A Special in-person Bay Area Event Presented by The Redford Center and Imagine5 as a part of The Exploratorium’s After Dark series.
Address:
Pier 15
(Embarcadero at Green Street)
San Francisco, CA 94111
Plants demonstrate incredible resilience and play an essential role in our ecology. Explore the physical connections to plants through our galleries and a special presentation of Between Earth & Sky, an award-winning documentary featuring renowned ecologist and rainforest canopy researcher Nalini Nadkarni. This inspiring story weaves her personal life with lessons learned about ecological vitality.
Between Earth & Sky Film Screening
Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Kanbar Forum
With Andrew Nadkarni
Between Earth & Sky by Andrew Nadkarni (2023, 25 min.)
Nalini Nadkarni is a world-renowned ecologist who climbs trees in the rainforest canopy to study “what grows back” after an ecological disturbance. In 2015, her rope snapped on a research climb, and she fell fifty feet from a tree and nearly died. After making a miraculous recovery, Nalini begins to explore a new research subject: herself.
Join us for this award-winning documentary, shortlisted for the 2024 Academy Awards. Following the screening, filmmaker Andrew Nadkarni will be joined in conversation with the Exploratorium’s Program Director, Sam Sharkland.
Andrew Nadkarni is a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker who integrates community care, social impact, and trauma-informed practices into his filmmaking process.
Sam Sharkland is the Program Director of Public Programs at the Exploratorium with over 20 years of experience in film exhibition, curation, and event production.
Resilience in Nature and Ourselves: Workshop
Time: 9:00 p.m. Location: Kanbar Forum
With Andrew Nadkarni
Share your stories and perspectives on the inspirations you find in nature in this community-centered discussion, guided by filmmaker Andrew Nadkarni.
Through educational events, community screenings, and workshops, filmmaker Andrew Nadkarni brings documentary films to nature-deprived audiences, highlighting connections between nature and human health, and the ubiquity of disturbance and recovery. He integrates sustainability, community care, and trauma-informed practices into his artistic process.
Living Systems—Self-Guided Exhibit Tour
Time: 8:00–9:00 p.m. Location: Gordon and Betty Moore Gallery 4: Living Systems
Explore our diverse collection of plant exhibits. From sprouts to sequoias, plants shape our culture and our planet and model growth and ecological resilience. Take a look at plants from many angles—food, science, and more. Touch plants, grind them up and smell them and study them under microscopes. Bring your observations back to the group discussion facilitated by Andrew Nadkarni at 9:00 p.m. in the Kanbar Forum.
DJ Dance Party
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m. Location: Gordon and Betty Moore Gallery 4: Living Systems
With a Local DJ!
Join us for a dance party hosted by a local DJ!