Green hits the big screen

Coming to a cinema near you (but sadly, not me) is Glastonbury the film. Released on April 14th, this is a Julian Temple film which promises to be "the defining record of the longest running and most pre-eminent music festival in the world". Unfortunately, there appears to be no showings in Wales (nearest cinema Bristol), so until its available on DVD I might just settle for green.tv - the world's first broadband TV channel dedicated to environmental issues.

Green.tv has a mixture of hard hitting and humorous short films not to be missed. 'Tomorrow's Climate - Today's Challenge' produced by Defra, imagines that if we actually saw the gases that we produce, then we would do something about it. 'Grocery Store Wars' is a hilarious intergalactic parody with a message about the supermarket's impact on agriculture.  The 'organic rebellion' must fight the 'dark side of the farm'.

Film stars themselves are also getting in on the green act and appear on the front cover of the latest issue of the US ed. of Vanity Fair (as reviewed by Becky at City Hippy yesterday). Vanity Fair in its first ever green issue (what have they been waiting for?) review how George Clooney drives an electric car around during his latest film Syriana.  Julia Roberts on the other hand has a solar powered home in California and lives as waste neutral as possible.

Syriana, starring Matt Damon and Jeffrey Wright, as well as Clooney, is in short, about the corruption arising from USA's dependence on oil.  The film was released last month and has won some good reviews. [Ella]

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