Toxic Trespass
TUE MAY 22
| 7:30pm | The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies |
WED MAY 23
| 7:00pm | Toxic Trespass |
| 9:30pm | American Fugitive: The Truth about Hassan |
THU MAY 24
| 1:00pm | EMPz 4 Life |
| 5:00pm | Memes for Mothers |
| 7:00pm | Lost Worlds |
| 7:00pm | The Pinochet Case |
| 9:00pm | Saudi Solutions |
| 9:30pm | The General’s Daughter |
FRI MAY 25
| 3:00 pm | Projections Youth Screening |
| 4:30pm | Bledi, This is Our Home |
| 7:00pm | Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale |
| 7:00pm | Remains |
| 9:00pm | Before the End of the World Tour |
| 9:30pm | Castells |
SAT MAY 26
| 12:00pm | The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies |
| 2:00pm | Afterlife |
| 3:00pm | Thin Ice |
| 4:30pm | Stroke |
| 5:00pm | Música Inspiração |
| 7:00pm | 9 Star Hotel |
| 7:30pm | Quitters |
| 9:00pm | Trannies and Grannies |
| 9:30pm | Unbuckling My Bible Belt |
SUN MAY 27
| 12:00pm | The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies |
| 2:00pm | When the Camera Stops Rolling |
| 2:00pm | The Art of War |
| 4:00pm | Galil: A School With No Walls |
| 4:30pm | Reach Out and Touch Someone |
| 7:30pm | Beyond Memory |
Toxic Trespass
Wed May 23 | 7:00 pm | PC
Director: Barri Cohen, Canada, 2006, 81 minutes
World Premiere. Director in attendance; discussion to follow.
At birth, babies have up to 287 industrial chemicals in their blood. No wonder deadly childhood cancers are on the rise, along with asthma and neurological diseases. Today’s children are introduced to our society’s toxic legacy long before they are even born. One of those children is Ada Cohen, daughter of Toxic Trespass director Barri Cohen. “I am polluted,” she says.
Toxic Trespass investigates the growing evidence that we are conducting a large-scale toxicological experiment on our children. Together, Barri and Ada confront polluters, researchers who see no conclusive link between environmental poisoning and childhood disease, and the government officials who are supposed to be protecting us. They also meet a renegade scientist who released a secret government report on toxins, and families whose lives have been forever changed by serious childhood illness.
Crafted with a healthy dose of humour and irony, Toxic Trespass is shot in some of North America’s most toxic hotspots. One of them is near where the Cohens live. There are similar places all over the industrialized and the developing world – places where petrochemical and auto plants work around the clock and thousands of diesel-spewing trucks rumble past communities every day.
Toxic Trespass reveals the links between industrial chemicals, environmental degradation and childhood illness – and asks why governments are doing so shockingly little about the problem. It’s a call to arms for citizens to fight the pollution that affects us all.
Preceded By:
Ready to Fall
Music Video; Artist: Rise Against, USA, 2006, 4 minutes
– See curator's essay Rockumentaries
The Market / Plac
Director: Ana Husman, Croatia, 2006, 9 minutes
Croatian with English subtitles.
A colourful portrait of a day in a fruit and vegetable market in Zagreb – gorgeously photographed, sped up and animated.
Screening Partner | Community Partner |
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