Voices of the Earth: From Sophocles to Rachel Carson and Beyond
“Voices of the Earth,” a film by Rush Rehm, professor of theater and classics and artistic director of Stanford Repertory, will be shown in the auditorium at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts on November 7, 6-8 pm.
Compiled by Rush Rehm and Charles Junkerman, Voices of the Earth deals with the troubled relationship between humans and the natural world. Along with powerful wilderness images and soundscapes, the film includes dramatic readings of environmental pioneers (Muir, Carson, Stegner), great nature writers (Thoreau, Snyder, Abbey), playwrights who turn to the environment for inspiration (Sophocles, Chekhov, O’Neill), native American voices (Crowfoot, Chief Luther Standing Bear, Walking Buffalo), poets who honor the earth (Li Po, Rumi, Neruda, Levertov, Oliver, Lorde), environmental activists (Mendes, Saro-wiwa, Maathai, Goodall, McKibben), climate change deniers who insist we face no crisis (who could these be?), and scientists who know better. Voices of the Earth brings home the threat that looms, even as it lifts the spirit and calls us to action.
“Voices of the Earth,” a film by Rush Rehm, professor of theater and classics and artistic director of Stanford Repertory, will be shown in the auditorium at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts on November 7, 6-8 pm.
Compiled by Rush Rehm and Charles Junkerman, Voices of the Earth deals with the troubled relationship between humans and the natural world. Along with powerful wilderness images and soundscapes, the film includes dramatic readings of environmental pioneers (Muir, Carson, Stegner), great nature writers (Thoreau, Snyder, Abbey), playwrights who turn to the environment for inspiration (Sophocles, Chekhov, O’Neill), native American voices (Crowfoot, Chief Luther Standing Bear, Walking Buffalo), poets who honor the earth (Li Po, Rumi, Neruda, Levertov, Oliver, Lorde), environmental activists (Mendes, Saro-wiwa, Maathai, Goodall, McKibben), climate change deniers who insist we face no crisis (who could these be?), and scientists who know better. Voices of the Earth brings home the threat that looms, even as it lifts the spirit and calls us to action.
“Voices of the Earth,” a film by Rush Rehm, professor of theater and classics and artistic director of Stanford Repertory, will be shown in the auditorium at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts on November 7, 6-8 pm.
Compiled by Rush Rehm and Charles Junkerman, Voices of the Earth deals with the troubled relationship between humans and the natural world. Along with powerful wilderness images and soundscapes, the film includes dramatic readings of environmental pioneers (Muir, Carson, Stegner), great nature writers (Thoreau, Snyder, Abbey), playwrights who turn to the environment for inspiration (Sophocles, Chekhov, O’Neill), native American voices (Crowfoot, Chief Luther Standing Bear, Walking Buffalo), poets who honor the earth (Li Po, Rumi, Neruda, Levertov, Oliver, Lorde), environmental activists (Mendes, Saro-wiwa, Maathai, Goodall, McKibben), climate change deniers who insist we face no crisis (who could these be?), and scientists who know better. Voices of the Earth brings home the threat that looms, even as it lifts the spirit and calls us to action.
Rush Rehm is a professor in the department of Theater and Performance Studies and Classics at Stanford University. He is also Artistic Director of the Stanford Repertory Theater (SRT). http://stanfordreptheater.com/
