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Gregg Mitman and Judith Helfand discussed Tales from Planet Earth. (links to Real Player file of the program)
Wisconsin Public Radio's statewide Ideas Network from 9 to 10 a.m., November 6, 2009.
Student films connect environment and community issues
77 Square, November 6, 2009
Student films aim to save the planet
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, November 6, 2009
Film festival challenges definition of 'environment'
SmartPlanet, November 5, 2009
Students take environmental messages, activism local
UW-Madison, November 5, 2009
UW's environmental film festival becomes a popular pathway for spreading planet-wise messages
77 Square, November 5, 2009
Planet Earth Notables
Madison.com, November 4, 2009
Preview Review: The Greening of Southie at the Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Dane101.com, November 4, 2009
John Ford's classic Grapes of Wrath (1940) screens in Madison's Tales from Planet Earth film fest
Milwaukee Examiner, November 4, 2009
Film festival gives Earth some love
The Badger Herald, November 4, 2009
Preview Review: Garbage Dreams at the Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Dane101.com, November 3, 2009
Gregg Mitman and Judith Helfand talk about Tales from Planet Earth (links to mp3 of the program)
"A Public Affair," WORT-FM, Tuesday, November 3, 2009
What else ails the world?: The A.V. Club's Tales From Planet Earth Film Festival preview
A.V. Club Madison, November 2, 2009
Preview: Trouble the Water at Tales from Planet Earth
Dane101.com, November 2, 2009
UW-Madison Student News Releases, November 2, 2009:
- Calling All Birders for Films, Talks, and Field Trips
- Leading Latino Filmmaker to Attend Screening
- Madison Community, Film Festival 'Pear' up to Combat Hunger
- Film Festival Inspires Community Garden Events
- See Wildlife Films and Help the Four Lakes Wildlife Center
Op-Ed: Tales from Planet Earth is more than a film fest
The Cap Times, November 1, 2009
Tales from Planet Earth shaping up to be Madison's second great film festival
Dane101.com, October 29, 2009
Majora Carter, Hurricane Katrina film to open Tales from Planet Earth festival
UW Nelson Institute, October 29, 2009
Tales from Planet Earth film fest 2009 returns with broad community ambitions
The Isthmus Daily Page, October 27, 2009
Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Madison Audubon Society Newsletter, October 2009
Activate your inner environmentalist at Tales from Planet Earth film festival
Madison Nature Travel Examiner, October 27, 2009
Environmental Film Festival held in Madison
Chicago Tribune, October 25, 2009
Festival leverages power of film for community action
Wisconsin Week, October 21, 2009
Tales from Planet Earth Leverages Power of Film for Community Action
UW Nelson Institute, October 15, 2009
Tales from Planet Earth: Films for Environmental Action
Sustainable Times, October 2009
For a recap of press surrounding our first festival in 2007, click here.
Listed below are links for those Tales films that have websites with available screenshots (though not always high-resolution images). Where high-resolution shots are available, we have collected them on this website. Click on any thumbnail for a link to the high-resolution image. Please check all film websites for appropriate copyright accreditation.
Picture site: http://www.amdoc.org/pressroom_photos.php?film=chancesoftheworld
Photo Credits: Noe Venable; Eric Daniel Metzgar
Picture site: http://thecovemovie.com/the_cove/press.htm
Picture site: http://deepdownfilm.org/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&Itemid=63
Picture site: http://www.adropoflife.tv/pressroom.html
Picture site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garbagedreams/sets/72157617469168953/
Picture site: http://ghostbirdmovie.com/pressgallery.html
Picture site: http://www.greeningofsouthie.com/, click "Menu" and then "Press Kit and Images"
Picture site: http://www.hungerseason.org/gallery/
Picture site: http://www.losers-and-winners.net/sites_de/downloads/stills.htm
Picture site: http://www.shootthesky.com/projects/theater.php?project=Los_Hombres_del_Lago
(Select "Production Stills" in the bottom left of the webpage)
Picture site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkingtherhino/sets
Picture site: http://www.ourdailybread.at/jart/projects/utb/website.jart?rel=en&reserve-mode=&content-id=1130864825121
Picture site: http://www.mountainsidefilms.com/savingluna/Gallery.html
Picture site: http://www.sharkwater.com/presskit/index.htm
(Select "Production Galleries")
Picture site: http://sixthsection.com/page-press.html
Picture site: http://www.sleepdealer.com/gallery.html
Picture site: http://www.storyofstuff.com/downloads.html
Picture site: http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=troublethewater&mode=downloads
Picture site: http://www.whatsonyourplateproject.org/press/photos
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Tom Sinclair
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tksincla@wisc.edu
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