Understory: Film Screening and Discussion

Three women set sail on a 350 mile expedition through Alaska's massive Tongass National Forest, exploring how clearcut logging in this coastal rainforest could affect wildlife, local communities and our planet's climate.

"Understory" is a 45-minute long film that takes us deep into Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest remaining temperate rainforest on the planet. Elsa Sebastian is a young local fisherman who grew up "off-grid" in a remote village surrounded by the vast, ancient forest. When Elsa learns that the United States government is axing environmental protections for 9-million acres of the Tongass, she is driven to action; first fixing up an old sailboat, and then setting sail on a 350-mile expedition along the coastal rainforest.

Join Environment America Research & Policy Center's Ellen Montgomery and Understory Producer Elsa Sebastian to learn more about the Tongass and the film. When you register, you'll have two options to watch the film. We'll send you a link where you can watch the film any time from Dec. 7 (the release day) through Dec. 9, or you can watch it with us on Zoom on Dec. 9.

We'll screen the film on Zoom from 7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time. If you watch the film on your own, you can join us at 8:15 p.m. for the discussion.