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“e” inc.’s Sixth Annual Boston Enviro-Film Festival Opens on May 18, 2014

Environment science non-profit “e” inc. presents the Sixth Annual Boston Environmental Film Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2014, from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm.  The Festival will showcase eight exceptional documentary films by Independent Filmmakers, including the multi-award-winning documentary Trashed starring Jeremy Irons; White Gold narrated by Hillary Clinton; Symphony of the Soil; The Human Experiment; Drill Baby Drill; Growing Cities; and others.

The Boston Enviro-Film Festival combines artful filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and gripping storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite solutions to restore the earth and human communities. Held at four venues across the city -- Atlantic Wharf, Charlestown Navy Yard Building 114, Castle Square and The Goethe Institut -- the festival will screen a diverse slate of feature films and shorts highlighting critical environmental themes including water, energy, wildlife preservation, climate change, and more. Admission is only $10.00 per person for access to a single set of documentaries combined with short films.

For a complete list of movies, trailers and venues, and to purchase tickets, please visit http://e-action.us/index.php/film-festival/. All proceeds from the Festival will go to support "e" inc. educational programs for children throughout the Metro Boston area.

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Dr. Ricky S. Stern, Executive Director of "e" inc., said, "The 2014 Boston Enviro-Film Festival presents an outstanding and varied program of feature, documentary, short and animated films. We are delighted to continue our tradition of showing compelling and entertaining films to raise environmental awareness and inspire activism in the Greater Boston community."

About “e” inc.

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“e” inc. is an award-winning environment science learning and action center that provides in-depth science and community involvement to 4,500 urban youth in Metro Boston. Its mission is to create a new generation of conservation citizens committed to understanding and protecting the environment. Through educational science programs and actual civic involvements, “e” inc. provides children, teens, and adults with a scientific understanding of the Earth’s natural resources, biomes, and beings along with the skills needed to protect the planet and live sustainably. For more information, please visit www.e-action.us.

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival (WSFF) is a national tour and is considered the largest film festival of its kind. For more information on WSFF, see www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org.

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