Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez – Oct. 13- 2010
This Wednesday, October 13th Awareness Film Night kicks off its 17th season with the film “Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez”. Twenty years later the environmental, economic and social devastation persists, reminding us that as yet no safe effective technology exists for cleaning up oil spills and that the oil industry is wont to make lots of promises and assurances that it does not keep. Film followed by a discussion with Eric Swanson of the Dogwood Initiative on what we can do to prevent oil spills in B.C. 7 p.m. Edward Milne Community School theatre, 6218 Sooke Rd. in Sooke. Admission is by donation. (This film will not be in the AFN library after the screening.)
