Fiml Screening: Hot Air

How does big business override the New Zealand government's even small attempts to reduce carbon output. We need to know how and why this happens to understand why New Zealand gets voted as 'the worst country in the world on climate change' at UN Climate conferences.

FILM: HOT AIR

Join CoCA and 350 Christchurch for a screening and discussion of Alister Barry and Abi King Jones' documentary 'Hot Air - The politics of climate change in New Zealand'.
CoCA Gallery of Contemporary Art - Friday, 20 January, 5:30pm
166 Gloucester St, opposite the WEA

$5 (booking or bring cash on the door) includes a glass of wine, or cup of tea and light refreshments. Free for CoCA members.
Seating is limited to 70 - booking in advance is recommended. Tel. 366-7261 for bookings. Doors open 5:30pm - Film starts 6 pm sharp.

HOT AIR:
During the summer of 1988 temperatures soared across America causing widespread droughts. Huge forest fires raged in California. Climate change was now on the world's political agenda and New Zealand promised to do its share to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

HOT AIR is the story of twenty years of political struggle between politicians, scientists and activists wanting to reduce New Zealand's emissions, and corporate leaders and their lobbyists working to protect profits and commercial advantage.

Key political leaders inside and outside parliament describe their victories and defeats, and businessmen and lobbyists explain their strategies and concerns. Political commentators and academics take us behind the scenes to show how politics in New Zealand really works.

Including a wealth of archival material and interviews, this feature documentary is a thoughtful and provocative response to the question - is it possible for a small modern democratic nation to address the greatest political challenge of our age?

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