[getsmart-l] Screening of film Toxic Trespass, Sun June 22, 7:00 pm
Gloria Boxen
gboxen at rogers.com
Thu Jun 12 09:11:24 EDT 2008
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Toxic Trespass: © 2007 If You Love Our Children Productions/
NFB of Canada.
an award-winning film about
children's health and the environmentA moving and empowering documentary leavened with wry humour, Toxic Trespass is essential viewing for anyone concerned about the effects of pollutants on our children and the generations to come.
The Writers Guild of Canada recently awarded Toxic Trespass and writer Barri Cohen, the 2008 Canadian Screenwriting Award in the "Documentary" category.
http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=54100Screening Sunday June 22, 2008
at 7 pm
20080622T193000/20080622T213000
WhereCongregation Darchei Noam
864 Sheppard Avenue West,
North York, ON M3H 2T5, Canada -
(416) 638-4783
Presented by the Congregation's
Environment Committee, Shomrei Adamah
in the synagogue's Social Hall
admission free
Special Guests:
Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, the executive producer of the film, will introduce the documentary and respond to questions after the screening. Barri Cohen, director will also be present.
Rabbi Shalom Schachter will speak about the relationships between ecological consciousness and Judaism.
[input] Description In Toxic Trespass, intrepid filmmaker Barri Cohen launches an investigation into the effects of the chemical soup around us. She starts with her 10-year-old daughter, whose blood carries carcinogens like benzene and the long-banned DDT. Then, Cohen heads out to Windsor and Sarnia: Canadian toxic hotspots, with startling clusters of deadly diseases.
Here, everyone seems to know children who have suffered respiratory illnesses, leukemia, brain tumours and other illnesses. And on the Native reserve of Aamjiwnaang, ringed by Sarnia's "chemical valley," the film reveals a startling birth rate problem that officials just can't ignore.
Cohen journeys into toxic nightmares all too common in industrialized countries. She meets passionate activists working for positive change, along with doctors and scientists who see evidence of links between environmental pollution and health problems. And she learns how quickly barriers can go up when anyone tries to even ask questions about the connection betweeen toxins and serious health problems.
Perhaps most appalling - and funny, in their own twisted way - are the roadblocks Cohen encounters when she tries to get information from federal officials. One tells her his department is "planning to discuss the plans."
This moving documentary is empowering and leavened with wry humour. Carried by Cohen's passion for truth and her disarming openness, it is essential viewing for anyone concerned about the effects of pollutants on our - and our children's - very DNA. Toxic Trespass is accompanied by a comprehensive guidebook for educators, activists and concerned citizens, produced by the Women's Healthy Environment Network. http://www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca/
2007, 80 min
Written and Directed by
Barri Cohen
Produced by
Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg
Mehernaz Lentin
Anita Lee
*Produced by If You Love Our Children Productions
in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada
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