A new film series is coming to the Sunshine Coast.
The Gibsons Green Team in collaboration with the Sunshine Coast Film Society (SCFS) presents the Green Film Series at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse.
This special series will feature environmental-themed films, filmmakers, discussions to engage the audience and door prizes. The first three films are scheduled for the months of September, October and November. The films will be shown on Mondays, alternating with the SCFS's regular fall schedule of films.
The opening film is The Clean Bin Project on Sept. 19. Filmmakers Jen Ruste-meyer and Grant Baldwin of Vancouver will attend the opening. This film follows them as they try to live completely waste free.
On Oct. 24, In Transition: From oil dependence to local resilience is the featured film. This film about the Transition movement is filmed by those who know it best, those who are making it happen on the ground. The Transition movement is about communities around the world responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humour, and setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities. It is positive, solutions-focused, viral and fun. Members from the Powell River Transitions group are scheduled to attend and give their perspective and answer questions.
White Water, Black Gold is the film for Nov. 28. This film is an investigative point-of view documentary that follows David Lavallee on his three-year journey across western Canadian watersheds (Edmonton, Vancouver, Fort McMurray, Fort Chipewyan, Kitimat) in search of answers about the activities of the world's thirstiest oil industry. Lavallee is scheduled to present his film and answer questions.
Tickets prices are $5 per person with a membership fee to the Film Society required. Membership fees are $15 per year or a $3 temporary membership for the single event. Annual memberships are available on the SCFS website at scfs.ca or at the door. Screening times are at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7.
For more information see greenfilms.ca or scfs.ca.
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