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The Lorax - The classic Dr Suess tale of a young boy who meets a ruined industrialist in a treeless wasteland and hears his tale of what has happened to him. His tragic story is about how he began a thriving business with a useless fashion product derived from the trees of a forest. As his business booms, the forest and its inhabitants suffer as he wantonly clearcuts without regard to the warnings of a wise old creature called the Lorax about the dire consequences of his greed.

5.55: Short film

6pm Dinner – Cheap Yummy Meal Available

7pm: The Carbon Connection

Two communities affected by one new global market – the trade in carbon dioxide. In Scotland a town has been polluted by oil and chemical companies since the 1940s. In Brazil local people's water and land is being swallowed up by destructive monoculture eucalyptus tree plantations. Both communities now share a new threat. The Carbon Connection follows the story of two groups of people from each community who learned to use video cameras and made their own films about living with the impacts of the carbon market.

$8/ $5 conc per film or $20/ $15 for festival pass. A fundraiser for Green Left Weekly. See www.greenleft.org.au/calendar