Green Screen presents: ANOTE’S ARK Climate Change Film and Panel Discussion

May 9, 2018  19:00 - 21:30

Location:  Bytowne Cinema
Cost:  Free

Ecology Ottawa, Green Screen and the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, along with other partner organizations, are coordinating a free film screening followed by a panel discussion about climate change and how we can address it. 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

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.