pup, go on an 8-year journey to maturity. Watch as they fight to stay alive in the face of food shortages brought on by climate change in this National Geographic film narrated by Queen Latifah.

To learn more about the Museum of Natural History or Movies@MNH, call 319-335-0606 or visit the Museum of Natural History website.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, contact the Pentacrest Museums in advance at 319-335-2010.