Environmental Film Festival: Rebels with a Cause, DC Premiere March 15, 2013

(2012, 72 min, USA, directed/produced by Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto, narrated by Frances McDormand) With California’s rapid population rise in the 1950s, the coast seemed destined to follow the prevalent pattern of suburban development. This film spotlights a group of citizens from many walks of life who changed the fate of the land. Their efforts set new precedents for protecting open space and shaped the environmental movement as we know it today. It celebrates the people and passion that saved the coastal wonders that would become the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Introduced by Tony Thomas, education program coordinator, Anacostia Community Museum.