Bus Regulation: The Musical - Screening & Discussion
Bus Regulation: The Musical - Screening & Discussion
Thu, Aug 25, 7:00 PM
Centre for Contemporary Arts • Glasgow
Free
'The Ants & the Grasshopper' film screening and discussion with Raj Patel
Date and time
A screening of the new film, 'The Ants and the Grasshopper' at Glasgow Science Centre followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Raj Patel.
About this event
Keep Scotland Beautiful is delighted to share our first in-person national Climate Festival event in collaboration with Glasgow Science Centre. A screening of new documentary The Ants and the Grasshopper, followed by a discussion and Q&A wiith filmmaker/author Raj Patel.
The film charts the story of two women from Malawi, Anita Chitaya (the narrator) and Esther Lupafya, two community activists, who travel to America to talk to farmers and community leaders about climate change. Over the course of their journey, they share their experiences of climate change and how it is impacting their lives and community with the people they meet.
The Ants and the Grasshopper is a film by Raj Patel, the author of Stuffed and Starved, and Zak Piper, an Emmy-award winning producer.
The screening will be followed by a virtual discussion and Q&A.
Speaker
Raj Patel (co-director/producer) is a James Beard Award winning activist and New York Times bestselling writer. He has testified about food and hunger to the US, UK and EU governments, and his book on the food system, Stuffed and Starved, has been translated into a dozen languages. He worked for the World Bank and WTO and was tear-gassed on four continents protesting against them. His academic career spans Oxford, the London School of Economics, Cornell University, the University of California at Berkeley where he taught with Michael Pollan. He is currently a research professor at Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin.
https://www.antsandgrasshopper.org/
Doors open at 6:30pm for networking and light refreshments before the screening at 7:00pm. We ask that attendees bring and wear a face covering at all times apart from when eating and drinking.
About Scotland's Climate Festival
This event is part of Scotland's Climate Festival, supporting communities across the country to plan and deliver their own local climate festivals, alongside our national event series. Scotland’s Climate Festival is supported by funding from the Scottish Government.
Find out more at: www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/climatefestivalscot and follow us @KSBScotland #ClimateFestivalScot