Special Film Event Featuring Ohio’s Only National Forest

Special Film Event Featuring Ohio’s Only National Forest
Wed. Feb. 17th, 7-9 p.m.
Co-Sponsored By Simply Living and Buckeye Forest Council
93 W. Weisheimer Rd., First Unitarian Universalist Church
http://www.firstuucolumbus.org/visitors/map-and-directions
Join us for this inspirational evening celebrating our forest treasures of Southeastern Ohio. Jean Andrews, co-producer of both films and resident of Athens County, will introduce them and share conversation afterwards. (Total viewing time – 55 min.)
Film #1 A Forest Returns: The Success Story of Ohio’s Only National Forest – Ora Anderson was a journalist living in Southeastern Ohio during the Great Depression. In this oral history, he recalls the environmental and social conditions that led to the establishment of the Wayne National Forest and our evolving relationship with the land. Along with historical photographs and emotionally evocative music by Bruce Dalzell, Ora Anderson’s first-hand account gives life to a significant chapter of American history with clarity, hope, and a uniquely Appalachian perspective.
Film #2 Ora E. Anderson: The Soul of The Woods – Ora E. “Andy” Anderson, age 93, is a legend in Ohio, but it is his beloved old farm that takes center stage in Soul of the Woods, just as it did in Anderson’s life. This film gives us rare insight into this remarkable man and how (and why) he transformed a worn-out hill farm into a wooded nature preserve teeming with life. We walk with Anderson over his land, listen to his story, and find our own lives enriched.
This event is co-sponsored by Simply Living and Buckeye Forest Council. Donations will be gratefully accepted.