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Enbridge oil threat comes to Vancouver International Film Fest February 16
Posted Jan 28
Date: February 16, 2011
Reception 6:30
Show starts 7:30
Location: Centennial Theater, 2300 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver
*Tickets: *$18 in advance / $20 at the door
Advanced tickets are available online at www.vimff.org, and at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, tel (604) 984-4484, and at the Mountain Equipment Co-op stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver.
From Alberta’s rolling plains, over the magnificent Rockies, through mighty rivers and the pristine Great Bear Rainforest—we are spoiled with the natural beauty and thriving ecosystems of the North. However, all of this is at risk. At risk of being spoiled by the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project which threatens the lands, ecosystems, cultures and communities of the north with pipelines and oil tankers carrying crude bitumen for export to Asian markets. Explore the Tar sands to the Great Bear Rainforest through a beautifully enigmatic series of photography, film and renowned filmmakers, adventurers and speakers from the Gitgaa’t First Nation, the International League of Conservation Photographers, and Pacific Wild. This evening will draw attention to what’s at stake—the social, environmental and economic implications of the proposed pipeline and tankers project.
PANEL:
Mikael Castro, Jenny Nichols
(iLCP)
Garth Lenz
(iLCP)
Ian McAllister
(Pacific Wild)
Marven Robinson
(Gitgaa’t First Nations)
Michael Reid
(Pacific Wild)
Caitlyn Vernon
(Sierra Club BC)
Frank Wolf
(Documentary Film Maker)
Norm Hann
(Mountain Surf Adventures)
FILMS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Oil in Eden
(Damien Gills and Ian McAllister
—Pacific Wild)
Uncomfortably Numb
(Michael Reid and Christopher
Rhodes—A Closer Look Expeditions)
On the Line
(Multimedia Presentation
by Frank Wolf)
Stand Up 4 GreatBear
(Multimedia Presentation
by Norm Hann)
Spoil
(Mikael Castro and Jenny Nichols—
EP Films, iLCP)
