REVIEW“Spaceship Earth is the true but stranger-than-fiction adventure of eight visionaries who spent two years quarantined in the Arizona desert inside of a self-engineered, self-sustaining replica of Earth’s ecosystem. Called Biosphere 2, the experiment was a worldwide phenomenon in the 1990s, chronicling daily existence in the face of life-threatening ecological disaster inside the biome and growing criticism outside that the project was nothing more than the workings of a cult. The bizarre story is both a cautionary tale and a hopeful lesson of how a small group of dreamers can potentially reimagine a new world.”
— Wexner Center for the Arts “Almost as much a drama of public relations as the story of a surprisingly successful collective of ’60s dreamers, Matt Wolf’s Spaceship Earth gets to know the men and women responsible for Biosphere 2, a ballyhooed experiment in self-contained ecological sustainability. Fascinating as a case study in turning big ideas into reality (sadly, a billionaire’s help is often required), the documentary should appeal to old hippies and young futurists, eco-activists and anyone who enjoys watching small groups of people threaten to implode. It also makes a fine corrective to media hype (both pro and con) that surrounded this 1991 experiment, suggesting it was hardly the high-minded flop (or scam) some believed it to be.” — John Defore, Hollywood Reporter |
FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGSNew Plymouth
Wednesday, 01 March, 6.00pm Palmerston North Wednesday, 15 March, 6.00pm Hamilton Monday, 03 April, 6:30pm Wellington Monday, 24 April, 6.15pm Nelson Tuesday, 23 May, 6.00pm Whanganui Monday, 12 June, 7.00pm Timaru Tuesday, 25 July, 6.00pm Dunedin Wednesday, 15 November, 7.30pm Carterton Friday, 24 November, 7.00pm |