Media Release: Immediate
Ubuntu Water Foundation Film Festival (16-29 October)
12 October 2009
Ubuntu Water Foundation
launches The Ubuntu Water Foundation Film Festival, which runs from
16-29 October and is a celebration of Water in a build up to Cape
Town's upcoming Green Week and beyond.
UBUNTU WATER FILM FESTIVAL
screened at Labia Theatre and Cape Town Medi-Spa on Kloof Street from
16-29 October. This festival examines both energetic and spiritual
aspects of water simultaneously exploring what experts label the most
important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The
World Water Crisis.
Collectively these movies build 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, while still
reminding us that the structure of water begins at home in our hearts
and minds.
Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently
reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale,
and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits
behind the water grab, while begging the question ‘CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?’
This
exciting festival offers special movie screenings of several
groundbreaking environmental movies, some for the first time in Africa
(like Flow)and include:
o Water: The Great Mystery- From the makers of "What The Bleep”
o Flow: For the love of Water
Screened at the UN as part of the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration
of Human Rights. "An astonishingly wide-ranging film. An informed and
heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and
private interests." - New York Times
o Blue Gold: World Water Wars: Billed as the next ‘Inconvenient Truth’
GUEST SPEAKERS
There
will be guest speakers including local experts Dr. Chabad who are
renowned for pioneering workshops and seminars presenting evidence of
structured water in our lifestyles, and other project pioneers
including Caron von Zeil of Reclaim Camissa.
See Labia website for details of talks and schedule
MEDIA SCREENING LAUNCH
Contact
us to reserve seating at the special Media Screening Launch on 16th
October at 2 and 4pm for a double bill of Blue Gold: World Water Wars
and Water: The Great Mystery with a presentation and a gift from Dr.
Chabad, Ian Macfarlane, Warren Bezuidenhout of Ubuntu Water Foundation,
and others.
UN GREEN WEEK
UN Green Week, 19-23 October
For
one week in late October during this period, Cape Town will become one
of the greenest business city’s on earth, as the City of Cape Town
joins hands with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-FI),
and a range of partner organisations for an action-packed Green Week.
The
upcoming 'Green Week' held by the United Nations Environmental
Programme - FInance Initiative (UNEP-FI) is the perfect patform to
launch the social project to a sponsor audience. Included will be
various officials from Western Cape Government and Municipal regions,
FIFA, Cape Tourism, Hotels, Restaurants and Hospitality Industry,
Health and Wellness Industry, etc, also, Water Scientists, health and
hospital , bank and financial CEO’s.
UBUNTU WATER FOUNDATION
Ubuntu Water Foundation, which began with inspiration from the works
and visits of water missionary Dr. Masaru Emoto, and was gifted with a
unique and special ‘ubuntu’ water crystal for use as its logo, works in
the fields of wellness and social activism. (UWF) Chairman Ian
Macfarlane, said “The Ubuntu Water Foundation Film Festival addresses
the educational, health and humanity needs of all South Africans in a
manner perfectly timed to inspire all learners and communities to
incorporate sustainable development water practices at home and
policymakers to implement pure, energised water access to all as a
basic human right."
Contacts:
For further information, contact:
Ian Macfarlane, Ubuntu Water Foundation
082 9292 544/ 021 4261156
ian@ubuntu-wellness.co.za
http://www.ubuntuwater.givengain.org
http://www.ubuntu-wellness.co.za
Warren Bezuidenhout
Vice-Chair, Ubuntu Water Foundation
0791891730
UBUNTU FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
- LABIA on KLOOF, Lifestyles Centre
16 Friday 2pm: Media Screening: BLUE GOLD & Presentation (& WATER: MYSTERY optional)
16 Friday 6.15: BLUE GOLD
17 Saturday 6.15: WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
18 Sunday 6.15: HOME
19 Monday 6.15: BLUE GOLD
20 Tuesday 6.15: WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
21 Wednesday 6.15 FLOW
22 Thursday 6.15 FLOW
CAPE TOWN MEDI-SPA, 99 Kloof Street
23 Friday 10am:WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
2pm: BLUE GOLD
6-7pm: Special update Presentation by Caron von Zeil, Founder of " Reclaim Camissa" (not to be missed) followed by
24 Saturday 2pm: BLUE GOLD
4pm: WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
26 Monday 2pm: BLUE GOLD
4pm: WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
27 Tuesday 2pm: BLUE GOLD
4pm: WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
28 Wednesday 2pm: BLUE GOLD
4pm: WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
29 Thursday 2pm: BLUE GOLD
4pm: WATER: GREAT MYSTERY
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