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.