November 19, 2007
Sneak Preview screening at American Academy of Religion Conference, San Diego, CA
February 24 – April 20, 2008
7 screenings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
February 29, 2008
Premiere Screening at Yale University “Renewing Hope: Pathways of Religious-Environmentalism” Conference, New Haven, CT
April 15 and 17, 2008
Screened at the Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA
May 3, 2008
Screened at the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival, Seattle, WA
Voted one of ten Best of Fest.
May 18, 2008
Screening at the Green Festival, Chicago, IL.
Sponsored by Faith In Place.
June 5, 2008
Screening at United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
Co-sponsored by GreenFaith and the UN Environment Programme’s
Interfaith Partnership for the Environment, in celebration of World Environment Day.
Summer 2008
Screenings in over 1200 Interfaith Power and Light-affiliated congregations in 29 states.
September 19-21, 2008
Screening and panel discussion at the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival, Sun Valley, ID
October 5, 2008
Screening at Colorado Environmental Film Festival
October 24, 2008
Bioneers by the Bay Conference, New Bedford, MA
Marty Ostrow and Terry Rockefeller conduct a workshop about Muslim and Jewish Paths to Environmental Activism, using the Food for Faith and Ancient Roots stories from the film. Workshop includes participation of two guests, a Muslim and a Jewish environmental activist.
November 13 – 23, 2008
Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, Johnson City, TN
Award: Best Cinematography in a Film
November 15, 2008
Festival of Faiths, Louisville, KY
Screening at Rausch Planetarium, University of Louisville, sponsored by Center for Interfaith Relations
January 9-11, 2009
Screening at the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, CA.
This activist festival, at its conclusion, sponsors a National Tour, to over 70 cities, in which three hours of the best festival films are screened. A three-story, 35-minute version of Renewal has been invited to take part in the tour
January 16-22, 2009
Theatrical screening for a one-week run at the CinemaSalem Screening Room, Salem, MA.
February 26, 2009
Renewal screens at Swarthmore College in PA. Marty and Terry speak to general student body and at seminar led by Religious Studies Professor Mark Wallace.
March 1, 2009
Interfaith evening screening of Renewal at Agudas Achim Synagogue in Attleboro, MA. Marty speaks following the film, to the 60 member audience, clergy and laity, Christians and Jews.
March 20th, 2009
Renewal screens at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. Marty speaks following the film at American University screening venue.
April 2009
American Public Television and WGBH-Boston begin broadcasts of Renewal to public television affiliate stations throughout the country.
May 17, 2009
Cathedral of St John the Divine, NYC. Interfaith religious service and Renewal to be screened along with talks by Mary Evelyn Tucker (Forum on Religions and Ecology), Marty, Terry and special guest, Bill McKibben speaking about religious communities coming on board to support 350.org Campaign.
June 27, 2009
Renewal launches the Toronto Interfaith Film Festival in Toronto, Canada with a complete screening of the film at the Revue Cinema.
July 14, 2009
The annual national Episcopal General Convention, in Anaheim, California, screens Renewal for its membership.
August 2009
The Unitarian Universalist Association sends a copy of Renewal and the Renewal Screening Guide to all 1000 UU churches in the United States.
December 2, 2009
The Rodale Institute screens RENEWAL as part of it Second Annual Fall Film Series, at its 333-acre organic certified farm in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
December 3–9, 2009
Renewal is one of the 10 chosen films at the Council for a Parliament of World Religions, in Melbourne, Australia.
January 12, 2010
RENEWAL is screened at the Princeton Environmental Film Festival, Princeton, NJ
January 28, 2010
Democracy for America shows RENEWAL at the Lubbock County Democratic Party Headquarters in Lubbock, TX.
April 25, 2010
“RENEWAL L.A.” The RENEWAL Project and California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL) coordinate a major Los Angeles interfaith event to honor the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. Bill McKibben and Mary Nichols, are guest speakers with Marty Ostrow, host.
June 16, 2010
RENEWAL is shown at the Roxy Theater in Burlington, VT, as part of Stonyfield Organic Yogurt’s Sustainability Film Series, running on Wednesday nights in June. Marty Ostrow guest speaker with Betsy Hardy (VT IPL) and Pastor Nancy Wright of Ascension Lutheran Church.