We like our blue cheese served with honey at Pol­lux, and we like our cock­tails honey-rimmed at S&M. It’s fair to say that we here at the Wel­ling­tonista are fans of bees, no mat­ter what their polit­ic­al affil­i­ations may be. That said, every­one knows we’re a bunch of pinko lefties, so it’s only fit­ting that we tell you about the Green Party fun­draiser.

Queen of the Sun

Drinks from 6pm, film starts at 6.30pm, Tues­day 29 March, Para­mount Cinema, 25 Cour­tenay Place

All around the world, bees are dis­ap­pear­ing and nobody knows why.

While the causes of Colony Col­lapse Dis­order are still a mys­tery, the tra­gic con­sequences are far clear­er.  Without honey bees pol­lin­at­ing the plants around us, our eco­sys­tem will change irre­voc­ably, put­ting par­tic­u­lar pres­sure on glob­al food stocks and the world eco­nomy.

Queen of the Sun is an alarm­ing inquiry into the glob­al bee crisis, told through the struggles of bee­keep­ers, sci­ent­ists and philo­soph­ers.  From the dir­ect­or of The Real Dirt on Farm­er John, Queen of the Sun has been crit­ic­ally acclaimed on the film fest­iv­al cir­cuit, weav­ing a dra­mat­ic story that uncov­ers both the prob­lems and solu­tions of renew­ing a cul­ture in bal­ance with nature.

The Wel­ling­ton Cent­ral Green Party is priv­ileged to screen the New Zea­l­and premiere of this film as a fund-and-aware­ness-raiser. Green MP Sue Kedgley will speak about her bee decline cam­paign as part of this oppor­tun­ity to help Wel­ling­ton Cent­ral raise funds for what is gear­ing up to be an awe­some gen­er­al elec­tion cam­paign.

Tick­ets are just $25 and include drinks and nibbles sponsored by Yeal­and’s Estate, Aroha Organ­ic Cheese and Bee’s Bless­ing. Order your tick­ets by email­ing us at greenfilmfundraiser@gmail.com.