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Darcy Hoover from The City Playhouse with artist Valerie Kent
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2009 GREEN REEL ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

The City Playhouse Theatre in Vaughan presented the 2009 Green Reel Environmental Film Festival on January 16 and 17. The event featured international award-winning documentaries, mainstream movies, and independent productions.

The festival presented more than 20 films and several free screenings which were sponsored in part by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada. The line-up included Encounters At the End Of the World, Garbage Warrior, The Price of Sugar, Good Morning Khandahar and Sharkwater. Also featured were Morgan Spurlock’s Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, the award-winning Up The Yangtze, and the world premiere of the independent vermicomposting documentary SQUIRM – The Story of Cathy’s Crawly Composters.

Over 20 environmental vendors and community organizations were showcasing their products and services in the theatre lobby during the two-day event.. New this year was Go Green!, a performance by the clown sisters Morro & Jasp.

For more information about the festival, you can visit: www.greenreelfilmfestival.com. Also, to find out about up-coming shows and events at the City Playhouse visit: www.cityplayhouse.ca

Photos by John Amendola

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