Co-sponsored by Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network...
Tickets at the door or
Arlington Ticket Office (805) 963-4408
An Eco-Adventure Film 45 years in
the making with stunning original footage from Bali, Mexico, Portugal,
New Zealand, Utah, and Australia, with young maverick sports pioneers
exploring a world that no longer exists. Meeting along the way surf
legends, extreme sports pioneers, and scientists on the leading edge of
alternative energy.
Vintage shots of young innovators as they discover and evolve the sports
of surfing, wakeboarding, snowboarding, hangliding, bungee jumping, kite
surfing, and more. A poignant look at how much our world has changed in
40 years, with a hope to rekindle a love of the wild.
Clive Neeson, extreme sports pioneer, film-maker, and physicist will be
available for Q&A following the film.
X-Dance Awards
"Last Paradise"
was nominated for Best Documentary, Best Action Film and won the
"Ambassador of
Green" Award
www.lastparadisefilm.com
Last Paradise Film/YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHo6TGcEZXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDY6pVYV9xU
<<<>>>
More Info:
Extreme Sports
Explores Mystical Lands
An Eco-Adventure Film, 45 Years in the Making
SBCC Center for Sustainability
Presents
LAST PARADISE Film
~
With New Zealand film-maker, surf pioneer & physicist Clive
Neeson
(Q&A after the film)
October 20, 7pm, 2010
Arlington Theater
$10 general admission/$20 Supporters Special
Seating
~A Fundraiser for the SBCC Center for Sustainability~
"Tomorrow's protectors of the wilderness,
are the kids who play in it today", Clive Neeson
I
nternational Eco-adventure film
Last Paradise, by New Zealand film maker Clive Neeson, captures
45 years of stunning original footage from places like Bali, Mexico,
Portugal, New Zealand, Utah, and Australia with young maverick sports
pioneers exploring a world that no longer exists.
Meeting
along the way surf legends like Miki Dora, Gerry Lopez, George Greenough,
Kevin Jarrett and others integral to extreme sports development, these
young inquisitive surf kids later encounter and are influenced by
renowned physicist Professor Bruce Liley, disciple of Ernest Rutherford,
who proposed an alternative energy plan for New Zealand in the 1970's.
The son of
wildlife photographers, Neeson’s life was one big adventure.
Starting with his parents’ footage of his and his brothers action-packed
1960s childhood in Africa and New Zealand, Last
Paradise later graduates to vintage shots of young innovators
as they discover and evolve the sports of surfing, wakeboarding,
snowboarding, hang gliding, windsurfing, bungee jumping, and kite surfing
while traveling to remote corners of the world. Over time, Neeson saw
that his 45 years of records of good times, faraway places, and
adrenaline-pumping feats could tell a larger story.
Living a
double life between extreme sports madman and the conservative scientific
community, Clive Neeson filmed the journey from experimental beginnings,
while building his own filming accessories to get a closer perspective of
action sports. Studying atomic physics and electronics, Neeson
worked internationally in energy development and technology innovation
including the first climate monitoring systems.
Last
Paradise is an inspiring showcase of early pioneering adventures in
extreme sports that doubles as a poignant look at how much our world has
changed in 40 years---culturally, environmentally and
technologically. By rekindling a love of the wild and tapping the
powerful forces of nature Neeson suggests tomorrow's potential protectors
of the planet are the kids that play in it today.
In 2007, Neeson had the unique opportunity to digitally master
45 years of film footage at Peter Jackson's Park Road Post,
Wellington, allowing him to create and share Last Paradise with the
world. The event will include a question and answer period with Clive
Neeson following the film.
Co-sponsored by: Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation, Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network, SB Independent, Harbor View Inn, El Capitan Canyon
Resort, Sojourner Cafe, Loa Tree, Orella Ranch, Quail Springs, Surfers
Without Borders, Backyard Bowls, Nutiva, Green2Gold, Teeccino, Wilson
Environmental Landscape Design & Arbor Collective Skateboards.
Arlington Theater, 1317 State St, Santa Barbara, Wed, October 20,
7-9:30 pm, $10 general/$20 Center for Sustainability Supporter.
Tickets are available at door, Arlington Theater ticket office
(805) 963-4408, or online at TicketMaster.com
For more information, please call (805) 965-0581, ext. 2177, or
msbushman@sbcc.edu
X-Dance Awards
"Last Paradise"
was nominated for Best Documentary, Best Action Film and won the
"Ambassador of Green" Award
Last Paradise Film:
www.lastparadisefilm.com
-end-
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
P
lease consider the environment
before printing this
email.