[Scpg] Oct20/Last Paradise Film Event/Fundraiser for SBCC Center for Sustainability

[Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Co-sponsored by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network...
Emacs!


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

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More Info:

Extreme Sports Explores Mystical Lands
An Eco-Adventure Film, 45 Years in the Making

SBCC Center for Sustainability
Presents
   LAST PARADISE Film
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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 at 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


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