Aloha Performing Arts Company

Jan 8-9, 2010

Co-Produced with APAC & Ocean Film Fest

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Friday
5:30 The End of the Line runtime 85mins
7:15 A Sea Change runtime 83mins
9:00 Addicted to plastic runtime 53 or 85mins

Saturday
4:00 Where Have all the Dolphins Gone
5:30 Sharkwater runtime 89mins
7:15 pm A Life Among Whales runtime 57mins
8:30 The Cove runtime 92mins

Available at the Door
$10 general / $7 students/srs each film.
Fri pass $15 general / $12 students/srs
Sat pass $20 general / $16 students/srs
Festival pass $30 / $25 students/srs

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Friday Films

The End of the Line: 5:30 Runtime 85mins
Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival
Based on the book by Charles Clover, The End of the Line explores the devastating effect that overfishing is having on fish stocks and the health of our oceans. It examines what is causing the dilemma and what can be done to solve it. It chronicles how demand for cod off the coast of Newfoundland in the early 1990s led to the decimation of the most abundant cod population in the world, how species cannot survive at the rate they are being removed from the sea, and how farmed fish as a solution is a myth. Filmed across the world – from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market – featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, The End of the Line is a wake-up call to the world.

Filmed across the world and in many oceans, with a specially composed score, The End of the Line is a major cinema documentary, which is a wake up call to consumers, companies and politicians around the world. Already it is having an impact - in the UK major retailers have altered their fish sourcing policies as a result of the film, which has received widespread press coverage, been favorably reviewed, and has been complimented in the British parliament. Described by The Economist, as "The Inconvenient Truth about the Ocean."

A Sea Change:7:15 Runtime 83mins
Winner: Numerous International Awards
A Sea Change is the first documentary about ocean acidification. Chock full of scientific information, the feature-length film is also a beautiful paen to the ocean world and an intimate story of a Norwegian-American family whose heritage is bound up with the sea.

Addicted to Plastic9:00 Runtime 53 or 85mins
"A sobering must-see and needs to be shown at every educational level globally!" Dr. James M. Cervino, Visiting Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Department of Marine Chemistry

For better and for worse, no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the shrink-wrapped grasp of plastic. Addicted To Plastic is a global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses and why there's so darn much of it. On the way we discover a toxic legacy, and the men and women dedicated to cleaning it up.

Saturday Films

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Where Have all the Dolphins Gone?:4:00
Sobering documentary about the United States canned tuna industry and dolphin catch over a 30 year period. The original version of this film led to the public outcry that forced the industry to adopt dolphin safe fishing practices. However, the fishing practices that intentially catch dolphins to more easily catch tuna is still on-going in many countries today, and U.S. laws on the books were recently threatened with repeal. An important film both for dolphins and as a piece of environmental history in the U.S. and how to effect change.

Sharkwater: 5:30 Runtime 89mins
WINNER: 31 International Awards
Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.

Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

“Sharkwater will change the way people view sharks and the ocean. It will open their eyes... and, hopefully, their hearts.”

Cristopher Chin, Deeper Blue

A Life Among Whales: 7:15 Runtime 57mins
Winner: Best Cinematography, United Nations Association Film Festival
Weaving together natural history and biography, A Life Among Whales is a fascinating exploration into the life and work of whale biologist and activist Roger Payne. Payne's electrifying discovery in the early 1970s that whales sing "songs" helped ignite the modern day environmental movement. With beautiful and haunting images, Payne challenges us to become the greatest generation of all. Saving earth's largest creatures would open the door to humanity's recognition of our true role in the biosphere.

The Cove: 8:30 Runtime 92mins
WINNER: People's Choice Award at Sundance Film Festival, as well as numerous other awards from Seattle, to Nantucket to Sydney.
Rated PG-13

In a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling -- and the consequences are so dangerous to human health -- they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.

Former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry joins forces with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos to get to the truth of what’s really going on. They will recruit an “Ocean's Eleven”-style team of underwater sound and camera experts, special effects artists, marine explorers, and world-class free divers who will carry out an undercover operation to photograph the off-limits cove, while playing a cloak-and-dagger game with those who would have them jailed. The result is a provocative mix of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery that adds up to an urgent plea for hope.

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