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Greenfest | DC Environmental Film Festival: “The Pollinators”

The Montgomery County GreenFest partners are proud to join the DC Environmental Film Festival to present three documentary screenings in April at Brookside Gardens. These environmentally themed films are offered as part of Earth Day educational activities and lead up to GreenFest, which is Montgomery County’s largest environmental festival. GreenFest will take place on Sunday, April 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD.  Visit the GreenFest website.

The Pollinators

Director: Deia Schlosberg
(United States, 2019, 95 minutes.)

Wednesday, April 15 / 6:30pm – 8:30pm / Free; registration required

Location: Brookside Gardens Visitor Center Auditorium
1800 Glenallan Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20902

Program # 83628
Register using this link: https://apm.activecommunities.com/montgomerycounty/Activity_Search/78641

*Panel discussion following film.  See below.

Link to trailer: https://vimeo.com/341704838

About the Film

This award-winning documentary uncovers how our complex food system rests on the wings of the honeybee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard pollinating the crops that produce the food we all eat.

Expert Panel Session:

*Discussion following the screening

• Ann English, Rainscapes Program Manager, RainScapes Program Manager, Watershed Restoration Division, Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
• Wayne Esaias, Prince Georges County Master Beekeeper 
• Rochelle Bartolomei, Native Plant Program Manager, Montgomery Parks and former Executive Director of Chesapeake Natives.

https://www.thepollinators.net/watch-the-pollinators

Full Environmental Film Festival schedule and information: https://montgomerycountygreenfest.org/schedule/dc-environmental-film-festival/