Directed by Matt Wolf, the movie draws on an impressive archive of never-before-seen footage from the inside of Biosphere 2, an Arizona-based "system science research project" that re-created the earth's dominant climates on a miniature scale (including a rainforest, a desert, plains and an ocean with reefs) and included enough animals, birds and insects to theoretically keep life humming along without infusions of materials or elements from outside. Solar power and natural gas provided energy. Funded by billionaire Ed Bass and supervised by systems ecologist, engineer, metallurgist, and impresario John P. Allen, the project was essentially a land-bound Noah's Ark, meant to help humans understand their own existing, organic ecology while testing an artificial version that could be used in space colonies.
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What: Film: Spaceship Earth
Where: Casa Luz, Boca del Rio 75
When: Sunday January 16, 7:30