The Pipe
Festival Host: The Tri Continental Film Festival
Directed by: Rusteard O' Donhnaill
Genres: Climate Change Documentary, Ireland, 2009
Running time: 1hr 23min
In a remote corner of the west coast of Ireland sits the picture-perfect Broadhaven Bay, where the cliffs of Erris Head and the Stags of Broadhaven stand sentry against the mighty Atlantic, as if protecting the delicate golden sands of Glengad beach and the tiny village of Rossport, nestling behind the dunes. However, this tranquil image belies the turmoil beneath, and the unique nature of this coastline, which has sustained generations of farmers and fishermen, has made it a target for Shell Oil as the point of landfall for its new Corrib Gas Pipeline. This award-winning documentary from news cameraman-turned-film director Risteard ?Domhnaill follows the struggle of a tragically divided community against one of the most powerful corporations in the world, over a pipe that could bring economic prosperity, or destruction of a way of life shared for generations.
Awards
• Official Selection, BFI London Film Festival 2010
• Official selection, Toronto Film Festival, 2010
The Pipe will be screened at the following Ster-Kinekor venues:
Cape Town
Ster-kinekor Cinema Nouveau V&A Waterfront in Cinema 4
Ticket price: R35
Friday 16th September @ 18:00
Sunday 18th September @ 18:30
Johannesburg
Ster-kinekor Cinema Nouveau Rosebank Mall in Cinema 6
Ticket price: R35
Thursday 15th September @ 20:00
Saturday 17th September @ 20:15
Ster-kinekor Cinema Nouveau Brooklyn Mall in Cinema 3
Price: R35 per ticket
Sunday 25th September @ 15:00
The Bioscope
Ticket price: R 40.00
Ticket and Pizza price: R 100.00
Sunday 18 September @ 17:00
To book your seat go to
www.sterkinekor.com,
www.thebioscope.co.za or call Ticketline 082 16789 (value added service rates apply)
The Tri Continental Film Festival
The Tri Continental Film Festival (TCFF) is South Africa's only dedicated human rights film event and consists of films that promote democratisation, deepens understanding, and affords those marginalised a substantive voice, proving to be more vital than ever in our rapidly changing world.
TCFF has played a significant role in creating a sustainable and continually growing audience for social justice cinema over the past nine years, through film selection that is nuanced, relevant, informative and well-balanced, and promise to continue this tradition in 2011, with a program that reflects global currents of change and action.
The selection of films presented this year is the result of rigorous curation of over 500 entries. These works speak directly to the pressing concerns of our world and the power of documentary and fiction to relay these concerns in a compelling and powerful manner. TCFF is also pleased to present two retrospectives; the outstanding works of Peter Wintonick and a finely crafted selection from documentary icon Werner Herzog is presented in conjunction with The Goethe-Institute Johannesburg.
"We are proud to present a crop of excellent films which speak directly to this issue and will continue to do so in the coming years so we can play our own small part in building a movement to halt the forward march towards the end of humanity as we know it," says Rehad Desai, the Festival Director.
For more information on the complete list of films being shown visit
www.3continentsfestival.co.za