After a successful premiere at the Clyde Theater on Whidbey Island, Dancing with Thoreau is now entering the film festival circuit!
"Dancing with Thoreau is a work of art that honors the artful in
nature. Korrow’s use of still photos, interviews, quotations and moving
images provide a means by which to enter the timelessness he feels is
essential to a fulfilled and meaningful life."—Dianna MacLeod, Whidbey Life Magazine
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Viewer comments...
"Let me first compliment you on the film. To say my wife, sister and I
thoroughly enjoyed it would be an understatement. We were inspired and
encouraged. When we left the theater a butterfly flashed from across the
street. It allowed us to get quite close and actually touch it."—Gary
Piazzon, Whidbey Environmental Action Network
[Chis Korrow is] such a keen observer--the footage and narration of the
crows at the beginning was just stunning. In fact, all of the images
were breath-taking. Hope the film and its message will find its way
around the world. —Susanne Fest, PhD, Antioch University Midwest
"I was very moved by your movie... so much so that I have gone out each
morning since to the wetlands by my house to listen and see the amazing
life that awakens with the dawn. Thank you for producing something so
beautiful and compelling that will help many of us Remember…"
“May the film benefit many sentient beings.”
“This ever deepening breathe of fresh air will etch new conscious awareness...”
I'm about to head out and plant some garlic--but, first of all, thank you for
your generous, generous contributions to Dancing With Thoreau. I've just returned from doing
three interview on the East Coast. I thought you might enjoy this clip
from Richard Ryan, PhD on how even an unseemingly insignificant
encounter with nature can have quite an impact on us.
While out interviewing Richard Ryan, PhD
(Professor of psychology, psychiatry, and education, University of
Rochester. Lead author of “Vitalizing effects of being outdoors and in
nature,” Journal of Environmental Psychology.) and Elizabeth K. Nisbet, PhD,
(Psychology Department, Trent University, Ontario. Researcher on
individual differences in subjective connectedness with nature--nature
relatedness--and the links with health, well-being/happiness, and
environmentally sustainable behavior.), Chris stopped at Niagara Falls and fell in love with a ginkgo tree.
Update, April 2013--the book is at the printer and will be available in early May!
Chris is putting the finishing touches on his full color children's book, The Organic Bug Book (forthcoming from SteinerBooks). The book is based on his documentary Garden Insects and it is the story of his relationship with bugs interspersed with facts about insects.
The text has been through a final edit, and the last images are being converted to CMYK!
We will keep you posted as to the exact date of publication!
Though I am a lover and an observer of nature I had never heard of ice flowers until I read the Lexington Herald-Leader piece about your video Frost Flowers. I just thought you might be interested in knowing that this morning when I was returning from my walk and noticed some strange white "debris" around some plants in our yard. On close inspection I recognized ice flowers! It was so thrilling and I just thought you might be interested in know that they appeared today in my little corner of western Scott County, Kentucky. Thanks so much for your dedication in bringing the wonders of nature to so many people.
Warm regards...
Note the next KET broadcast of the film will be: KETKY: Saturday, December 11 at 8:00 am EST KETKY: Saturday, December 11 at 5:00 pm EST
Updated Spring 2013! KET continues to air this program! Please visit their website for current broadcast schedule! Or, click here to purchase the DVD!
November 3, 2010
For immediate release:
Burkesville, Kentucky filmmaker, Chris Korrow, has a second environmental documentary set to air on KET throughout November and December. Korrow takes the viewer on a journey into the fascinating phenomenon of Frost Flowers. Seen scattered through fields in winter, these spectacular icy “blooms” occur for just a few short days a year, with magnificent displays only occurring every six years or so. Frost Flowers is an educational environmental film that combines beautiful photographs and high definition footage with a narrative that explains what the formations are, and how and why they develop. Thousands of Korrow's photos, along with time-lapse photography and an original score, illustrate the fact the we are not the only ones who posses the ability of artistic expression. We often overlook the artistry that takes place in nature, and this film encourages us to take a closer look at our surroundings with fresh eyes.
Korrow is perhaps best known for his documentary, Garden Insects, which aired nationwide on PBS several times, reached an audience of an estimated 2.5 million viewers, and won two film festival awards. The film includes shot of over 125 insects, and details their role in the garden ecosystem in a lively, accessible way. Public schools and libraries around the country have embraced the film--it is now used in school curriculums from elementary grades through college. Korrow thanks the etymology department at the University of Kentucky for reviewing the film for accuracy.
Footage for both films was shot almost exclusively on Korrow’s Cumberland County farm. Korrow would like to thank KET and the program’s sponsors, Philip and Laura Lyvers and Judith Rausch, MD.
While many environmental filmmakers focus on what is going wrong with the planet, or highlight the spectacular or the extreme, Korrow chooses to show us how, by looking at nature with new eyes, we will inherently change our relationship with the natural world. Chris Korrow invites us to develop wonder, awe and appreciation for what goes largely unnoticed in the natural world around us. Future projects for Korrow include a full-color children’s book, The Organic Bug Book, due out in spring of 2011 (SteinerBooks, Bell Pond, New York).
KETKY: Sunday, November 7 at 4:30 pm EST
KET: Sunday, November 7 at 10:30 pm EST
KETKY: Tuesday, November 9 at 5:00 am EST
KETKY: Tuesday, November 9 at 8:30 am EST
KET: Friday, November 12 at 2:30 am EST
KETKY: Friday, November 12 at 2:30 pm EST
KET2: Friday, November 12 at 10:32 pm EST
KETKY: Saturday, November 13 at 2:30 am EST
KET2: Tuesday, November 16 at 11:30 pm EST
KETKY: Monday, November 22 at 9:30 pm EST
KET: Friday, November 26 at 5:00 am EST
KETKY: Monday, December 6 at 6:30 pm EST
KETKY: Saturday, December 11 at 8:00 am EST
KETKY: Saturday, December 11 at 5:00 pm EST
KETKY: Tuesday, December 14 at 8:30 pm EST
KETKY: Saturday, December 25 at 9:30 am EST
KET2: Monday, December 27 at 9:30 am EST
KET: Thursday, December 30 at midnight EST
This is the perfect time to prepare a garden bed for spring, and Chris has written out easy instructions in his booklet, the 30 Square Foot Garden. The booklet is printed on 100% recycled paper, and costs only $5. It shows how easy it can be to get started in organic vegetable gardening.
We have sold a few hundred of these so far, which makes us feel wonderful knowing that there will be a few hundred new gardens around the US! It would make a perfect and inexpensive Christmas gift! Don’t forget theGarden Insects dvd as another gift idea for gardeners or children!
Breathe Deep Productions has received a generous grant from RSF Social Finance allowing us to donate DVDs of Garden Insects to public schools and libraries located in the central US: Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama to the East, and Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico to the West, and all the states in between. If you have a personal contact with a library or public school that you feel would use and appreciate a copy, please let us know.
We are particularly interested in sending multiple copies to an entire district or main library who can then pass it on to each branch.
Until October 1st, buy a copy of Garden Insects DVD and receive a free copy of Chris's booklet, 30 Square Foot Garden. When you go to order the video via paypal, just mention this blog post in the 'comments' section of your paypal form, and we will include the booklet with your order!
Chris was accepted for a two-week artist residency in April at Centrum, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Located at Fort Worden State Park, he will have a comfortable house right near the water and use the time to work on editing, and recording and narration for Dancing with Thoreau. Of course he is bringing his cameras also, this is such a beautiful area and he will surely get some more footage for the film.
(Photo: Chris and Gabe with their beach art last summer, near Fort Worden.)
