Fwd: Where have all the bees gone?

[Cameron Stiff]

The film "Vanishing of the Bees" is screening tonight, at 7pm at Concordia, details below!

Happy spring everyone,

Cameron

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From: Cinema Politica <in...@cinemapolitica.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Subject: Where have all the bees gone?
To: camero...@gmail.com

Next Monday night CP Concordia & the Concordia Food Systems Project will screen a documentary about the disappearance of the world's pollinators, VANISHING OF THE BEES. Co-director Maryam Henein in attendance. VANISHING OF THE BEES WHAT: Screening of VANISHING OF THE BEES WHEN: Monday, March 21, 2010, 7PM WHERE: Room H-110, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West COST: By donation INFO: http://www.cinemapolitica.org Co-director Maryam Henein will be in attendance for this Quebec Premiere screening. This special event is co-sponsored by the Concordia Food Systems Project. CFSP is an interdisciplinary research and action initiative working to address the sustainability of our university's food system. CFSP is a working group of Sustainable Concordia and yes, we are looking at getting beehives on campus! An investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee. George Langworthy & Maryam Henein / 2009 / USA / 86 min / English, German, French Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every three bites of food on our tables. Vanishing of the Bees follows commercial beekeepers David Hackenberg and Dave Mendes as they strive to keep their bees healthy and fulfill pollination contracts across the U.S. The film explores the struggles they face as the two friends plead their case on Capital Hill and travel across the Pacific Ocean in the quest to protect their honeybees. Filming across the US, in Europe, Australia and Asia, this documentary examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic loss. Conflicting options abound and after years of research, a definitive answer has not been found to this harrowing mystery. Click this link to view the trailer for the film and read more. About Cinema Politica Cinema Politica is a Montreal-based media arts, non-profit network of community and campus locals that screen independent political film and video by Canadian and international artists throughout Canada and abroad. CP is volunteer-run and all screenings are by donation. Check us out on Facebook and Twitter as well. CP Concordia gets a helping hand from Concordia University Television (CUTV), CJLO, and the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore. To pick up copies of our ConU schedules after the first screening, visit the Co-op Bookstore at 2150 Bishop Street. If you would like to volunteer with the Concordia Local of Cinema Politica, please contact our Volunteers Coordinator. Join us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.     ©2011 Cinema Politica | PO Box 55097 | Montreal QC | H3G-2W5

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