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The Hipp: Earth Week films supporting two local environmental efforts April 20-26

Join the Hipp for an Earth Week (April 20-26) celebration including two feature films playing all week.

 

Highlights for our week long celebration include: a reception with Neil Chonin, Southern Legal Counsel, two community forums and a special film tribute to local environmental activist, Kathy Cantwell. Proceeds from both films will help fund local environmental groups. See below for details. Link to Earth Week Webpage.

 

WATER ON THE TABLE April 20-26        Buy Tickets

 

A portion of the proceeds from Water on the Table will help fund Southern Legal Counsel, Inc., a not-for-profit public interest law firm committed to the attainment of basic human and civil rights. The film will play through April 26th in conjunction Play Again.

 

Reception following the Florida premiere of WATER ON THE TABLE,

 

Friday, April 20 at 7:45pm!

 

SKYPE with the director, Liz Marshall following the

 

Saturday April 21st after 4:00pm show.

Special community forum, EARTH DAY, Monday, April 23rd after the 6:00pm show. Speakers include Neil Chonin, Southern Legal Counsel, Dr. Bob Knight, Founder of the Florida Springs Institute and others TBD

 

WATER ON THE TABLE  is a character-driven, social-issue documentary that explores Canada’s relationship to its freshwater, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air? Water On The Table features Maude Barlow, who is considered an international water-warrior for her crusade to have water declared a human right. She became involved with the issue of Canada’s water in the mid-1980s, when it became clear that it was to be included as a tradable good in the Canada -US Free Trade Agreement. She tried very hard to get it removed, then stayed involved in the fight for Canada’s water when it was included in NAFTA as not only a good, but also as an investment. Water has since defined her. 1hr 19min | Canada | NR

 

http://thehipp.org/Calendar/cinema/692/

Fri (04/20) 6:15 8:30, Sat (04/21) 4:00, Sun (04/22) 4:30
Mon (4/23) 6:00, Wed (04/25) 5:15' Thu (04/26) 8:30

PLAY AGAIN April 21-26th       Buy Tickets

Winner of the MICKIE EDWARDSON AWARD and 8 other prestigious awards!
In celebration of Earth Week, a portion of the proceeds from Play Again will help fund Friends of Little Orange Creek, helping create an eco-education program for local children and to protect 1300 acres of uniquely beautiful and ecologically diverse conservation lands. The film will play through April 26th in conjunction Water on the Table.

 

PLAY AGAIN, community forum, Saturday April 21st following

the 6:00pm show. Speakers include: Janis Brown, Pat McCarthy, and Grace Burmester. The discussion will focus on children in nature and Eco Education.

 

Short tribute film to local environmental activist, Kathy Cantwell preceding all showings of PLAY AGAIN.

 

Kathy Cantwell, "In her own words." Short tribute film to local environmental activist, Kathy Cantwell preceding all showings of PLAY AGAIN. Kathy was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer and died some short months later in July 2010. This short contains Kathy speaking about her passion for the environment and the need for all of us, especially children, to reconnect with nature. Filmed at the Hipp during her celebration of life event and at the house on the land that she worked so hard to preserve for us all (Little Orange Creek).

One generation from now most people in the U.S. will have spent more time in the virtual world than in nature. New media technologies have improved our lives in countless ways. But what are we missing when we are behind screens? Play Again explores the changing balance between the virtual and natural worlds. This moving and humorous documentary follows six teenagers who, like the average American child, spend five to fifteen hours a day behind screens. Play Again unplugs these teens and takes them on their first wilderness adventure. Through the voices of children and leading experts including environmental writer Bill McKibben, neuroscientist Gary Small, and geneticist David Suzuki, Play Again investigates the consequences of a childhood removed from nature and encourages action for a sustainable future. 1hr 22min | USA | NR

http://thehipp.org/Calendar/cinema/694/

Sat (04/21): 6:15,  8:30, Sun (04/22) 2:30, 7:00
Mon(04/23)  8:30, Wed (04/25) 8:00, Thu (04/26) 6:30

 

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