12 NOON WEE GREEN CINEMA TENT
LANDFILL HARMONIC (84 mins, NC-age advice-PG, 2015)
Landfill harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from instruments made entirely out of rubbish from the landfill. When their story goes viral on You Tube, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight and they must navigate this new world of arenas and sold out concerts. However, when a natural disaster devastates their community, the orchestra provides a source of hope for the town. The film is a testament to the transformative power of music and the resilience of the human spirit. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjbd21fYV8
FROM 1PM LUNCH FROM UNITY WORLD CAFE & FOOD BANK
1.30PM
Following the film there will be a short performance from local orchestra BIG NOISE GOVANHILL formed by children in the Govanhill area.
2-5PM OUTSIDE AREA, POLLOKSHIELDS PLAYHOUSE
Inspired by LANDFILL HARMONIC RAGS TO RICHES will run a special upcycling workshop -learn how to MAKE YOUR OWN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT from thrown away objects! No experience necessary, all ages and capabilities catered for.
Rags to Riches is an award winning upcycling project tackling post-consumer waste creatively and effectively whilst engaging with members of the community who wish to learn new skills, reduce the impact on and improve the environment, and improve wellbeing
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2-4PM OUTSIDE AREA, POLLOKSHIELDS PLAYHOUSE
Come meet local organic food and urban gardening organisations to find out more about their work. In attendance will be Hidden Gardens at Tramway, Harvest Co-op, South Seeds, Urban Roots and Waste Not Want Not will decamp from their normal Sunday afternoon slot at Kinning Park Complex to come to Wee Green Cinema.
http://www.harvestco-op.com
http://southseeds.org
http://www.urbanroots.org.uk
2-4 PM POLLYWOOD SCREENINGS, SHIPPING CONTAINER
Pollywood are screening the following short film programmes in the shipping container on the hour between 2pm and 4pm:
2 PM Family Friendly Eco Shorts (N/C-age advice U) – A selection of family friendly films looking at environmental issues. The films:
Little Pumpkin Feeds the World
Our Oceans
The Ballad of Holland Island House
My Strange Grandfather
3 PM Community Food & Growing Shorts (N/C-age advice PG) – from Drumchapel to Detroit via Pollokshields a medley of tasty treats, about the importance of communities growing, producing and sharing food, to get your teeth in to. The films:
South Seeds Film
The Making of Flat Pack Meals
Mr Shafiq, Albert Drive Project
3 Acres in Detroit
4PM WEE GREEN CINEMA TENT
CAN YOU DIG THIS (80mins, N/C-age advice PG, 2015)
South Los Angeles. What comes to mind is gangs and drugs, not beautiful gardens. As part of an urban gardening movement taking root in South LA, people are planting flowers and vegetables to transform their neighborhoods. Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up their shovels, these “gangster gardeners” are creating an oasis in the middle of one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America. CAN YOU DIG THIS follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what happens when they put their hands in the soil. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/129924807
FROM 6PM EVENING FOOD: CURRY FOR SALE FROM JALDIKATESSEN
6.30 PM WEE GREEN CINEMA TENT
JUST EAT IT: A FOOD WASTE STORY (75mins, N/C-age advice PG, 2015)
Where is your food going? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food. What they find is truly shocking. Variety called JUST EAT IT “hugely entertaining, will leave audiences gobsmacked” Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/88023628
