Wednesday, 25th August
The Waikato Sculpture Trust invites you to a documentary film by Robin Kewell—please note in your diary and pass this on to friends.
Eden and the Arts
Tim Smit always wanted the Eden Project to be a place to showcase the stories of "Plants that Changed the World" - a place where science meets art. Sue Hill and Peter Hample, artistic directors of Eden, commissioned various artists to produce work that would tell some of their tales. This project in Cornwall, England has captured the imagination of people world-wide (see www.edenproject.com).
Eden and the Arts is a special feature from the archives of Robin Kewell’s documentary films showing the work of many of the sculptors and artists who worked side by side with scientists and technicians to create works that tell the stories of plants. Robin will introduce the film and answer questions.
This Waikato Sculpture Trust event raises funds for the exhibitions it holds within the Sculpture Park @ Waitakaruru Arboretum (see www.sculpturepark.co.nz). The Park is an iconic rehabilitation project where the sensory experiences of art and nature meet.
Seats are limited so hurry!
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: Telecom Playhouse,
WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts,
University of Waikato
Entry: $15 per person
Proceeds to Waikato Sculpture Trust
Bookings email: sarah.a@clear.net.nz or info@sculpturepark.co.nz
Cash door sales and EFTPOS available
NZ Film Festival - 12 - 29 August
Here are some of the environmental docos starting next week. For a full list of all movies look online: Hamilton or pick up a programme from Lido Theatres.
There Once Was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
Saturday 21 August 1.30pm
New Zealand 2009, 80 mins Director: Briar March ―Climate change reaches the shoreline of south-west Pacific atoll Takuu in Briar March‘s poignant eco-documentary...Despite the serious themes, it is to the credit of the filmmakers and the people of Takuu that March‘s documentary does not leave you feeling cynical and disillusioned, but rather with a strong sense of hope. Positive outcomes are still possible: both in terms of Takuu‘s situation and the broader arena of global climate change.‖ — Jacob Powell, The Lumiere Reader
Waste Land
Sunday 22 August 3.30pm
UK/Brazil 2010, 98 mins
Director: Lucy Walker
Festivals: Sundance, Berlin 2010
Audience Award (World Cinema Documentary), Sundance Film Festival 2010
Brazilian art star Vik Muniz recycles garbage to make gigantic portraits of Rio‘s amazingly upbeat garbage recyclers in this inspiring doco.
―Vibrant, colourful, majestically shot, the Sundance-award-winning documentary deserves the accolades it has reaped — Gayle MacDonald, The Globe and Mail
In English and Portuguese, with English subtitles
Last Paradise
Monday 23 August 6pm
New Zealand 2009, 100 mins
Director: Clive Neeson
A zealous, ingenious cinematographer from an early age, Kiwi Clive Neeson delivers a glorious compilation from a lifetime so far of filming surfing, snowboarding, skiing and adventure sports around the world.
Collapse
Monday 23 August 8.30pm
USA 2009, 82 mins
Director: Chris Smith Festivals: Toronto 2009
Imminent man-made catastrophe is explained with alarming clarity and conviction by doom theorist Michael Ruppert, who already accurately predicted the economic meltdown. ―Shockingly persuasive.‖ — NY Times
GasLand
Saturday, 28 August 11.30am
USA 2010, 104 mins Director: Josh Fox Festivals: Sundance 2010
Special Jury Prize (US Documentary), Sundance Film Festival 2010
Award-winning doc about the ecological poisoning caused by 'fracking‘, the mining of 'clean‘ natural gas. "You haven‘t experienced environmental dread until you‘ve seen tap water catch fire".
