An Inconvenient Truth now showing(?) in Barbados

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I wasn’t even aware. No mention of it (unless I missed it) in the print media. Nothing major on BFP or BU. I think. I found out while watching the CBC Evening News tonight. Something that I don’t do often. Not because CBC’s coverage of the news is exciting or extremely informative or sensational or anything like that, because frankly, it isn’t. It’s because there is no good local progamming on CBC. Or is there?

Anyhow, during tonight’s broadcast, CBC reported that The Inconvenient Truth was playing at Olympus Theatres. They even showed a short clip of a bunch of adults in the theatre. Adults. No kids, unless (again) I missed something. The film, to me, looked as if it was playing in the VIP section of the theatre. I say that because of the seats. Those were definitely not the regular cheap seats!

Which makes me wonder about one or two things:

1. We live on a small island (a rock basically) in the Caribbean. We are not that high above sea leavel (anyone remember what Carib Beach used to look like, is it better now?), are extremely vulnerable to climate change and depend heavily on tourism. That being the case, why not give everyone (i.e., the masses) a chance to see the movie?

2. I speak under correction, but I think the report mentioned that the Ministry of Energy and the Environment (can’t seem to find their website) may have been involved in the showing of the movie. If that was the case, good move. However, the Ministry should either foot the bill for the public to see the film (and we Barbadians love freeness) or at least heavily subsidize it so that the majority of people can see it and learn a thing or two about climate change. Failing that, Olympus Theatres should allow the general public to view it, if they haven’t done so already.

3. Like I said earlier, when CBC aired the clip, I couldn’t remember seeing any children in the audience. Why is this? Of all the people that we owe a good, healthy, clean environment to, it is to the children. When we’re dead and gone, those kids will be adults and they will have to suffer as a direct result of our mistakes with regards to the environment. Show the film to the kids now, while they’re still young. Who knows, as they get older, maybe one or two of them will come up with a great idea or two that can change the world or at least, help Barbados.

4. I wonder what Prime Minister Bimbro would do with regards to the whole environmental issue? Just kidding Bimbro.

Hmph. I just can’t remember if (and when) Olympus Theatres showed it to the general public. Guess I’ll have to ask around.

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