Art
Chasing Ice
Film screening: Friday 20 February, 6pm. £7.50 (£6.50 concessions)
Dir. Jeff Orlowski, US, 2012, 80 mins.
With. James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter.
Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a sceptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a record of the world’s changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet.