Avatar up for Nine Oscars
Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people. More than ten years in the making,Avatar marks Cameron’s return to feature directing since helming 1997’s Titanic, the highest grossing film of all time and winner of eleven Oscars® including Best Picture. He transforms the environments and characters into photo realistic 3D imagery that will transport the audience into the alien world rich with imaginative vistas, creatures and characters.This is a movie that will entertain the whole family over and over again –© 20th Century Fox
Garbage Dreams see the Movie
January 2, 2010 by Robin · Leave a Comment
GARBAGE DREAMS
Director and Producer: Mai Iskander
Winner of the IDA’s Humanitas Award, GARBAGE DREAMS follows three teenage boys – Adham, a bright precocious 17-year-old; Osama, a charming impish 16-year-old; Nabil, a shy artistic 18-year-old – all born into the trash trade, among Egypt’s Christian, Zaballeen minority. The “garbage people” as they are called, live in a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo. It is a world folded onto itself, an impenetrable labyrinth of narrow roadways camouflaged by trash. The Zaballeen survive by recycling the city’s waste. Astonishingly, they repurpose 80% of the garbage, creating what is arguably the world’s most efficient waste disposal system. When Cairo’s city government suddenly decides to replace them with multinational garbage disposal companies, the community finds itself at a crossroads and face to face with the globalization of their trade.
Academy Short List for Best Documentary
Avatar review, Gaia and the interconnectedness of nature
December 28, 2009 by Robin · Leave a Comment
NaturalNews) If you see just one film this holiday season (or even this year), make it James Cameron’s Avatar. It’s a powerful, inspiring film that demonstrates movie-making at its best, and it delivers a crucial message for our time: That all living beings are connected and that those who seek to exploit nature rather than respect it will only destroy themselves.
Much of the press about Avatar has focused on the special effects, the motion capture and the 3-D presentation. These are modern filmmaking marvels, for certain, but the film succeeds for a far more important reason: Its story — and its message. Others have reviewed the film in a more critical light; notably Alex Jones who sees it as more of a propaganda piece (http://www.infowars.com/alex-jones-…). But I see the film differently, and I think it carries a strong, positive message. (Spoiler alert: This article discusses some of the plot elements of the film.)
With Avatar, Cameron has delivered a fast-paced fantasy adventure that weaves together a stream of powerful themes that are so important to our modern world that they extend far beyond the world of fictional film: Issues like corporations destroying nature for profit, the lack of respect for living creatures, and the failed policies of “military diplomacy” that the USA continues to pursue. The themes in Avatar reflect the greatest challenges of our modern world, and the message of Avatar is both deeply moving and highly relevant to the future of human civilization.
Not many who view Avatar will understand all this, of course. To the younger crowd, Avatar is simply a cool action-adventure film with a compelling love story that makes it a great date flick. But to those who’ve been around on this planet a little longer, the story of Avatar is a far important story of good versus evil, war versus peace, destruction versus healing and isolationism versus interconnectedness. This depth of sensitivity to life is rare to find in any film these days, much less a blockbuster feature film, but that’s what makes Avatar so truly remarkable: It speaks to viewers at many different levels, intertwining the core themes of human mythology in an extremely tight, fast-paced screenplay that doesn’t let a second go to waste.
That’s classic James Cameron, of course: Cutting scenes, dialog and seconds out of the film until it becomes a polished, tightly-presented story that transports you into the on-screen world and doesn’t let go of you until the credits roll. It’s an emotional story, too. Much like Titanic, Avatar convincingly pulls you into the minds and hearts of the key characters, delivering an authentic emotional connection with the on-screen characters even though their skin is blue.
Colonialism
The overriding theme of Avatar is one of western Colonialism, where western nations use their military might to invade lesser developed countries, terrorize their people and pillage their lands for valuable natural resources.
And yet these acts of military imperialism are always justified by the imperialists. As the top military commander says in the film in response to the natives resisting their lands being pillages, “We’ll fight terror with terror!”
It remains the standard operating procedure of any military imperialist nation: Invade whatever country you wish, and if the locals fight back, condemn them as terrorists and use that as an excuse to turn up the heat with even more bombs and weapons.
Gaia and the interconnectedness of nature
One of the more interesting elements in Avatar is the neural connection fibers that each living creature is born with on the planet. Animals, humanoids and even the trees have these neural connection fibers, allowing all living creatures to “plug in” to each other’s neural networks. Once connected, they can feel each other’s emotions and thoughts. They are, in essence, operating as one single being with expanded sensory awareness.
Avatar, Wins Golden Globes Best Movie Best Director
December 27, 2009 by Robin · Leave a Comment
Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people. More than ten years in the making,Avatar marks Cameron’s return to feature directing since helming 1997’s Titanic, the highest grossing film of all time and winner of eleven Oscars® including Best Picture. He transforms the environments and characters into photorealistic 3D imagery that will transport the audience into the alien world rich with imaginative vistas, creatures and characters.This is a movie that will entertain the whole family over and over again –© 20th Century Fox
Behind the scenes at COP 15 / Earth Journalism Award
December 17, 2009 by Robin · Leave a Comment
EMA Awards 2009 Docs Food & The Cove
October 25, 2009 by Robin · Leave a Comment
Meat the Truth
October 13, 2009 by Robin · Leave a Comment
FUEL FILM
September 21, 2009 by Ambassador of Green · 1 Comment
The Fuel Tour will be coming to cities with its caravan of unique vehicles, doing press, media interviews and Read more
CRUDE - Little people Big Oil Movie
September 21, 2009 by Ambassador of Green · 1 Comment
Three years in the making, this riveting new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Read more
Age of Stupid Global Premiere in Ny during Climate Work
September 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Why didn’t we save ourselves when we had the chance? This is the question the soon-to-be released film, Age of Stupid, poses to us. The film takes place in a future where our world has been ravaged by climate change due to a business-as-usual approach to this growing global threat.
The good news is that this doesn’t need to happen. For now, our fate of being remembered as the Age of Stupid is still within our grasp to reverse. With your help, we can get the word out about climate change and our ability to help avert disaster.
Be part of our live premiere on September 21st by attending one of the 400 theaters across the country that will broadcast the New York City premiere live for this exciting ONE NIGHT ONLY event. For more details on the premiere, how to get complimentary tickets, celebrity attendees, Koffi Anan’s follow up address and how you can help, please see below.
Don’t let us become the Age of Stupid - This is a film premiere you can’t miss!
Age of Stupid Premiere Information:
Brought to you by Fathom Events, The Age of Stupid will launch in America on September 21st, 2009 from a solar-powered cinema tent in New York LIVE to 115,000 people in 400 movie theatres right across the country.
This One Night Only live event is your only chance to see The Age of Stupid on the big screen and is timed for the day before the UN’s climate meeting on September 22nd, when 80 Heads of State - and therefore the world’s media - will gather in New York. (The event has also just been confirmed as being an official part of the UN’s Climate Week NYC.)
Everyone is invited to go to their local theatre to watch the VIPs arrive in Manhattan by boat, bike, rickshaw, electric car or skateboard, before braving the paparazzi on the green carpet. Following the first US screening of The Age of Stupid, there will be a further 40 minute live event featuring Kofi Annan, Gillian Anderson, Mary Robinson, the film’s director Franny Armstrong, the star of the film Pete Postlethwaite, and other leading thinkers, celebrities and political figures from around the world.
Audiences will hear from scientists working in the Himalayas and Indonesian rain forest via live satellite link and from a group of children speaking from the very room in Copenhagen in which all our futures will be decided at the UN climate summit in December. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will wrap up the evening with a short acoustic performance.
For more information and a theater schedule visit: http://www.ageofstupid.net/usa
The film starts at: 7:30 PM ET/ 6:30 PM CT / 5:30 PM MT / tape delayed 8PM PT
For a taste of what to expect, have a look at the UK launch in March 2009 (http://www.vimeo.com/5234375), which produced only 1% of the emissions of a standard Hollywood event and which broke the Guinness World Record for biggest simultaneous premiere.
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122440801800
How you and your readers can help!
We have a grand total of zero dollars for advertising, so please, please help however you can:
1. Post the Age of Stupid trailer on you blog (http://www.ageofstupid.net/video/trailer) and provide ticket and theater information so you your readers can come out and support the film.
2. Buy tickets to your local cinema for you, your mom, your boyfriend, your boyfriend’s hairdresser and all their friends. Please buy tickets now rather than later.
3. Put together an outing for your school/sports team/church - make an evening of it by arranging a meal before or after the event (after may be better, as you’ll all hopefully be inspired to start discussing how you can get involved in climate actions in your area).
4. Email the e-flyer to all your American friends, asking them to pass it on. (It’s either attached or available on our website).
5. Share the word to any mailing list you are part of.
6. Go onto the US listing page (http://www.ageofstupid.net/usa), look through the locations and then send the details direct to your friends in whichever town/city they’re in. There’s an easy widget on each individual theatre’s page, which lets you send the details without messing around with emails.
7. Go mad on Facebook & Twitter
8. Rate/review the film (if you’ve seen it) on the Fandango website (the US ticket sellers). Seeing loads of enthusiastic reviews makes a really big difference to people who are undecided as to whether or not to go
9. Go along to any climate/enviro/activist meetings happening in your area and give a quick one minute talk about the Stupid launch
10. If you are able to hand out flyers / put up posters in your nearest theatre, please email talanne@ageofstupid.net for instructions
11. We may be able to give your group free complimentary tickets for your local theater if you would like to run a competition, or simply as a thank you for block booking lots of tickets (think 10+). Please contact laurel@ageofstupid.net to discuss this or other ideas you have for promoting the event in your area.
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