Diet Change Not Climate Change Environmental Film Festival
Mon Jul 25, 12:00 - Thu Aug 4, 20:00
The Labia Theatre in Gardens
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Do you want to reduce your carbon footprint? Is climate change a concern for you? Or is the Labia Theatre just your favourite cinema?
This first-of-its-kind film festival in the heart of Cape Town invites you to be entertained, educated and enlightened about the connection between our daily food choices and climate change.
ProVeg South Africa, in partnership with The Labia Theatre, invites you to celebrate its Diet Change Not Climate Change environmental campaign with world-class documentaries and mouthwatering food*. Come and be inspired by the easy steps you can take to help the environment and look after our planet.
Venue: The Labia Theatre
Dates: 25 July - 4 August
Times: 12:00 - Alternative Screenings; 18:00 - Main Screenings
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3a2i0ru
Mon 25 July 2022
12:00 - Eating our way to extinction (PREMIER) (R150)
18:00 - Eating our way to extinction - (Alternative screening) (R150)
Wed 27 July 2022
12:00 - I Am Greta (Alternative screening) (R60)
18:00 - I Am Greta (Main screening) (R60)
Fri 29 July 2022
12:00 - Milked (Alternative screening) (R60)
18:00 - Milked (main screening) (R60)
Sun 31 July 2022
12:00 - Cowspiracy (Alternative screening) (R60)
18:00 - Cowspiracy (Main screening) (R60)
Tue 2 August 2022
12:00 - H.O.P.E. (Alternative screening) (R60)
18:00 - H.O.P.E. (Main screening) (R60)
Thu 4 August 2022
12:00 - Food Choices (Alternativescreening) (R60)
18:00 - Food Choices (Main screening) (R60)
*Please note: premiers and main screening tickets will include delicious plant-based canapes after the screening.
Come enjoy documentaries never before screened in South Africa, narrated by world-famous actors, and endorsed by legends in the music, conservation, and sports industries.
***Premier screening: Eating Our Way to Extinction***
Eating our Way to Extinction, narrated by Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, from the depths of the Amazon rainforests to the Taiwanese Mountains, the Mongolian desert, the US Dust Bowl, the Norwegian Fjords and the Scottish coastlines, telling the story of our planet through shocking testimonials, poignant accounts from indigenous people most affected by our ever-changing planet, globally renowned figures and leading scientists. This powerful documentary sends a simple but impactful message by uncovering hard truths and addressing, on the big screen, the most pressing issue of our generation – ecological collapse. (Premier tickets will include a canape lunch/dinner and a goodie bag)
*I Am Greta*
The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this intimate documentary from Swedish director Nathan Grossman. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament, Grossman follows Greta - a shy schoolgirl with Asperger’s – in her rise to prominence, and her galvanizing global impact as she sparks school strikes around the world. The film culminates with her astonishing wind-powered voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City.
*Milked: White Lies in Dairy Land*
A young activist goes deep into dairy land where he takes on the giants of New Zealand’s most powerful industry, and reveals how the sacred cash-cow industry has been milked dry. His journey exposes not only the sustainability crisis and the dangerous denial of impending agricultural disruption, but also what New Zealand and other countries can do to change their fate.
*Cowspiracy: The Sustainable Secret*
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it. As eye-opening as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth, this shocking yet humorous documentary reveals the absolutely devastating environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers a path to global sustainability for a growing population.
*H.O.P.E. - What You Eat Matters*
H.O.P.E. What You Eat Matters is a life-changing documentary uncovering and revealing the effects of our typical Western diet on our health, the environment and animals. Featuring Jane Goodall, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Vandana Shiva, Melanie Joy and many other experts, the film has a clear message:
By changing our eating habits, we can change the world!
*Food Choices*
This important, timely, and intelligent documentary film exposes the largest contributing factor to climate change and the greatest single cause of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions: livestock and industrial animal agriculture. The documentary shines a glaring light on the link between livestock farming and animal agriculture and climate change by highlighting the many scientific research studies and reports that have been published by leading institutions. The conclusion: raising animals for food causes an enormous and destructive environmental impact.