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PAST EVENT
SBCC Center for Sustainability Presents LAST PARADISE Film
Extreme Sports Explores Mystical Lands
An Eco-Adventure Film, 45 Years in the Making
With New Zealand film-maker, surf pioneer & physicist Clive Neeson (Q&A after the film)
LAST PARADISE FILM
| Date: | October 20, 7pm, 2010 |
| Location: | Arlington Theater - 1317 State Street, Santa Barbara Tickets are available through the Arlington Theater ticket office at (805) 963-4408, or online at TicketMaster.com |
| Price: | $10 general admission $20 Supporters Special Seating |
Description of the Event : CLICK HERE
A Fundraiser for the SBCC Center for Sustainability.
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Event Interview
Sustainable World Radio/Jill Cloutier Interview with Clive Neeson, director of Last Paradise film:
http://pdcastsusworldradio.libsyn.com/last-paradise-an-eco-adventure-film
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Event Description
"Tomorrow's protectors of the wilderness, are the kids who play in it today", Clive Neeson
International Eco-adventure film Last Paradise, by New Zealand film maker Clive Neeson, captures 45 years of stunning original footage from places like Bali, Mexico, Portugal, New Zealand, Utah, and Australia with young maverick sports pioneers exploring a world that no longer exists.
Meeting along the way surf legends like Miki Dora, Gerry Lopez, George Greenough, Kevin Jarrett and others integral to extreme sports development, these young inquisitive surf kids later encounter and are influenced by renowned physicist Professor Bruce Liley, disciple of Ernest Rutherford, who proposed an alternative energy plan for New Zealand in the 1970's.
The son of wildlife photographers, Neesonís life was one big adventure. Starting with his parentsí footage of his and his brothers action-packed 1960s childhood in Africa and New Zealand, Last Paradise later graduates to vintage shots of young innovators as they discover and evolve the sports of surfing, wakeboarding, snowboarding, hang gliding, windsurfing, bungee jumping, and kite surfing while traveling to remote corners of the world. Over time, Neeson saw that his 45 years of records of good times, faraway places, and adrenaline-pumping feats could tell a larger story.
Living a double life between extreme sports madman and the conservative scientific community, Clive Neeson filmed the journey from experimental beginnings, while building his own filming accessories to get a closer perspective of action sports. Studying atomic physics and electronics, Neeson worked internationally in energy development and technology innovation including the first climate monitoring systems.
Last Paradise is an inspiring showcase of early pioneering adventures in extreme sports that doubles as a poignant look at how much our world has changed in 40 years---culturally, environmentally and technologically. By rekindling a love of the wild and tapping the powerful forces of nature Neeson suggests tomorrow's potential protectors of the planet are the kids that play in it today. In 2007, Neeson had the unique opportunity to digitally master 45 years of film footage at Peter Jackson's Park Road Post, Wellington, allowing him to create and share Last Paradise with the world.
The event is a Fundraiser for the Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) Center for Sustainability, and will include a question and answer period with Clive Neeson following the film. Co-sponsored by Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation.
Arlington Theater, Wed, October 20, 7-9:30 pm, $10 general - $20 special supporter.
Tickets are available through the Arlington Theater ticket office at (805) 963-4408, or online at TicketMaster.com
For more information, please call (805) 965-0581, ext.2177, or msbushman@sbcc.edu.
X-Dance Awards "Last Paradise" was nominated for Best Documentary, Best Action Film and won the "Ambassador of Green" Award.
Last Paradise Film: www.lastparadisefilm.com