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NO. LTC # 262 -2011 LETTEV'fF� �M
CITY CLERK
TO: RJe r M tti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: M . Gonzalez, City Ma ger
DATE: October 19, 2011
SUBJECT: Miami and the Beaches Environmental Film Festival`
This Letter to Commission is to advise you that the Miami and the Beaches Environmental
Film Festival ( MBEFF) is taking place in Miami Beach from October 20 — 23, 2011, and to
invite you to attend two particular events partially sponsored by the City.
The four -day festival will take place at various signature venues in the City, including The
Colony Theater, Miami Beach SoundScape, the New World Center and the Miami Beach
Cinematheque. More information on particular screenings and other festival events can be
found at www. mbenvironmentalfilmfestival .org and a full schedule is attached foryourease
of reference.
More particularly, as part of their Festival, MBEFF has also forged a working partnership with
the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), which will be hosting their annual conference
in Miami -Dade at that same time, granting exposure to 1,000 of the world's top
environmental journalists. A private SEJ media event and screening for 200 of that media
will take place at the New World Center, with the World Premiere of the Screening 'of My
Father, the Captain: Jacques -Yves Cousteau. Jean - Michel Cousteau and other family
members will introduce the never - before -seen family footage. As a co- sponsor for the
evening, the City will be presenting to these journalists on our current sustainability efforts.
This screening and the presentations will begin at 9:00 pm on Friday, October 21, 2011.
Immediately after the presentations, at 9:30 p.m., there will be a screening of the j
environmental art film "Koyaanisgatsi: Life Out of Balance" at the ExoStage at the '
SoundSca e. The City is sponsoring this screening as well as placing the Recycling
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Educational Vehicle provided by Coca Cola as part of their partnership with the City, on site
for the general public. Refreshments will also be provided by Coke.
Complimentary tickets to the SEJ event on Friday at 9:00 pm are available for the Mayor and
Commission at the check -in desk at the'New World Symphony and must picked up by 9:30'
p.m. The event at the SoundScape is free and open to the general public. Tickets to the
opening night screening at 7 :00 pm on October 20, at the Colony Theater are also available.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Please contact Max Sklar should
you require additional information, or wish to attend the October 20 screening.
C: Hilda M. Fernandez, Assistant City Manager
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 5:30 PM Colony Theater (Free Admission)
Big Blue & You Student Film Competition
MBEFF welcomes young filmmakers to make their mark on the big screen when we screen this year's best student-
produced environmental short films.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 7:00 PM Colony Theater $10
CLIMAX
This multimedia performance by Swiss artist Natasha Tsakos combines powerful imagery, music, and movement.
Revenge of the Electric Car
Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start -up Tesla
Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.
(http: // www .revengeoftheelectriccar•com /)
THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 9:30 PM Colony Theater $10
Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
This is in -depth investigation to discover the causes and solutions behind Colony Collapse Disorder; a phenomenon
where honeybees vanish from their hives, never to return.
http: / /www.aueenofthesun.com/
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 7:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque $10
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Breaking a 40 -year taboo, this brings to light an issue that silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian
and social crises - population growth. The population is turning 7 billion in 2011, a startling seven -fold increase since the
first billion occurred 200 years ago.
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 9:00 PM New World Center (Invitation Only)
SEJ Reception and World Premier Screening of My Father, the Captain: Jacques -Yves Cousteau with Special
Presentation by Jean - Michel Cousteau
http: / /www.sei.org
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 9:30 PM Miami Beach SoundScape Theater (Free Admission)
Koyaonisgatsi: Life Out of Balance (Celebrating Upcoming 30th Year Anniversary of its Release)
The film is a cinematic vision of the collision of two different worlds -- urban life and technology versus the environment.
"Koyaanisgatsi," a Hopi Indian term for "life out of balance," progresses from scenes -of purely natural environments to
nature as affected by man, in visual concert of images set to the powerful music of Phillip Glass.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 7:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque $10
Play Again
One generation from now most people in the U.S. will have spent more time in the virtual world than in nature, PLAY
AGAIN investigates the consequences of a childhood removed from nature and encourages action for a sustainable
future.
http: / /playagainfilm.com
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 9:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque $10
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. In the 1920's, a group of. businessmen realized the longer their j
product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been
engineering products to fail ever since.
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 7:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque $10
The Pipe i
In a remote corner of the West of Ireland sits Broadhaven Bay. It is the perfect picture postcard, where the high cliffs of
Erris Head and the Stags of Broadhaven stand sentry at the mouth of the bay. However, this peaceful tranquility belies
the turmoil that lies beneath, and the unique nature of the coastline which has sustained generations of farmers and
fishermen, has also delivered to Shell Oil the perfect landfall.for the Corrib Gas Pipeline.
http: / /www.ther)ipethefilm.com/
SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 9:00 PM Miami Beach Cinematheque $10
The City Dark
THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky. In six chapters weaving
together cutting -edge science with personal, meditative sequences reflecting on the human relationship to the sky, THE
CITY DARK shines a new light on the meaning of the dark.
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