VOA慢速:Nothing Stands in the Way of Parkour
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Jumping, Climbing and Running: Nothing Stands in the Way of Parkour
Also: The Environmental Film Festival in Washington. And music by the British band the Chemical Brothers. Transcript of radio broadcast:
HOST:
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. I’m Doug Johnson. On our show this week:
Music from the Chemical Brothers …
A question from Indonesia about the artful exercise of parkour …
And a look at Washington's Environmental Film Festival.
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Environmental Film Festival
HOST:
For sixteen years, the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C., has been showing movies that raise awareness about environmental issues. This year, the twelve-day festival is showing one hundred fifteen movies from thirty countries. Faith Lapidus has our story.
FAITH LAPIDUS:
Flo Stone created the Environmental Film Festival in Washington in nineteen ninety-three. She believed it was important for people to be able to see high-quality films about the environment and discuss them together. She felt the subject of the environment, examined with the artistry of filmmakers, could be an influential source of learning.
People can see these films in embassies, movie theaters and museums around the nation's capital.
A scene from ''Edge of Eden: Living With Grizzlies''
Some movies star wild animals. This year, in "Edge of Eden: Living With Grizzlies," Canadian filmmakers Jeff and Sue Turner explore the work of bear expert Charlie Russell. For over ten years Mister Russell worked to raise rescued baby bears in a protected area of eastern Russia.
"Edge of Eden" shows him playing with the bears, feeding them and even protecting them from larger wild bears. The movie makes a powerful statement about the need to protect these animals before they disappear from the wild.
In "Animals in Love" French director Laurent Charbonnier looks at the movements, songs and dances that eighty kinds of animals use in order to find a mate.
Some movies explore economic issues. One Kenyan movie examines the lives of people struggling to survive in the Kibera part of Nairobi. About a million people live in poverty in this area.
A scene from ''The Price of Sugar''
Another movie, "All in This Tea," looks at the way modern life has changed the traditions of the tea trade in China.
The movie "The Price of Sugar" examines the difficult life of Haitian immigrants working for sugar companies in the Dominican Republic.
And several movies at the festival are old favorites. These include the nineteen thirty-seven film "The River," a history of the Mississippi River by American director Pare Lorentz.
The Environmental Film Festival ends on Saturday, which is also World Water Day. All day around Washington, people can see movies about this most important of natural resources.
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