DR Environmental Short to be Showcased at Yale Film Festival

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development’s (GFDD’s) in-house produced short film has been selected as one of the 25 shorts and 10 feature films to screen at the Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY). The Festival, which is sponsored by the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at the University, showcases incisive, cutting edge feature films and shorts that raise awareness of current environmental and social issues. Films are coupled
with expert panel discussions and  other interactive non-film events.

The annual Festival which has quickly become the premier student-run festival for environmental films will showcase  GFDD’s 17 minute film "Garbage or Resource? A Dominican Republic Experience" (¿Basura o recurso? Experiencia de la República Dominicana  as part of  its "EFFY After Dark" Programming on Saturday, April 5 at 10 pm. (See Schedule: http://effy.yale.edu/effy/saturday-shorts/).

Yale Audiences  will be able to see for themselves what is
happening in the Dominican Republic  with regard to recycling  "garbage" and see it as a resource and raw material which can be manufactured into an invaluable new product.

Garbage or Resource has continued to make its mark  since it premiered at the Dominican Republic Environment Film Festival (DREFF) in September, 2013.  The screening at EFFY comes on the heels of last week’s
successful showing at the DC Environment Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, its selection as best Documentary  at  the Green Lens Environment Festival in February, and Princeton Environmental Film Festival this past January.   The film, which has ignited positive reaction at two major European Environment Film Festivals in 2013, will  continue on its journey to inform audiences  as part of the environmental debate in 2014 and beyond.

Links:
http://garbage.dreff.org
http://recurso.dreff.org (Spanish)
http://effy.yale.edu/effy/effy-after-dark/