ABACO, Bahamas - The
internationally acclaimed traveling
Wild and Scenic Film Festival will
make three stops in Abaco: Marsh Harbour, Hope Town and Treasure Cay.
Hosted locally by Friends of the Environment the Film Festival is designed
around environmental and adventure films that illustrate the Earth’s
beauty, the challenges facing our planet and the work communities are
doing to protect the environment. Through these films, Wild & Scenic
both informs people about the state of the world and inspires them to
take action.
Featured
films include “Bag It” a humorous look at combatting the increasing
use of plastic in everyday life, “Witness” about the role of
photography in conservation, and the “1% story” about innovative
corporations and their role in saving the planet. The finale will
be “What’s so great about turtles?” the winner of the 2010
Spotlight Abaco student film competition sponsored by Friends of the
Environment and Loggerhead Productions. James Boyce, the winner,
worked with Director Matthew McCoy to make the short film about the
recent ban on turtles. This year there will be a One Minute film
competition for youth and a conservation photo contest for adults.
Details will be announced at the film festivals.
FRIENDS
received a grant to host the Festival based on the concept that people
who aren’t interested in other kinds of environmental events may be
attracted to watching films on the big screen. Especially as film festivals
aren’t often available in Abaco. FRIENDS members will
receive a half price entry to the Festival and a raffle ticket, new
members who sign up at the film festival will get a free entry and a
raffle ticket (family and individual memberships will be available)
and there will be full price tickets ($10) for those who choose not
to become a FRIENDS member.
The
Marsh Harbour film festival will be held at New Vision Ministries from
7 – 9 on Friday, January 6th. There will be a slate of films
for grown-ups in the parish hall and a special set of films and activities
for kids in the Youth Group’s “Zone Room.”
The
Film Festival will visit Hope Town Harbour Lodge on Saturday, January
28th from 6 – 8 p.m. and the Treasure Cay Community Center
on Friday February 3rd from 6 – 8 p.m. For more information
visit the Friends of the Environment web page:
www.friendsoftheenvironment.
org
or the event page on Facebook!
