March 05, 2009
MARK LEIREN-YOUNG'S GREEN CHAIN OPENS IN VANCOUVER FRIDAY! BRETT GAYLOR'S RIP: A REMIX MANIFESTO AT DOXA IN VANCOUVER AND IN THEATRES IN MONTREAL
By
Katherine Dodds
My friend Mark's film is getting it's theatrical debut this weekenoutreach@hellocoolworld.comd. VANCOUVERITES Please flock to 5th Avenue Cinema and help us keep it going!! More info on extra events like the Suzuki Foundation sponsored panel on Saturday) at: TheGreenChain.com. We are also thrilled to be promoting Brett Gaylor's Rip: A Remix Manifesto which is at Doxa Festival in Vancouver this weekend, and opens in Montreal on Friday, info about locations and times at the official film site, and if you want to help us promote the film login to our outreach headquarters, or contact Colette at: outreach@hellocoolworld.com !!
FROM GREEN CHAIN on FACEBOOK
***GREEN CHAIN SPECIAL EVENT NOTICE: SATURDAY MARCH 7th @ 1:30 pm
Join us for the Green Chain matinee followed by a panel discussion with a some of Vancouver's "Green Giants" , including:
The Green Chain WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Mark Leiren-Young
Greenpeace: Eduardo Sousa
Big Room.ca: Jacob Malthouse
David Suzuki Foundation: Michelle Connolly
In addition to exploring themes from the film, this exciting panel of experts will discuss hot topics such as The Great Bear Rain Forest, Sustainable Business and Global Thinking and Species at Risk.
To purchase tickets on line for this event visit: http://www.festivalcinemas.ca/
Note: Director Mark Leiren-Young will also be in attendance at all opening weekend screenings to talk with the audience!
Additional screening times: 1:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:10
CHECK OUT MORE ON The Green Chain website: http://www.thegreenchain.com/
***WINNER***
El Prat de Llobregat Award, Gava International Environmental Film Festival
***WINNER***
Best Supporting Performance by a Female, Jillian Fargey, Leo Awards
"Everything you wanted to know about the B.C. logging industry but were afraid to ask... A smart and well-researched film that successfully sees the trees through the forest." -Vancouver Sun
ABOUT THE FILM:
THE GREEN CHAIN (director: Mark Leiren-Young)
The battle between loggers and environmentalists is defining, dividing and destroying communities in Canada and around the world. The Green Chain is a powerful, funny and thought-provoking film about the conflicts between people on both sides of the battle who love trees -- and are willing to risk anything to protect their personal visions of the forest.
The Green Chain examines a community and a way of life through a series of riveting inter-linking monologues inspired by the true tales and personalities that define today’s forests.
showing at:
FIFTH AVENUE CINEMA
2110 Burrard St., Vancouver
tel. (604) 734-7469
showtimes: 1:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:10
FROM RIP GROUP on FACEBOOK:
In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.
The film’s central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.
A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A remix manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.
Which side of the ideas war are you on?
Tag(s):
Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction,
Environment,
Film Launch,
First Nations
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Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
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