Co-sponsored by Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network...
Tickets at the door or Arlington
Ticket Office (805) 963-4408
An Eco-Adventure Film 45
years in the making with stunning original footage from Bali, Mexico,
Portugal, New Zealand, Utah, and Australia, with young maverick sports
pioneers exploring a world that no longer exists. Meeting along the
way surf legends, extreme sports pioneers, and scientists on the
leading edge of alternative energy.
Vintage shots of young innovators as they discover and evolve the
sports of surfing, wakeboarding, snowboarding, hangliding, bungee
jumping, kite surfing, and more. A poignant look at how much our world
has changed in 40 years, with a hope to rekindle a love of the
wild.
Clive Neeson, extreme sports pioneer, film-maker, and physicist will
be available for Q&A following the film.
X-Dance Awards "Last
Paradise" was nominated for Best Documentary, Best Action Film
and won the "Ambassador of
Green" Award
www.lastparadisefilm.com
Last Paradise Film/YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHo6TGcEZXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDY6pVYV9xU
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Extreme Sports Explores Mystical Lands
An Eco-Adventure Film, 45 Years in the Making
SBCC Center for Sustainability
Presents
LAST PARADISE
Film
~
With New Zealand film-maker, surf pioneer & physicist Clive
Neeson
(Q&A after the film)
October 20, 7pm, 2010
Arlington Theater
$10 general admission/$20 Supporters Special
Seating
~A Fundraiser for the SBCC Center for
Sustainability~
"Tomorrow's protectors of the
wilderness,
are the kids who play in it today", Clive Neeson
I nternational Eco-adventure
film Last Paradise, by New Zealand film maker Clive
Neeson, captures 45 years of stunning original footage from places
like Bali, Mexico, Portugal, New Zealand, Utah, and Australia with
young maverick sports pioneers exploring a world that no longer
exists.
Meeting
along the way surf legends like Miki Dora, Gerry Lopez, George
Greenough, Kevin Jarrett and others integral to extreme sports
development, these young inquisitive surf kids later encounter and are
influenced by renowned physicist Professor Bruce Liley, disciple of
Ernest Rutherford, who proposed an alternative energy plan for New
Zealand in the 1970's.
The son of wildlife
photographers, Neesonís life was one big adventure. Starting
with his parentsí footage of his and his brothers action-packed
1960s childhood in Africa and New Zealand, Last
Paradise later graduates to vintage shots of young
innovators as they discover and evolve the sports of surfing,
wakeboarding, snowboarding, hang gliding, windsurfing, bungee jumping,
and kite surfing while traveling to remote corners of the world.
Over time, Neeson saw that his 45 years of records of good times,
faraway places, and adrenaline-pumping feats could tell a larger
story.
Living a double life between extreme sports
madman and the conservative scientific community, Clive Neeson filmed
the journey from experimental beginnings, while building his own
filming accessories to get a closer perspective of action sports.
Studying atomic physics and electronics, Neeson worked
internationally in energy development and technology innovation
including the first climate monitoring systems.
Last Paradise is an inspiring
showcase of early pioneering adventures in extreme sports that doubles
as a poignant look at how much our world has changed in 40
years---culturally, environmentally and technologically. By
rekindling a love of the wild and tapping the powerful forces of
nature Neeson suggests tomorrow's potential protectors of the planet
are the kids that play in it today.
In 2007, Neeson had the unique opportunity to digitally
master 45 years of film footage at Peter Jackson's Park Road Post,
Wellington, allowing him to create and share Last Paradise with
the world. The event will include a question and answer period with
Clive Neeson following the film.
Co-sponsored by: Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation, Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network, SB Independent, Harbor View Inn, El Capitan
Canyon Resort, Sojourner Cafe, Loa Tree, Orella Ranch, Quail Springs,
Surfers Without Borders, Backyard Bowls, Nutiva, Green2Gold, Teeccino,
Wilson Environmental Landscape Design & Arbor Collective
Skateboards.
Arlington Theater, 1317 State St, Santa Barbara, Wed, October 20,
7-9:30 pm, $10 general/$20 Center for Sustainability Supporter.
Tickets are available at door, Arlington Theater ticket
office (805) 963-4408, or online at TicketMaster.com
For more information, please call (805) 965-0581, ext. 2177, or
msbushman@sbcc.edu
X-Dance Awards "Last Paradise" was nominated
for Best Documentary, Best Action Film and won the "Ambassador of
Green" Award
Last Paradise Film: www.lastparadisefilm.com
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