SANCTUARY by Lillian Ball
Documentary Screening with Q&A
Thursday, February 19 Timebuddy
United States: 9am HST, 11am PST, Noon MST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST
Europe: 19:00 GMT, 20:00 CET, Australia: Friday, February 20, 6:00am AEDT
Sanctuary was shot exclusively in Lumbini and Kathmandu, Nepal over the course of three years. It includes interviews with Venerable Metteyya, George Archibald of the International Crane Foundation, and other important figures related to the Crane Sanctuary. It is a documentary about a time and place in our contemporary world that harkens back 2600 years. The Lumbini Crane Sanctuary exists within the 3 square mile Sacred Garden area where Siddhartha Gautama was born. Sarus cranes, the tallest flying birds in the world, have lived in the fields around Lumbini since the time Buddha was young. Though crane numbers are dwindling, they still nest in the area today along with many other wildlife species.
Sanctuary is 53 minutes, which we will watch together before Q&A.
sanctuarylumbini.org
Member speaker
Lillian Ball is an ecological artist/activist working on water issues with a multidisciplinary background in anthropology, ethnographic film, and sculpture. She has exhibited and lectured internationally, including at the Anchorage Museum, Seville Biennial, and Reina Sofia Museum in Spain. Numerous art awards include: two New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, a John-Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Grant. She was named 2012 Environmentalist of the Year by the North Fork Environmental Council, and awarded a citation by the New York State Assembly for WATERWASH ABC. Since 2006, when Ball was appointed to the Southold, NY Land Preservation Committee, she has worked with this maritime municipality on conservation, land use, and stewardship of their public preserves.
The ongoing WATERWASH® public project series combines stormwater remediation, wetland habitat restoration, and educational outreach. The original prototype transformed a water access park and was funded by the Long Island Sound Futures Fund as a concept that can be adapted to coastal situations worldwide. WATERWASH Bronx River, the second completed work, is an innovative collaborative green infrastructure solution to runoff pollution in the Bronx River. Job skills apprentices from Rocking the Boat, a non-profit teaching local youth to build wooden boats and do environmental work on the river, planted 9000 native plants. WATERWASH Bronx River cleans commercial parking lot runoff before it enters the river, opens private property to public use, and was funded by the NY State Attorney General’s Office with fines from polluters.
Ball is currently based in Kauai, Hawaii (USA). www.lillianball.com
We will screen the documentary together online (53 mins), with Q&A to follow. This event is free for members and $5 for non-members. All participants MUST REGISTER.
