POINT OF CHANGE
OFFICIAL SELECTION | FEATURE FILM
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
GENRE: SURF DOCUMENATRY | YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2023 | LENGTH: 90 MINS | COUNTRY: UK
DIRECTOR: REBECCA COLEY | PRODUCERS: REBECCA COLEY, PHILIP BURGIN, MARTIN McCABE + MICK SOUTHWORTH
From the producers of First Reformed and Escape From Pretoria comes the timely hybrid documentary feature Point of Change.
Point of change is a compelling and dramatic documentary feature film told through a unique blend of previously unseen super 8 archive, contemporary interview and beautiful animation, with an original score composed by academy-award winning composer Stephen Warbeck and featuring exclusive new music tracks by Paul Oakenfold and local musicians, to reveal an all too resonant picture of a society changed inexorably by powerful economic & environmental forces outside of their control.
The story of the ‘discovery’ of a ‘perfect wave’ in the 1970s... The remarkable and previously unseen true story of the first surf pioneers to ‘discover’ the Point on the isolated Indonesian island of Nias and the dramatic consequences and the devastating social and ecological repercussions for the people and place that followed. A story that interweaves the deeply personal and the bigger picture political, walking a line in the grey area between fixed opinions, to raise questions about change and the future that we all face.
With a Panel talk after the film moderated by Tricia Shantz with panellists - Rusty Miller, Wendy Adcock, Dick Hoole, Thornton Fallander & Kevin Lovett.
SESSION TIMES
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LENNOX CULTURAL CENTRE
Sunday 22 Oct
6:30pm