Film Show (RIVERBLUE) & Stylish Clothes Swap
Sun 22 Sept
|Shaftesbury Arts Centre
See an impactful documentary and enjoy a clothes swap to mark 2024 Sustainable Fashion Week (20-29th September). Tickets available from Shaftesbury Arts Centre at £10.
Time & Location
22 Sept 2024, 18:30 – 21:30
Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 13 Bell St, Shaftesbury SP7 8AR, UK
About the Event
This evening is organised by Jenny Morisetti, known for Defashion Dorset and chair of Sustainable Dorset. The film will be RiverBlue (2017), about which Wikipedia says:
" ... documentary film that chronicles a three-year, around-the-world river journey by paddler and conservationist Mark Angelo during which he uncovered and documented the pollution impacts of the global fashion industry. He explores the fashion sector, from denim to leather to fast fashion, as one of the world's most polluting industries. RiverBlue ... won several international awards, including the 2017 Best Documentary Feature at the Raindance Film Festival. The film was also honored at the 2018 World Water Forum in Brasilia, where it was presented with the AFD Best Film Award (sponsored by the French Development Agency) and the Green Drop Award honoring the film from 2017 that best promoted sustainability."
Doors open at 6.30pm. The plan for the evening follows the successful pattern…