San Francisco, CA – Dec. 8, 2025 — The Redford Center marked two decades of groundbreaking environmental storytelling with a special celebration on December 6, 2025, at the de Young museum in San Francisco. The poignant evening — held just months after the passing of co-founder Robert Redford in September — honored the legacy of Robert and his son James Redford, while unveiling an ambitious vision for continuing their work of using film to drive systemic change.
The program opened with footage of an intimate conversation between father and son sharing their views on the environment and the future. Conor Schlosser, Robert Redford’s grandson, spoke to the importance of carrying forward their legacy. “My grandfather and my uncle shared an unshakeable belief that stories could change the world for the better, and they dedicated their lives to proving it,” Schlosser said. “Being in that room, surrounded by the community they built and the filmmakers who share their vision, I was reminded of how much they set in motion. Their mission endures through all of us.”
The evening featured exclusive first-look trailers from two new documentary projects — Undamming Klamath and Symphony of Silence — followed by a filmmaker conversation moderated by investigative journalist and Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser.
Executive Director Jill Tidman shared The Redford Center’s future vision and ambitious goals, and presented case studies that demonstrate the real-world impact of the organization’s efforts and how the films they support are mobilizing movement work, shifting narratives, and driving systemic change.
“For 20 years the dedicated community of Redford Center artists, activists, and environmental stewards has built the muscle and the roadmap to scale our work while creating meaningful, durable change along the way,” Tidman said.
“The success of our efforts is inextricably linked to the Redford family values and their longstanding belief that everyone has a role to play in designing a better future, and that resonant, hopeful, human stories that show us the way forward are potent levers for change. Tonight, we celebrated the unique power of storytelling through film and the impact that is possible when people come together.”
The program concluded with a reception featuring live music, curated food and drink, and interactive storytelling about the power of film to change hearts and minds. Guests included filmmakers, supporters, and community members from across the country to commemorate the Redford legacy, honor the organization’s 20 years of impact, and rally behind the audacious future vision.
Since its founding, The Redford Center has moved more than $32 million to 400 films that have reached millions of viewers worldwide and catalyzed measurable policy changes, restoration and preservation efforts, community mobilization, and cultural shifts on critical environmental and social justice issues.
About The Redford Center
Co-founded in 2005 by activists and filmmakers Robert Redford and James Redford, The Redford Center is a nonprofit that advances environmental solutions through the power of stories that move. As one of the only US-based nonprofits solely dedicated to environmental impact filmmaking, The Redford Center develops and invests in projects that foster action and strengthen the reach of the grassroots efforts powering the environmental movement. Over the years, The Redford Center has produced three award-winning feature documentaries and more than 40 short films, supported over 400 film and media projects with grants and other services, inspired the creation of 550 student films, and disbursed more than $32 million to environmental films, amplifying change-making solutions to millions of people worldwide. Learn more at www.redfordcenter.org.