GREEN FILM SERIES
CineVegas will host the new CineVegas Green Film Series at the Springs Preserve every other Saturday for four weeks, beginning Saturday, January 24. Featuring environmentally themed films, the screenings
will be held at 7:30 pm in the Big Springs Theater.
"This is the perfect partnership between CineVegas and the Springs Preserve. The new green series allows CineVegas to have a
presence in Las Vegas throughout the year, and it also reflects the Springs Preserve's
dedication to sustainability," said CineVegas Artistic Director Trevor Groth. "The series will give Las Vegas locals a unique opportunity to come together to watch films about some of the most important issues affecting our
environment, and start discussions on resolutions."
General admission tickets are $10 each, and the "Food and a Flick" package is also available for $25 per person, which includes a pre- movie dinner at the Springs Preserve Café by Wolfgang Puck. Dinner seatings will be held at 5 pm, 5:30 pm, 6 pm and 6:30 pm.
A 10% discount will be given to all Springs Preserve members, and a film four-pack is also available, where filmgoers receive
10% off when they purchase the package to all four screenings. Concessions will be available
for purchase inside the theater, however outside food and beverages are not permitted.
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Kicking off the series on Saturday, January 24 is FLOW: FOR THE LOVE OF WATER, director Irena Salina's award- winning
documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and
environmental issue of the 21st century - the world water crisis. Salina builds a case
against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching
focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water
cartel. Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people
and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new
technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround. FLOW was a selection at last year's Sundance Film Festival and also won the International Jury Prize at the Mumbai
International Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Vail International Film Festival.
The series continues on Saturday, February 7 with STILL LIFE, from Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke, which recently won the LA Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Film and Best Cinematography. STILL LIFE tells the story of two people searching for their spouses in Fengjie, a small village on the Yangtze River,
which some state is slowly being destroyed by the building of the highly debated Three Gorges Dam. While it is the largest hydro-
electric power station in the world, there are concerns over the dam's potential negative effects, including the relocation of people,
siltation, loss of archaeological and cultural sites and the impact on the regional ecosystem. STILL LIFE had a successful
film festival run, with screenings at the Toronto Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival,
where it won the prestigious Golden Lion award.
On Saturday, February 21, the series will feature MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES,
the striking documentary from director Jennifer Baichwal on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally
acclaimed for his large- scale photographs of "manufactured landscapes"-quarries, recycling
yards, factories, mines and dams-Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization's materials and debris. The film
follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country's massive
industrial revolution. With breathtaking sequences, such as the opening tracking shot through an almost endless factory, the filmmakers also extend the narratives of Burtynsky's photographs, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial
endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste. MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES played at a number of film festivals around
the world, including Toronto, Sundance and Cannes.
The series concludes on Saturday, March 7 with a special sneak preview of a new green film, to be announced at a later date.
