QC Environmental Film Series Mission:
To bring inspirational and educational environmental films to our community, encouraging grassroots activism for environmental justice and for the care of our planet.


All films shown at the FIGGE Art Museum, except Giants Rising on March 2, which will be at The Galvin Arts Center.



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CLICK HERE to become a Film Series Underwriter!


Why become a QCEFS underwriter for our 2025 film series?

For $250, you'll receive a Season Ticket to all 6 films, a QCEFS t-shirt, and special recognition on all QCEFS promotional materials, including social media, web, and email, and pre-film credits. Most importantly, as a QCEFS underwriter you will help support free admission for all students and our mission: To bring inspirational and educational environmental films to our community, encouraging grassroots activism for environmental justice and for the care of our planet.

If you would like to become a QCEFS underwriter, please call River Action at (563)322-2969, email April Kleckner at akleckner@riveraction.org, or CLICK HERE. We appreciate your consideration and look forward to seeing you at the movies in 2025!

To learn more, please read our letter to our QCEFS Fans!




This Year's QC Environmental Film Series Movie Line-Up

FOOD, INC. 2 - January 19, 2025 - Hosted by: QC Environmental Film Series Committee

Food, Inc. ignited a cultural conversation about the multinational corporations that control our food system at enormous cost to our planet, workforce and health. In the well-timed sequel, Food, Inc. 2, comes "back for seconds" to reveal how corporate consolidation has gone unchecked by our government, leaving us with a highly efficient yet shockingly vulnerable food system dedicated only towards increasing profits.

Reflection Speaker: Speaker - Title - Organization


FARMING WHILE BLACK - January 26, 2025 - Hosted by: TBA

The feature-length documentary film, Farming While Black, examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation of Black farmers reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots. Farming While Black is based on a best selling book.

Reflection Speaker: Speaker - Title - Organization


RIPPLES OF PLASTIC - February 2, 2025 - Hosted by: TBA

Embark on an eye-opening journey through the unseen impacts of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes region. Guided by Dr. Sherri Mason and other regional voices, witness the vast extent of contamination pathways, effects of microplastics, and the unexpected toll on human health. Beyond individual action, Ripples of Plastic, inspires a collective movement for transformative progress toward a plastic-free future.

Reflection Speaker: Chris Langer, Filmmaker & Director, Ripples of Plastic


THE SHIT.THROP.O.CENE - February 16, 2025 - Hosted by: TBA

Patagonia Films presents, The Shitthropocene, a journey from the cellular-level origins of our lack of impulse control to the ways our central nervous systems have been hacked in the name of capitalism. It’s also about how we might begin to save ourselves from ourselves. Plus, there are dancing cave people.

Reflection Speaker: Speaker - Title - Organization


THE HUNT FOR PLANET B - February 23, 2025 - Hosted by: TBA

Taking us behind the scenes with NASA's high-stakes Webb Space Telescope, The Hunt for Planet B, follows a pioneering group of scientists, many of them women, on their quest to find another Earth among the stars. What begins as a real-time scientific adventure turns into a deep meditation on human longing.

Reflection Speaker: Speaker - Title - Organization


GIANTS RISING - March 2, 2025 - Hosted by: St. Ambrose's Green Life - Film will be shown at the Galvin Arts Center on March 2 ONLY

Journey into the heart of America's most iconic forests, Giants Rising, reveals the secrets and the saga of the coast redwoods--the tallest and among the oldest living beings on Earth. It's an epic tale that explores the wonders of these silent giants and our dramatic, ever- evolving relationship with them.

Reflection Speaker: Lisa Landers, Producer & Director, Giants Rising


A special thank you to our 2025 underwriters:

• Jane & Les Cox
• Lynn Drazinski & Donald Doucette
• Julie & Jerry Skalak
• David & Rene Gellerman
• Carolyn & Joseph Martin
• Jerry Neff Memorial Fund
• Glenn Peterson & Kent Douglas
• Mary Regan & Joe D’Souza
• Faye & Dana Waterman
• Curtis Lundy
• Truth First Film Alliance
• Judith & Kent Pilcher
• Cathy Weideman & John Gardner




Last Year's QC Environmental Film Series Movie Line-Up

All That Breathes - January 21st, 2024 - Hosted by QC Environmental Film Series Committee

As legions of the black kite (birds of prey) fall from New Delhi’s smoke-choked skies, two dedicated brothers care for them in a makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement. The majestic raptors are essential in controlling vermin in the urban ecosystem. All That Breathes was a 2023 Academy Award nominee for best documentary.
Reflection Speaker: Dave Murcia - Director/Naturalist - Wapsi River Environmental Education Center


Last Paddle? - January 28th, 2024 - Hosted by Black Hawk College's Clean Sphere

This inspirational and visually stunning film which chronicles the amazing lifetime journey of renowned river advocate Mark Angelo who has paddled more than 1000 rivers in well over 100 countries. This film chronicles his life-long commitment to river conservation and restoration around the globe.
Reflection Speaker: Dan Breidenstein - Vice-Chair for Crew - Living Lands & Waters




The Woman Who Loves Giraffes - February 4th, 2024 - Hosted by QC Environmental Film Series Committee

In 1956, 23-year-old biologist, Anne Innis Dagg, made a solo journey to South Africa to become the first person to study giraffe behavior in the wild. She faced many obstacles as a female scientist. Dr. Dagg was absent from the giraffe world for 30 years, until her triumphant return which is also celebrated with a journey back to South Africa.
Reflection Speaker: Joel Vanderbush - Curator of Conservation and Education - Niabi Zoo
Environmental Student Fair - Lobby - 2pm-3pm


The Hidden Life of Trees - February 18th, 2024 - Hosted by St. Ambrose's Green Life

“Branching” off of his bestselling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work. Presenting ecological, biological and academic expertise with matter of fact candor, Peter inspires us to really see the forest for the trees.
Reflection Speaker: Stephanie M. Adams, PhD - Tree Pathologist & ISA Board Certified Master

Buy the book:The Hidden Life of Trees


We the Power - February 25th, 2024 - Hosted by Augustana College's Student Sierra Club

This inspiring and entertaining film highlights the citizen-led community-energy movement in Europe. The film chronicles four local dedicated cooperatives from deep in the Black Forest, to the streets of ancient Girona, to the urban rooftops of London, as they pave the way for a clean energy revolution to build healthier, financially-strong communities.
Reflection Speaker: Sarah J. Gardner - Climate Action Coordinator - Iowa City


Who Are the Marcuses? - March 3rd, 2024 - Hosted by the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities

The documentary looks at the lives of Holocaust survivors Lottie and Howard Marcus, an unassuming couple from Great Neck, N.Y. Their surprising donation of $500 million to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the academic Israeli institution furthers water technology research that inspires peace and climate action benefitting us all.
Reflection Speaker: Ellen Marcus, daughter of Lottie & Howard Marcus and Marc Bennett, Executive Producer of 'Who Are the Marcuses'







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