The screenings are part of the events surrounding the United Nations seventeenth Conference of Parties, which runs from 28 November to the 9 December 2011 in Durban, South Africa.
Ten pertinent films have been selected, which revolve around sustainable city development and the issues of climate change inherent to the COP 17 conference. All of the films will be imperative viewing, as they debate the future of our evolving urban environments. Many of the films are fresh off the festival circuit where they have been awarded and highly commended.
One such film is ‘Wasteland', a stirring documentary about the recyclers who inhabit and earn a living off the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
For those who dream of modernist architecture, ‘The Pruitt-Igoe Myth' is the moving story of a post-WW2 housing project in St. Louis that failed dramatically. Critically, though, this film details holistically the many reasons for its failure. Read the full report here.
Source: Sharlene Versfeld, Artslink.co.za.
