Film fest an alternative to Super Bowl

A Green Film Festival in Woodstock will provide an alternative to the Super Bowl for folks with little interest in football or who have other priorities.

Films will be screened from 1 to 10 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Stage Left Cafe, next to the Woodstock Opera House. Admission is free.

The festival is being presented by the Green Sanctuary Committee of the Congregational Unitarian Church. The committee is the church's environmental ministry.

Films include the feature documentaries "Who Killed the Electric Car," Robert Kennedy Jr.'s "Who Owns Nature," and "The Real Dirt on Farmer John."

In addition, a number of short films will be shown including "The Story of Stuff," "Owls," "Kilowatt Ours," "Integrated and Sustainable Home Building in a Midwestern Climate," "Future Mighty Oaks of McHenry County," and "The True Cost of Food."

There will be time for discussion of the films as well.

Admission to the Green Film Festival is free. Beverages and snacks will be available from the Stage Left Cafe.

For more information, call the Congregational Unitarian Church at (815) 338-0731, e-mail office@cucw.org or visit the Web site at www.cucw.org.

The schedule will be: "Who Killed the Electric Car" at 1:15 p.m.; short films, "The Story of Stuff," "Owls" and "Kilowatt Ours" from 3 to 4:10 p.m.; Robert Kennedy Jr.'s "Who Owns Nature" at 4:25 p.m.; short films, "Integrated and Sustainable Home Building for a Midwestern Climate," "Future Mighty Oaks of McHenry County," and "The True Cost of Food" from 5:40 to 7 p.m. and "The Real Dirt on Farmer John" at 7:30 p.m.