'Seeds of Time' director to appear at the Ross

calendar icon01 Jun 2015    

Lincoln, Neb.--Opening at The Ross on Friday, June 12, "Seeds of Time" follows scientist Cary Fowler as he travels the globe stockpiling seeds that might one day avert global starvation.
 
"Seeds of Time" director Sandy McLeod will appear at the opening night screening at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 12 for a Q&A session with the audience.
 
"Both an engaging character study and a useful introduction to issues surrounding biodiversity, Sandy McLeod's "Seeds of Time" explains why scientist Cary Fowler thinks it's so important to preserve hundreds of plant varieties that commercial farms have no interest in growing." —John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
 
"[SEEDS OF TIME], directed by Sandy McLeod, is a portrait of Fowler — one that also provides an object lesson in what it looks like to search for genuine solutions."—Nathaniel Johnson, Grist
 
"SEEDS OF TIME stands out as truly exceptional. It's about an issue less prominent in the public dialogue but of universal importance...it's just riveting filmmaking, a story swiftly and beautifully told." —Margaret Mead Film Festival
 
SEEDS OF TIME is showing at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center on Friday, June 12 through Thursday, June 18.  Show times are available at www.TheRoss.org, by consulting your newspaper, or by calling the MRRMAC film information line at (402) 472-5353.
 
This program is being presented with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
 
"A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation inspired rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are already affecting farmers globally. But Fowler's journey, and our own, is just beginning. From Rome to Russia and, finally, a remote island under the Arctic Circle, his passionate and personal journey may hold the key to saving the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds." (C) Kino Lorber