Grey Towers Heritage Association

Black Bear Film Festival
2025-10-19 12:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | The John H. Wallace House, 120 East Hartford St., Milford, PA, 18337
The Black Bear Film Festival’s Environmental Salon will be hosted at:
The John H. Wallace House
120 East Hartford St., Milford, PA 18337
(At the Wallace House’s Common Room)
This Salon is free of charge, first-come, first-served.
Visit blackbearfilmfestival.org for updates and schedule changes. As well as other films hosted at other locations throughout the three-day festival.

Crossing through the Highlands of Iceland (30:31) (Directed by Dan Razvan Coman)
Only accessible during the Icelandic summer, the Highlands of Iceland, is an oasis of tranquility and inspiration; unique landscapes inspire those who decide to explore this place.

General welcome from Darian Rivera (2-5 minutes)
Hetch Hetchy: Constructing the Framework for Modern Environmentalism (10:00) By Luke Morris
Selected by Ken Burns’ Better Angels Society, student filmmaker Luke Morris of North Carolina presents his middle school National History Day project about Gifford Pinchot and the Hetch Hetchy.

Pastures and Panels (17:39) Directed by Tucker Gragg
Pastures and Panels tells the story of Daniel Dotterer, a 7th-generation Pennsylvania farmer, and other family farms who’ve breathed new life into their land through solar grazing. Their stories capture the decline of small, independent farms and the hope for a new beginning.

conscious | unconscious (2:36) Directed by Fiona Nellist
The piece focuses on the beauty of patterns, repetition, and meditation. Patterns are all around us, from the sequence of windows on buildings to the microscopic pattern in our hair; anything has a pattern if one looks close enough.

Gardener of the Galaxy (10:43) Directed by Nick Natalicchio
World renowned astrophysicist and planetary scientist Dr. Edward Guinan reflects on his life, work, and involvement in the “Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project” at Villanova University, which experiments with growing sustainable food sources on Mars.
Q&A with the filmmaker (15-20 minutes)

No Safe Exposure: Rehabilitating America’s Eagles (29:56) Directed by David Rohm
Compelling, never-before-seen footage of the inspiring work of wildlife rehabilitators as they treat injured eagles and help them return to the skies.

Crossing through the Highlands of Iceland (30:31) Directed by Dan Razvan Coman
Only accessible during the Icelandic summer, the Highlands of Iceland, is an oasis of tranquility and inspiration; unique landscapes inspire those who decide to explore this place.
