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Jane Goodall - Reasons for Hope opens at Cincinnati Museum Center Oct. 27
CINCINNATI – Jane Goodall revolutionized how we view the world around us. In a new OMNIMAX® film, she surrounds you with that world and her reasons for hope for it. Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope follows the legendary ethologist and environmentalist on an adventure of inspiration. The film opens in Cincinnati Museum Center’s Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater October 27.
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Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope is an uplifting journey around the globe to highlight stories of nature’s resilience and the people who are working to make a difference in the world around them. As Dr. Goodall takes you to the Alps, the American West, Canada and more, she reinforces her four pillars of hope that signal optimism for the future: the amazing human intellect, the resilience of nature, the power and dedication of young people and the indomitable human spirit.
“Jane Goodall, the larger-than-life figure of active environmentalism, inspires us with the work and resilience of a new generation – a generation she herself inspired – revitalizing our natural world,” said Dave Duszynski, vice president of featured experiences at Cincinnati Museum Center. “The OMNIMAX® Theater, for all its stunning, immersive imagery, is a storytelling experience and Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope is a powerful, sprawling story that plays out across the globe and across the OMNIMAX® screen.”
Dr. Goodall joins intrepid ornithologists in modified gliders following the migration of the Northern Bald Ibis over the Alps, the culmination of years of retraining fledgling ibises to adapt to new migratory routes in response to climate change. She visits the people of the Blackfeet Nation to celebrate the reintroduction of the bison to the American West, more than a century after overhunting by white settlers decimated the animal that was critical to Indigenous People throughout the West. In Ontario, a barren mining town transformed by the Sudbury Regreening story provides a model for reclaiming green space. And Dr. Goodall introduces the youth-led initiatives of her Roots & Shoots program that empowers youth in every state to be leaders of change, no matter how small, in their communities.
"I’m excited for you to learn more about my four reasons for hope through the inspiring stories that you’ll see in this film,” Dr. Goodall said in a recorded introduction for CMC’s OMNIMAX® Theater. “I hope you’ll be determined to make a difference in your own community. When many people make even small changes, that can make a big difference.”
Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope, starring and narrated by Jane Goodall herself, shows us that the natural world is resilient and a new generation is working alongside it to ensure its vitality.
Jane Goodall – Reasons for Hope opens Friday, October 27 in the Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater at Cincinnati Museum Center. Visit cincymuseum.org/jane-goodall for showtimes and more information.
