This event is in the past.It took place on April 1, 2026 at 2155 Center St.


Film Screening – “The Tree of Authenticity”
At 2155 Center St
Downtown Berkeley
Two forgotten Congolese scientists get their due in this haunting documentary. Sammy Baloji traces colonial ecological destruction through their work at a crumbling jungle research station, where their voices finally break a century of silence.
Documentary screening
Postcolonial history
Environmental justice
Scholar introduction
Tips
🎬two scientists' parallel stories unfold over 40 years
🗣️stay for intro by journalism scholar Victor Ochieng
Film Screening – “The Tree of Authenticity”
At 2155 Center St
Downtown Berkeley


Two forgotten Congolese scientists get their due in this haunting documentary. Sammy Baloji traces colonial ecological destruction through their work at a crumbling jungle research station, where their voices finally break a century of silence.
Documentary screening
Postcolonial history
Environmental justice
Scholar introduction
Tips
🎬two scientists' parallel stories unfold over 40 years
🗣️stay for intro by journalism scholar Victor Ochieng
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