Modern Cinema 2009: No Impact Man

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in partnership with DFW.com and the Star-Telegram, is pleased to present Modern Cinema 2009: Great Movies You Haven’t Heard of...Yet.

Celebrating its fifth year, this special weekend festival highlights some of the finest in world cinema. Christopher Kelly, film critic for DFW.com and the Star-Telegram, travels the festival circuit and selects films scoring rave reviews.

Tickets are $8.50; $6.50 for Modern members. Full festival passes are available now for $60; $50 for Modern members; $45 for Reel People at the Modern. Individual ticket sales begin two hours prior to each show. Members of Reel People may purchase individual tickets in advance by calling the Modern at 817-738-9215.

No Impact Man: Modern Cinema “goes green” with a documentary about New Yorker Colin Beavan and his year-long effort to negate his carbon footprint on the environment—no car; eating only locally grown food; and rewashing baby diapers. Even his wife sacrifices her daily Starbucks fix (the beans are imported!). Alternately funny and fascinating, Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein’s movie is both a study in making the impossible become possible, and a vigorous throwing down of the gauntlet—if Colin can survive for a year without electricity, why can’t the rest of us? 93 minutes