THE REFUGEES OF THE BLUE PLANET

Wednesday, April 6 at 7 PM - FREE ADMISSION

NFB Cinema - 150 John St.

Directed by Helene Choquette and Jean-Philippe Duval, 2006, 53 minutes. In French with English subtitles.

Each year, millions of people the world over are driven to forced displacement. From the Maldives to Brazil, and even closer to home, here in Canada, the disturbing accounts of people who have been uprooted are amazingly similar. The enormous pressure placed on rural populations as a result of the degradation of their life-supporting environment is driving them increasingly further from their way of life. The Refugees of the Blue Planet sheds light on the little-known plight of a category of individuals who are suffering the repercussions of this reality: environmental refugees.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Laura Westra, PhD in Law & Professor at York University & University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, and Dr. Rafi Mustafa, who is the past president and current member of the Board for International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF).

Green Screens partners films from the NFB with experts and panellists selected by the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy. If you are interested in the environment, Green Screens will entertain and inform you.

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