Mixed Greens Monthly Screening Series - Planet in Focus
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Friday February 26th
Crude Sacrifice - A Story of Dirty Oil and Democracy
Canada, 78 min
www.crudesacrifice.com/
"For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other. Without these lies, deplorable acts would become impossibilities." These words from population ecologist Dr. William Rees introduce Crude Sacrifice, which catalogues the various lies, injustices and contradictions buried in Alberta's infamous Tar Sands. Incorporating a multitude of perspectives, the film digs into some of the area's most controversial stories. We meet Dr. John O'Connor, accused of causing 'undue alarm' for suggesting the cancer rates at a native community downstream of the Tar Sands could have environmental causes. We hear appeals from residents of Fort McMurray, who have reaped the economic benefits of the Sands. We get a glimpse into Alberta's Parliament, where the Tar Sands are the subject of petty squabbling. Produced without any financial assistance from government or corporate interests, Crude Sacrifice is thorough, angry, fair, honest and essential.
Tickets Prices:
Pay-What-You-Can ($7.00 suggested)
No advance sales, admission at the door
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Exhibiting past festival award winners, audience favourites and specially curated works, the Mixed Greens Monthly Screening Series is the most sophisticated, insightful and worldly way to spend your Friday evening in Toronto!
Contact:
Planet in Focus: 416-531-4689
Gardiner Museum: 416-586-8080
www.gardinermuseum.on.ca
How we are trying to make this event "green":
Since 1999, Planet in Focus has been producing Canada's preeminent international environmental film and video festival. We have been promoting environmental artistic expression in the form of film, video and new media to frame and explore environmental and ecological issues as a catalyst for awareness, discussion and action. Our mission is to encourage the creation and exhibition of a broad spectrum of films and videos exploring environmental themes that celebrate, question and establish varied ways of viewing the state of our world. |
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