Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

The extraordinary journey of emperor penguins in Antarctica on a grueling 62 mile trek to their inland breeding grounds showcases their resilience and determination, and reveals both the beauty and harshness of the environment they call home.

Visionary designer, author, educator, and artist Bruce Mau delves into his approach to life-centered design, interplanetary civilization, and the discovery of the beauty and diversity of our home planet.

This series of short films by and about Breath(e) artist Cannupa Hanska Luger illuminates how the artist approaches Indigenous futurism, blending media, place, storytelling, and documentation of a living practice.

Set in the Curonian Spit, a scenic peninsula in Lithuania, this satiric documentary follows tourists who flock to the region despite the dying, leafless trees of its ancient forest now overtaken by thousands of cormorant birds and their acid-fortified feces.

Leah Penniman her cohorts at Soul Fire Farm help propel a rising generation finding strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism—and its potential to save the planet—in this 2023 documentary.

Forget Shark Week! The bees are coming to take over the
Hammer with a week of bee talks, honey tastings, and more.

A mesmerizing documentary that delves into the hidden world of insects and other tiny creatures with breathtaking cinematography, showcasing their daily struggles and triumphs.

Artist Rob Reynolds in conversation with oceanographers and glaciologists David Sutherland and Twila Moon to discuss their collaborations, and how communication between art and science can raise awareness of today’s most urgent crises.

Director Daniel R. Small's documentary telescopes between planetary and galactic evidence presented by scientists and artist-investigators who contemplate both deep time and the fate of the human species.

Self-described “Gangsta Gardner” Ron Finley and conceptual artist Glenn Kaino discuss how simple acts of coalition can have massive impacts.