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Art and Pep Featured in Video Librarian Pride Guide

Art and Pep Featured in Video Librarian Pride Guide

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GPF Teams up with Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England for Filmmaking Workshop

GPF Teams up with Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England for Filmmaking Workshop

This April vacation, Green Planet Films was fortunate to work with the Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England for the first time. We collaborated on a three-day filmmaking workshop hosted by the Westerly Library and Wilcox Park. Amidst the emergence of springtime, the scouts came with courage and curiosity and left the workshop with a sense of accomplishment and a new short documentary produced and directed by each participant. We learned that scouts are amazing independent documentary filmmakers! They are persistent, focused and flexible. When they hit a challenge, they adapted and found a way to move forward. I loved...

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Those People Screening at Stoneridge with Director Q&A

Those People Screening at Stoneridge with Director Q&A

On February 21, 2025 Green Planet Films presented Those People to residents and guests at Stoneridge Senior Living Community in Mystic, CT.  Director Peter Huoppi joined the audience for a very engaging Q&A after the film. Those People continues to generate meaningful conversations on violence,  community resilience, performance arts for youth, race, and queer identity in Southeastern Connecticut. The film also showcases how police can have a positive impact in youth communities. For GPF this is a vital film to present in 2025. We are so proud to be working Peter, Curtis, and the Day on this film.

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Naples and the Amalfi Coast Screening at the Westerly Library with the Dante Society

Naples and the Amalfi Coast Screening at the Westerly Library with the Dante Society

Thanks to the Dante Society of Westerly and the Westerly Library and Wilcox Park for hosting a screening of Naples and the Amalfi Coast: La Dolce Vita? It definitely hit home for a Rhode Island audience familiar with coastal access issues. The Q&A was lively! 

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Screening of Those People, followed by Q and A with Dir. Peter Huoppi

Screening of Those People, followed by Q and A with Dir. Peter Huoppi

  Thank you to Waterford Public Library and RISE for hosting a special screening of Those People last week. And a special thanks to Peter Huoppi and the audience for the thought provoking Q and A session after.

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