With due respect to Mr. Dylan, sometimes you do need a weatherman to see which way the wind blows; or at least a climatologist to confirm, it ain’t you, babe, the climes they really are a-changin’. And if climate change is a train, it’s not coming slow or fast, but is already in the station!
‘Metamorphosis‘ is the newly released documentary film by collaborators Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami. Innovative and artistic, beautiful and terrifying, the film navigates the current of climate change as it ebbs and flows, creating new realities across the planet.
Metamorphosis opens across Canada this month, and its Victoria debut is at UVic’s Cinecenta theatre this Sunday and Monday, June 24th and 25th.
Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper in the first half.
And; even as immigration policies create a political furore in the United States, nightly newscasts rarely explore the roots of the Central American refugee crisis. Whether in Honduras, El Salvador, or Guatemala, the situation is so dire people are willing to risk everything; their lives, and their children’s lives, to escape.
Wendy Mendez is a human rights activist, educator, petitioner in Guatemala’s Military Diary case, and co-founder of HIJOS Guatemala, Sons and Daughters of the Disappeared.
Wendy joins a special Cafe Simpatico evening next Wednesday, June 27th to screen filmmaker, Claudio Zulian’s documentary, ‘Sin Miedo‘.
Wendy Mendez and the persistent struggle for justice in Guatemala in the second half.
And; Victoria-based activist and CFUV Radio broadcaster at-large, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour with the Left Coast Events Bulletin of some of the good things to get up to in and around our town in the coming week.
But first, Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami confronting a global Metamorphosis.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.ca/