Hulbert Street Movies
Hulbert Street Movies
A couple of years ago we came across the Transition Town movement. Based on the idea that as climate change and peak oil depletion bite the way we live will undergo radical change, this grass roots movement assumes that if we act appropriately the place we end up could be better than where we are now. By reducing our consumption and redirecting our activity to the local area we live in, we can build more resilient and connected communities and live simpler but more satisfying lives.
The first step towards creating a Transition Town is to spread awareness of the changes we 
are undergoing to as broad an audience as possible. The next step is to get people to envisage a positive future and work towards that.
Although not brave enough to try and “transition Fremantle”, we decided to start screening some of the excellent movies available depicting both the huge crises we face and some of the proactive positive responses people all over the world are making.
We started with a movie screened for Hulbert Street. We parked a truck across the street, 
tied a sheet to the side of it for a screen, balanced the data projector on a bin, and the laptop in a wheelbarrow and invited our neighbours to bring along bean bags and popcorn.
The crowd grew each time we screened a movie until we had up to 150 people sharing food and conversation on the “Hulbert Street Common”. We find as some of the movies can be quite confronting it is good to view them in the company of like mined folk to help with debriefing afterwards.
Our summer movies have proved so popular that this year we decided to continue them over the winter, making use of some indoor space at Curtin University Sustainability Practice (CUSP). Movies are currently screened on the third Friday of each month.
Movies we have screened include: Power Of Community, End of Suburbia and the sequel Escape from SurburbiaHomegrown Revolution and Homegrown – from the Path to Freedom family, Who killed the electric car?, Flow – for love of water, Crude – the incredible journey of oil, One Man One Cow One Planet, Australia’s Pumping Empty, The Future of Food, 
Transition Town- the movie, Garbage Warriors, End of the Line, Food Inc etc etc
Sometimes people say “sure but aren’t you preaching to the converted?” Rather than seeing this as a negative thing we always respond that the movies allow the converted to continue to be motivated and make changes in their lives and community.
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ECOBURBIA Summer Movie Program
6.30pm for picnic meal 7.30 for movie On Hulbert Street, South Fremantle
Friday FEBRUARY 17th HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION
This movie is the story of a new revolution in urban sustainability. Come and hear about the Dervaes family, who despite living on a surburban block in downtown Pasadena, have transformed their home into an urban homestead and model for sustainable agriculture and city living. You will leave inspired! Check out their website www.urbanhomestead.org
Friday MARCH 16th GASLANDS
“The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown.” www.gaslandthemovie.com
No Fracking WA.. will be present to fill us in on the situation in WA.
Friday APRIL 20th BAG IT
Is your life too plastic? Bag It has been garnering awards at film festivals across the nation. What started as a documentary about plastic bags evolved into a wholesale investigation into plastics and their effect on our waterways, oceans, and even our bodies. Join the Bag It movement and decide for yourself how plastic your life will be. www.bagitmovie.com
Friday MAY 18th WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?
An examination of the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.) The film also delves into issues such as the role sweatshops play in America’s mass consumerism and Big-Box Culture. From the humble beginnings of preaching at his portable pulpit on New York City subways, to having a congregation of thousands – Bill Talen (aka Rev. Billy) has become the leader of not just a church, but a national movement. www.whatwouldjesusbuy.org.au/
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