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With corporations extracting and profiting from the resources of indigenous peoples all over the world, the film "Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth" follows six young Mayans in Guatamala and Mexico as they try to save their homelands from destruction. Beautifully filmed by Eric Black and Frauke Sandig, this special film will be shown on Monday, February 25 at 7:30 pm at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse as part of the spring Green Film Series.
Through exquisite imagery, music and dreamlike sequences, the film touches on different facets of this extraction including mining from Canadian companies and introduction of GMO corn by Monsanto. The Mayans who see themselves as guardians of the earth tell their stories in their own words. 
Mayan Corn
Mayan CornWhile the recent end of the Mayan calendar was seen by some as an end of the world, the Mayans perceived it as a closing of the circle and a chance for a new beginning. Viewers are invited to join in a last call to save the Earth.
Gibsons resident Michael Maser, a former exploration geologist, will moderate a timely discussion focusing on contentious mining developments as well as an ethical review of mining practices. Canadian mining companies have been in the news including Vancouver's Pacific Rim who is involved in a lawsuit against El Salvador and Hudbay Miinerals Inc.who is involved in three civil suits brought by Guatemalan villagers.
Canadian Mine
Canadian MineSustainable Coast Magazine and the Gibsons Green Team are presenting the Green Film Series.This is a special project of the Sunshine Coast Film Society. The Green Film Series is dedicated to using film as a tool for community engagement on environmental and sustainability issues. The screening events are meant to foster the role of film as a catalyst for dialogue, networking and action.
Tickets are $7 for SCFS annual members, $10 for other (includes single-event membership. SCFS annual memberships ($15) are available at the door or on the SCFS website at scfs.ca. Ticket reservations are available online at www.greenfilms.ca
Screening time is 7:30pm, with the doors open at 7pm. The Gibsons Heritage Playhouse is located at 662 North Road in Gibsons, BC.
Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth has either won awards or opened every single human rights festival in both Central and South America listed by the Human Rights Film Network. But in the North, it is considered to be largely an environmental film: In October it was given the First Prize in North America?s largest environmental festival, Toronto's Planet in Focus and earned the Audience Award in Darsser, Germany's premiere Nature Film Festival.