OPEN CINEMA’s EARTH DAY FILM FESTIVAL April 21st – 22nd 2009
This post published on March 11, 2009
OPEN CINEMA
presents
2nd Annual
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
in partnership with
VIDEA
April 21st & 22nd, 2009
Featuring award-winning documentaries:
7pm, Tuesday April 21st, 2009
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil.
Directed by Sam Bozzo, Produced by Mark Achbar (The Corporation)
www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com
Post-screening discussion with Susan Howatt, Sierra Club of BC, Jim McIsaac, T.Buck Suzuki Foundation and Jack Hull (CRD).
Sponsored by the Greater Victoria Water Watch Coalition
7pm, Wednesday April 22nd, 2009
Addicted to Plastic (2008)
A global journey to investigate what we really know about plastic and why there’s so much of it.
On the way we discover a toxic legacy, and the folks dedicated to cleaning it up.
http://www.crypticmoth.com/plastic.php
Post-screening discussion with Claudia Ferris, Toxic Free Canada; Mairi Welman, Recycling Council of BC; Anke Bergner, CRD Solid Waste Division; Alicia Taylor, Level Ground Trading; Craig Foster, Canadian Plastics Council. Moderated by John Luton.
Admission by donation!
Cash bar, food sales, silent auction, door prizes & more!
Food by Feys and Hobbs www.feysandhobbs.com.
Tax receipts for donations over $10
The Victoria Event Centre
1415 Broad Street
www.1415broad.com