Doors: 7:00pm
Screening: 7:30pm
Discussion (w/ local environmental groups): 8:45pm
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You are invited to a private screening of “Wasting Naples”, English cut version. Produced by Insu^TV, this documentary explores the garbage crisis in Southern Italy, revealing how the actions of some powerful groups are turning areas of “the global South” into illegal dumping grounds.
From 2003 to 2009, a group of Neapolitan videomakers documented the so-called waste crisis to reveal the mechanisms, identify the players, and expose those responsible for fifteen years of mis-management – a charade costing billions of euros and initiating several on-going legal suits. The film also documents the local communities striving for change, who denounce the looting of public funds, the sabotage of recycling policies, collusions with the “ecomafia”, and the grey areas of Italian democracy.
“Wasting Naples” captures both sides of the largest environmental disaster in Western Europe. While examining the proposals of those seriously committed to find sustainable alternatives, the inevitable question arises: what if “living in a crisis” was just someone’s strategy to make profit?
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Supported by Martin Heath and Cinecycle
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