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Thankyou Tom Zubrycki for getting me a ticket to the opening of ‘The Hungry Tide’ for the Sydney Film Festival. It was BOOKED OUT very quickly and deservedly so!

Lines of people wound outside the Sydney cinema complex down George Street last night, despite pouring rain.

Cinema doors open, crowds seated and Tom Zubrycki spoke about his important 3 year journey making ‘The Hungry Tide’ – a documentary following the life of Maria Tiimon from Kiribati and her advocacy for her Pacific Island nation against the hungry tide – the rising seas of climate change. A significant film.

The Edmund Rice Centre, Phil Glendenning, Jill Finnane who were at the premiere, are passionate advocates for Kiribati and advocates of Tom Zubrycki’s film.

I was part of the Pacific Calling Delegation to Kiribati with Nicola Daly cinematographer and Louise Whelan award winning photographer, Patrick Dobson father of Aboriginal Reconciliation – looking at urbanisation on the island of  Tarawa, need for fresh water, rising tides -to this welcoming nation in the middle of the Pacific.

 

It’s a Pacific Calling Delegation including Patrick Dodson father of reconcilation, Phil Glendenning human rights advocate and Director of the Edmund Rice Centre, Tom Zubrycki award winning film maker - www.tomzubrycki.com. 

The world is so small – apologies for cliche – Tom met my cousin Ruth Balint (also a documentary film maker) for coffee a few days ago.

Our delegation shared dinner last night in preparation to start our 8 day mission on Monday.

My purpose: As a kids and YA author who writes to gives choices to young people, and as an ambassador for Room to Read bringing literacy to kids in the developing world, I’m on a fact finding mission.

I’ll try to report from Kiribati.