This Changes Everything - Film Premiere @ Mayfair Theatre
Director Avi Lewis and author Naomi Klien are in attendance for the screening of their film This Changes Everything.From mayfairtheatre.caFilmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond.Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.
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Good afternoon everyone! Today I will be live-blogging the film premiere of documentary This Changes Everything, directed by Avi Lewis and narrated by author Naomi Klein. Located in Old Ottawa South, the Mayfair Theatre will have both Lewis and Klein in attendance for the film at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by a Q&A. The Mayfair opened its doors at 1 p.m. and the line for ticket sales went onto the side walk and down the street.
I will be live-blogging from 6-6:30 p.m. before the film, then again from 8 p.m. onwards after the film and for the Q&A. -
1PM: The scene outside @mayfairtheatre for tickets. Everyone excited for premiere of #ThisChangesEverything ! #ottcity http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQffJgzWUAAsBVw.jpg
by Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 6:07:40 PM -
Hi there @andyingy ! Tix are on sale @mayfairtheatre by cash, but they have an ATM. No online sales.by Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 6:10:02 PM
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Young and old ready for #ThisChangesEverything ! 6:30pm @mayfairtheatre . Excited for @NaomiAKlein & @avilewis #ottcity http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQfgch0WoAABnqv.jpg
by Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 6:13:21 PM -
.@NaomiAKlein : "Our economic model is at war with life on earth." See the #ThisChangesEverything trailer youtu.be/WPQI1Lui42c #ottcityby Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 6:23:51 PM
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The full US trailer of #ThisChangesEverything youtu.be/p1HEgCZBg_Q 6:30pm @mayfairtheatre 8pm I'm live-blogging/tweeting the Q&A #ottcityby Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 6:31:21 PM
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.@avilewis on #tarsands : "Harper gov restructured entire econ & environ system for service of 1 resource" @rabbleca buff.ly/1hhIeodby Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 8:44:30 PM
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.@avilewis : people are coming out of denial; explosion of climate justice movement; awful lot to celebrate @rabbleca buff.ly/1hhIeodby Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 8:49:03 PM
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This Changes Everything will show nation-wide on October 9th. Tonight's screening at the Mayfair Theatre is the film's premiere and both the director Avi Lewis and author Naomi Klein will be in attendance. The doors open at 6 p.m. ET and the film beings at 6:30 p.m. I will be live-blogging here on Scribble Live before the film, then again at 8 p.m. for the Q&A.
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.@mayfairtheatre Is the #ThisChangesEverything premiere sold out? There's a big line outside already!! #ottcityby Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 9:41:39 PM
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The doors are just about to open to the Mayfair Theatre and the line of people waiting stretches down Bank St. around the corner on Sunnyside Ave. The film premiere of This Changes Everything, the latest work of Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, begins at 6:30pm. People of all ages, including families, have come out to see the film and hear directly from Lewis and Klein who will be in the audience tonight. The excitement building up for this show can be felt across the street at The Black Squirrel as many grab a latte to keep warm as they wait to enter the theatre.
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The line up right now @mayfairtheatre for @thischanges premiere. #ottcity http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQgWPTKWUAA2muD.jpg
by Dave Deen via twitter 10/4/2015 10:08:27 PM -
I'm in line now, around the corner on Sunnyside Ave. The line isn't moving, but people are still in good spirits. Staff have confirmed that the show is sold out. Some groups of people without tickets are leaving a bit disappointed, but saying they will come back for the show on Friday.
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6:50 Maude Barlow - this is a fabulous film. Book has been translated into 25 languages. Leap manifesto is an important vision for the future. This is timely as Canada has signed the tpp (crowd hisses and moans). Tpp agreement gives corporation right to sue government of they do something to act on climate change. What you stand for in this film will impact many people you have never met.
6:53
Naomi Klien: in this election there are so many distractions that are pulling us away from where we need to be.
Avi Lewis: Canadian labour congress is helping support this tour. This is a piece we have started to work on five years ago. It is not a piece that speaks to the moment, it's a deeper narrative.
Film began at 7:00
Ended at 8:25pm
There were some gasping some moaning some laughing during the film, I'm sure there were some tears as well. At the end, a Montana goat herder ends the film with the worlds, this is a time we have to run like Buffaloes. The crowd erupted into applause. -
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.@avilewis : Activism isn't a zero-sum game. It is a virus we have to spread.#ThisChangesEverything
@thischangesby Dave Deen via twitter 10/5/2015 12:46:26 AM -
.@NaomiAKlein : The next 5 years are the last chance. We absolutely cannot blow the rest of this decade. #ThisChangesEverything
@thischangesby Dave Deen via twitter 10/5/2015 12:49:46 AM -
NK The next 5 years are the last chance. We absolutely cannot blow the rest of this decade.
NK People know that we are so far off course that we actually need o veer to get back on course.
NK What we know from the research is that we need to cut emissions so much that we need to challenge growth.
NK We are talking about a more deliberate economy than what we have right now.
AL We shouldn't be challenging Hydro One, we should be democratizing Hydro One. -
Director Avi Lewis and author Naomi Klein have taken the stage of the Mayfair Theatre. It didn't take long before the focus of the discussion became the upcoming election. Lewis and Klein admit their support for the NDP, but they also emphasize the need for proportional representation. Moreover, they stress that much more is needed to go beyond the current model of economic growth our society is pursuing.
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The audience was keen to ask questions, so much so that Lewis and Klein were inclined to take a group of questions at once. Some commenters drew attention to local organizations and initiatives, for example waterfalls on sacred Algonquin land that is facing development. The Mayfair Theatre interjected early, at 9:05pm, to end questioning and begin the book signing. Audience members were disappointed by the early end, but the theatre explained that another screening was to follow at 9:30pm.
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.@avilewis : We shouldn't be challenging Hydro One, we should be democratizing Hydro One.
@thischangesby Dave Deen via twitter 10/5/2015 1:12:41 AM -
.@avilewis : What we need is something vastly more ambitious than what any of the main parties are suggesting. @mayfairtheatre @thischangesby Dave Deen via twitter 10/5/2015 1:16:28 AM
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.@NaomiAKlein : People know that we are so far off course that we actually need to veer to get back on course. @thischanges @mayfairtheatreby Dave Deen via twitter 10/5/2015 1:20:48 AM
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.@NaomiAKlein on capitalism: We are talking about a more deliberate economy than what we have right now. @mayfairtheatre @thischangesby Dave Deen via twitter 10/5/2015 1:23:28 AM
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Klein is signing books and Lewis is discussing with some from the audience that have stayed behind. It was an engaged crowd to begin with, but the theatre cleared out quickly. Some groups remain on the sidewalk discussing the film. I eavesdropped to hear a discussion of dismay on the future. "I wish they said we are screwed", said one. It was clear to me that many in the audience were passionate about this film.
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