Grey Lynn 2030 started Green Screen in February 2009 at the Grey Lynn Community Centre, to show films that we thought would be of interest to our community and to create discussion and debate.
Over the years we screened docos with an environmental message, and covered everything from a man who builds houses out of plastic bottles (Garbage Warrior), the impact of globalisation on wine growing in France (Mondo Vino), colony collapse disorder in beehives (the Vanishing of the Bees), LA Latinos fighting to save the biggest community garden in the US (The Garden) to award winning New Zealand made documentaries such as This Way of Life.
The community screenings provided a lot of inspiration and calls to action. After showing Tapped the movie for World Water Day in 2010 (in collaboration with Eco matters) we were inspired to push for drinking fountains at West Lynn and Grey Lynn.
Thank you for all those who have assisted with Green Screen over the years. It was lots of fun!
Project Updates
Below is a selection of activities and updates from this project.
Green Screen Presents Mondovino
Sunday 26 June 7.30pm Mondovino offers a witty but well-informed look at how business concerns and the homogenization of tastes around the world are changing the way wine is being made. Grey Lynn Community Centre Only $2 entry Come along early for a glass of wine Green Screen last Sunday of the month
Read MoreGreen Screen presents: A Crude Awakening
An unforgettable and shocking wake-up call, A Crude Awakening shows us that the era of cheap oil is in the past. This film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming “peak oil” crisis. Drawing on an international cast of energy…
Read MoreGreen Screen presents: The Garden
Grey Lynn 2030 Green Screen presents: The Garden From the ashes of the L.A. riots arose a lush, 14-acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future. If everyone told you to give up, would you? Sunday 1st May 7.30pm in the Garden Room, Grey Lynn Community…
Read MoreGreen Screen: No impact man
Grey Lynn 2030 Green Screen presents No impact Man Sunday 27 March 7.30pm at the Grey Lynn Community Centre $2 entry
Read MoreLast Green Screen of 2010: Earth Whisperers
We will finish our year off with a lovely Kiwi film: ‘Earth Whisperers/Papatuanuku’ http://www.wickcandle.co.nz 7pm, Grey Lynn community Centre, Richmond Road entry: $7 While our entry fee is usually only $2, the producer of this film has asked us to pay a fee of $5 a head, so we ask if you can pay $7…
Read More
October Green Screen – Fierce Light
Fierce Light is a beautiful film which explores what happens when Spirit Meets Action, that is, showing the power that is released when spirituality and activism come together. It illuminates what is possible when human beings are their absolute best…..a human sunrise. Running time: 95 minutes September Green Screen was an insightful night and thanks…
Read More
Green Screen- The Water Whisperers, Tangaroa
We are thrilled to be hosting the Auckland Premier of the Water Whisperers Tangaroa Kathleen Gallagher award winning Director of Earth Whisperers Papatuanuku says “This film is about the reconnection of ourselves with our lakes, rivers and oceans. We have guides already in our midst – old fishermen, conservationists, farmers, scientists local iwi and divers…
Read MoreGreen Screen Presents: the Power of Community
The Power of Community is an inspiring description of how the people of Cuba overcame the loss of most of their oil supply; how they worked together at the grassroots level to feed themselves and move forward, into a lifestyle that is probably superior to what they had before. Run time: 53 minutes. http://www.powerofcommunity.org Also…
Read MoreGreen Screen:Garbage Warrior
We are excited to announce that we’ll be screening the documentary … Garbage Warrior A crew of builders explore off-the-grid sustainable building design in the New Mexico Desert. After the county shut down an ‘Earthship biotecture’ community while under construction, the founder, Michael Reynolds, went on a quest to get the state to pass a law for…
Read More