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“If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest,
not the capital, of nature.”
Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress |
It is slowly dawning on us that the earth’s natural resources are not infinite, and our living as though they are will be our undoing. Many of us have begun to ask ourselves what we can do to turn things around. A number of this year’s films attempt to answer that question. Surviving Progress, the compelling and provocative film based on local resident Ronald Wright’s book, A Short History of Progress, is one such film. Sustainability needs to be our driving force. The ongoing destruction of the environment in order to meet our ever expanding energy needs and our societal addiction to economic growth is one of many recurring themes examined in this year’s exciting line up of films.
Community is another theme present this year. There’s Darwin, about a quirky (even quirkier
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than Salt Spring) town in California; Lost Bohemia, about a group of artists that live aboveCarnegie Hall; There Once was an Island about an island community faced with a rising sea levels due to climate change; You’ve Been Trumped about a community in Scotland that bands together against Donald Trump; and We Were Here, an important and moving film about San Francisco’s gay community in the early days of the AIDS crisis.
And there’s so much more. Art, music, education, adventure and intrigue! As usual, we’ve tried to offer a broad range of films to appeal to your interests and expand your thinking. Enjoy yourselves, talk to each other (but please, not during the film) and take pleasure in the knowledge that we really are changing the world. |
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