COUDERSPORT — The virtual world premiere of “Invisible Hand,’ a Public Herald Studios documentary about the global battle between nature and society, has been set for 6 p.m. Sept. 4.
Actor Mark Ruffalo, who has spent years as a water defender and environmental advocate, narrates the documentary that critics call a “paradigm shifting” story about the global battle between Nature and society.
Ruffalo is executive producer of “Invisible Hand.”
“More and more, we are waking up to the fact that the world around us is being poisoned,” Ruffalo said. “The water, air and land have become toxic dumps, and the law is rigged against us.”
Covering the Rights of Nature movement that began in Pennsylvania in 2006, spread around the globe, and is now coming back home, the documentary weaves together fights in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the international fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, North Dakota, and the adoption of Rights of Nature into Ecuador’s national constitution.
“Our legal system is rigged to commodify Nature, to favor private property above Life,” said documentary co-writer & director Melissa Troutman. “It’s a system that makes it perfectly legal to harm innocent people without their consent and threaten the survival of the planet.”
Co-writer and director Joshua Pribanic said, “Invisible Hand is about witnessing the elephant in the room before it’s extinct. It’s showing us that, when face-to-face with the harmful effects of capitalism and our current way of life, Rights of Nature becomes the battle cry. My hope is that wherever you are, this film can speak to your fight.”
Join Ruffalo, Pribanic and Troutman for the premiere. They will be joined by cast to take questions or comments from the public. Visit www.invisiblehandfilm.com to reserve tickets.
