UPDATE: The post-film conversation following our January 24 Science on Screen® presentation of KOYAANISQATSI will be postponed to a later date due to unforeseen illness. This only affects the conversation — the film screening this week will continue as planned. Stay tuned to our website, emails, and social media for updates on the rescheduled conversation.

Godfrey Reggio’s KOYAANISQATSI is a truly unique film. The title, a Hopi word meaning “life out of balance,” provides a literal keynote to the breathtaking imagery of nature and mankind’s artificial world, all set to Philip Glass’ relentlessly propulsive score. A work both of and ahead of its time. For this special Science On Screen® presentation, we will be joined by Dr. Jay Banner, the F. M. Bullard Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences in the Jackson School of Geosciences and Director of the Environmental Science Institute to talk about the impact of human beings on the global ecosystem.

Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.