Join Alabama Rivers Alliance and Sierra Club Mobile Group for the FREE public screening of the NEW Southern Exposure Films on Tuesday, February 4 at the 5 Rivers Delta Center. Don’t miss this eagerly awaited night of storytelling that will inspire, ignite and unite us all in the fight for Alabama’s future!
Tuesday, February 4
at the 5 Rivers Delta Center
Doors open with light snacks at 5:30
Films start at 6
Q&A + Discussion After
Created in six weeks during the summer, the 2024 Southern Exposure films celebrate special people and places in Alabama while exploring complex issues and solutions.
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In Saving Seagrass: Alabama’s Critical Underwater Nursery, we dive underwater to discover a “whole ‘nother living world under there in the seagrass that nobody ever sees”, full of critters and life and we learn what must happen to protect this Submerged Aquatic Vegetation vital to the health of Mobile Bay and the communities and industries that rely on it.
In The Cost of Forever, we uncover the hidden and costly dangers of ‘forever chemicals’ in our rivers and drinking water sources, following Riverkeepers and water protectors as they strive to protect communities—and themselves—from PFAS contamination.
In Alabama Roots, we travel across Alabama rediscovering our native plants, meeting passionate plant people along the way who are making changes big and small in hopes of preserving the last vestiges of once vast ecosystems and Alabama’s unprecedented botanical biodiversity.
In Forces of Nature, we meet and celebrate three Alabama women who, out of necessity to protect the people and places they love, answered the call to advocate for their water, land and communities.
Philoptary, from our Poet / Film Fellow, Jermaine Thompson, features a captivating poem created this summer. Images from past filmmakers and from Jermaine’s own experience at Ruffner Mountain in Birmingham accompany the words.
The Alabama Poetry Delegation is a partnership between Alabama Poetry Laureate, Ashley M. Jones and the Alabama Writers Forum that is supported by the Academy of American Poets and the Mellon Foundation, the delegation is a leadership and service initiative of Jones’ nonprofit organization, the Magic City Poetry Festival.