Wednesday, May 16, 2007:
Arusha Action Film #17 - Escape from Suburbia
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream
The New Film by Gregory Greene, Director of The End of Suburbia
World Premiere! Two Nights Only in Calgary
Alberta is at a crossroads. Newspaper headlines in Alberta tell of impending nuclear power, water crises, and environmental destruction. Meanwhile, proven solutions are not being implemented, a product of a province-wide democratic deficit.
The End of Suburbia, Gregory Greene's 2004 film, was the first to detail the dynamics of peak oil and the need for relocalization. The End of Suburbia became an independent success, winning film festival awards, returning generous revenue for its producer, and capturing attention from such media as Oprah, The Colbert Report, The New York Times, the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.
In Escape from Suburbia we meet three characters whose very different lives converge on a single note: creating a more sustainable future for their families and communities as Hummer fever begins to power down. Corporate and government solutions juxtapose what history and common sense tell us is beginning to happen: that we as a
civilization are about to face one of the most significant events in human history, the overhaul of a lifestyle which is completely predicated on cheap and abundant oil.
Watch the trailer at www.escapefromsuburbia.com
World premiere screenings in Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer and Calgary are sponsored by Public Interest Alberta, Carol Marcinowski- Alberta Ltd 545822, Calgary Dollars, The City of Calgary-Land Use Planning and Policy and Environmental and Safety Management, Sustainable Calgary, The Arusha Centre, Broken City, FFWD, CKUA, CJSW, and VUE.
To secure seats for your group at these premiere screenings, contact Gerald Wheatley at 270-8002 immediately.
Also see screening of End of Suburbia Tuesday May 8th at Broken City
and Escape to Broken City prior to the May 16 & 17th screening. |