Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski, USA,
2012 [PG13] English 76 mins
Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about
climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable
evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary
time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.
His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient
mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.
Travelling with a team of young adventurers across the
brutal Arctic, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the
biggest story facing humanity. As the debate polarizes America, and the
intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Chasing Ice depicts a heroic
photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet.
Nae Pasaran!
Felipe Bustos
Sierra, Scotland, [E] 2013, 14 mins
It's
1974. Bob Fulton, a Scottish Rolls Royce worker, refuses to work on an
aircraft engine. He has seen what it has been used for and wants nothing
to do with it. He might lose his job, he panics at what his wife will say
and he worries about not being able to provide for his two children, but he
feels a responsibility.
By the end of the day, the entire factory workforce has joined
his stand.In solidarity against the coup, the Scottish
workers managed to hold on, against the orders of their management, and
pressure from the Chilean Air Force, the British press and Government. They
leave the engines to rust in the uncertainties of the Scottish weather
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