Green Screen presents: ANOTE's ARK climate change film and panel discussion
Event Information
Description
Ecology Ottawa, Green Screen Ottawa and Sandy Hill CHC / CSC Côte-de-sable, along with partner organizations, are coordinating a free film screening followed by a panel discussion about climate change. Panelists will speak to their own experience with environmental organizing and strive to connect the struggle of the indigenous people in the film with actions we can take here in Canada.
This event wouldn't be possible without our generous partners:
- EnviroCentre
- Climate Reality Canada | Réalité Climatique Canada
- Sustainable Living Ottawa East (SLOE)
- Healthy Transportation Coalition
- Synapcity
- Tree Fest Ottawa
- Councillor David Chernushenko
- Action Sandy Hill / Action Côte-de-Sable
- OREC - Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative
- Climate Action Network Canada
- The Energy Mix
- Blue Dot • Bleu Terre by the David Suzuki Foundation
- Lowertown Community Association
- CAFES - Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability
- Councillor Mathieu Fleury
- Ottawa Climate Hub
FREE Admission - seats will be first-come-first-served, but please get a free ticket here to allow us to anticipate numbers. Donations are welcome to help support Green Screen.
SCHEDULE
6:30 pm: Doors Open and photobooth
7:00 - 7:15 pm: Introductions and short film "Norma's Story"
7:15 - 8:30 pm: Feature Film ANOTE'S ARK
8:30 - 9:15 pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A
9:15 - 9:30 pm: Meet and Greet and raffle prize draw
PANELISTS:
-- Angela Keller-Herzog, Ecology Ottawa volunteer
-- Audrey Dépault, Canadian Branch Manager for The Climate Reality Project
-- Anthony Garoufalis-Auger, Executive Director of the Rapid Decarbonization Group
-- Tonio Sadik, Director of Environment at Assembly of First Nations, Professor at the University of Ottawa, and Board of Directors at Climate Reality Project Canada.
ANOTE'S ARK (2018, English, 77 minutes)
What if your country was swallowed by the sea?
The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati (population: 100,000) is one of the most remote places on the planet, seemingly far-removed from the pressures of modern life. Yet it is one of the first countries that must confront the main existential dilemma of our time: imminent annihilation from sea-level rise.
While Kiribati’s President Anote Tong races to find a way to protect his nation’s people and maintain their dignity, many Kiribati are already seeking safe harbour overseas.
Set against the backdrop of international climate and human rights negotiations, Anote’s struggle to save his nation is intertwined with the extraordinary fate of Tiemeri, a young mother of six, who fights to migrate her family to New Zealand. At stake is the survival of Tiemeri’s family, the Kiribati people, and 4,000 years of Kiribati culture.
www.anotesark.com