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SUMMARY:Film Showing: Saving Walden's World
DESCRIPTION:FILM SHOWING: SAVING WALDEN'S WORLD\n\nWednesday\, October 9th\n\nTwo Free Showings at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.\n\nLuecht Auditorium\n\nMCC is proud to present a unique and provocative film that explores the themes of ethics\, gender\, sustainable societies\, population\, social justice\, and healthcare.\n\nWhen a young arms dealer discovers his work is harming families in less affluent societies\, he has an ethical crisis and begins a decades-long journey to redeem himself and make the world a better place. SAVING WALDEN'S WORLD is a revealing new film following Jim Merkel as he raises Walden\, a budding scientist\, in an off-the-grid homestead and wonders: could the very people his past-life's work targeted\, hold the keys to a sustainable planet?\n\nA journey ensues\, meeting powerful women who reshape society to work for all. Far from affluent utopias\, Kerala\, Cuba and Slovenia offer women free college\, access to contraception\, maternity leave\, childcare\, dentistry and healthcare. Services unimaginable in much of Jim's blue-collar America.\n\nAs earth temperatures soar\, the stakes couldn't get higher.\n\nConversation with the filmmaker following each showing!\n\nMovie length is 85 minutes.\n\nTo learn more about the movie\, go to www.savingwaldensworld.org
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>FILM SHOWING:&nbsp\;</strong><strong>SAVING WALDEN&rsquo\;S WORLD</strong></p>\n\n<p>Wednesday\, October 9th</p>\n\n<p>Two Free Showings at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.</p>\n\n<p>Luecht Auditorium</p>\n\n<p><em>MCC is proud to present a unique&nbsp\;</em><em>and provocative film that explores the&nbsp\;</em><em>themes of ethics\, gender\, sustainable&nbsp\;</em><em>societies\, population\, social justice\,&nbsp\;</em><em>and healthcare.</em></p>\n\n<p>When a young arms dealer discovers his work is harming families in less affluent societies\, he has an ethical crisis and begins a decades-long journey to redeem himself and make the world a better place.&nbsp\;<strong>SAVING WALDEN&rsquo\;S WORLD&nbsp\;</strong>is a revealing new film following Jim Merkel as he raises Walden\, a budding scientist\, in an off-the-grid homestead and wonders: could the very people his past-life&rsquo\;s work targeted\, hold the keys to a sustainable planet?</p>\n\n<p>A journey ensues\, meeting powerful women who reshape society to work for all. Far from affluent utopias\, Kerala\, Cuba and Slovenia offer women free college\, access to contraception\, maternity leave\, childcare\, dentistry and healthcare. Services unimaginable in much of Jim&rsquo\;s blue-collar America.</p>\n\n<p>As earth temperatures soar\, the stakes couldn&rsquo\;t get higher.</p>\n\n<p><em><strong>Conversation with&nbsp\;</strong></em><em><strong>the filmmaker following each showing!</strong></em></p>\n\n<p><em><strong>Movie length is 85 minutes.</strong></em></p>\n\n<p>To learn more about the movie\, go to www.savingwaldensworld.org</p>\n
LOCATION:Luecht Auditorium McHenry County College 8900 Northwest Highway #14 Crystal Lake\, IL 60012
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DTSTAMP:20260511T121318Z
URL:https://members.alchamber.com/events/details/film-showing-saving-walden-s-world-16478
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