REEL CHANGE SustainAbility Film Fest Thursday in Trail
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The Fresh Outlook Foundation (FOF) is happy to announce that its annual REEL CHANGE SustainAbility Film Fest Thursday Trail at the Royal Theatre as part of a tour sponsored by BC Hydro PowerSmart.
Hosted by FOF, each showing will screen the award-winning documentaries Switch and On the Line.
During Switch, energy visionary Dr. Scott Tinker embarks on a spectacular around-the-world adventure to explore the future of energy. The foundation of modern life, energy is in a sweeping period of transition.
Renewables are entering the landscape; unconventional gas and oil are changing our ideas about supply; and opinions on nuclear power are shifting. Tinker examines this “new” energy in light of water, food, medicine, housing, transportation, commerce, communications, and computing. Following the film, a panel of local energy experts will lead discussion about energy efficiency and renewable energy at the global and local scales.
The second feature, On the Line, follows filmmakers Frank Wolf and Todd McGowan as they trek Enbridge Corporation’s proposed 1,170-km pipeline route from northern Alberta to Kitimat, BC.
The pipeline would cross 773 watercourses and, for the first time, bring supertankers to BC’s pristine north coast for tar sands bitumen bound for Asian markets.
Through the people they meet along their rough-and-tumble journey, Wolf and McGowan reveal the risks and consequences associated with the $5.5-billion megaproject.
“There’s no doubt how significantly documentaries can influence motivated audiences,” said FOF founder and CEO Joanne de Vries.
“In fact, few other mediums are powerful enough to reveal unique perspective, capture imagination, and trigger change.”
And positive change is what it’s all about, explains de Vries.
“The 2010 REEL CHANGE in Kelowna provides a perfect example of how people left the film fest having decided to make changes in their personal and professional lives that would contribute to community sustainability.”
“We showed DIRT, a documentary about soil ecology and conservation,” she recalls.
“Nathalie Begin was so moved by the film she decided to spearhead the development of a community garden in her West Kelowna neighbourhood.” With input and support from municipal hall, local businesses, and community groups,
Begin proceeded to build what is now a 29-plot, fully functioning community garden.
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“Seeing DIRT triggered something in me,” says Begin. “It helped me realize how my individual actions are truly part of the whole and do have an impact. Having the opportunity to speak with a panel member after the movie gave me the courage I needed to tackle something meaningful.”
“Now,” she continues, “the bountiful harvest from the garden is sending a positive message to the gardeners, their families, and the neighbourhood on how much can be achieved through communication and collaboration. It is an exciting project and an enriching experience.”
The Trail event begins at 7 p.m. with a cost of $10 per person.
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