🌅 Morning of the Earth — One Night Only, at Papis Social Club 🏄♂️
📅 sunday, December 21st | open all arvo | swerving and serving: all night
Film screening will commence at sundown.
📍 Papis Social Club, Wollongong
🍔 Papis bites & bar menu available all night.
find your tickets here:
https://events.humanitix.com/morning-of-the-earth-papis-social-club
Trailer:
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The film stars some of the world’s best surfers, including champions Nat Young, Terry Fitzgerald, Michael Peterson, and Gerry Lopez. But the film goes far beyond personalities.
In the director’s own words:
“Morning of the Earth has stood the test of time and perhaps is more important today in view of the increased number of people on the planet and the demands they are having on its resources and ecosystems. We need more than ever to be reminded of this fragile system we have inherited and to a certain extent Morning of the Earth is a reminder that we are all truly responsible for our decisions and actions. It is important that we individually and collectively embody those qualities that will ensure that we live a sustainable life, not one based on overproduction and overconsumption but one based on sensitivity to all life and on all levels on this Earth. Morning of the Earth reflects in a simple way how we can endure and sustain and enjoy our life here and leave a small footprint and a better world in our passing.”
To honor the film’s 50-year history and preserve its legacy, Morning of the Earth recently underwent a three-year remastering effort at Origins Archival in Los Angeles, California. The film’s original 16mm AB rolls (the film that actually ran through Falzon’s camera) were stored with great love and care at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia under the 2005 Kodak/Atlab project, which selected 75 of Australia’s most culturally and socially significant films. Origins Archival knew they had something special on their hands, and the more they approached the upcoming 50th Year Anniversary, the more they doubled down on their efforts, avoiding compromise at every turn. The goal was to achieve a museum-grade restoration, and the end product to mimic, if not exceed, the quality of the first virgin print ever struck. After digitizing the film to 4K resolution, Origins Archival proceeded with a meticulous frame-by-frame restoration process on 150,000 frames, seven times over, including a color grade, stabilization, de-flicker, splice clean up, scratch removal and dust busting, all while staying true to the director’s original vision and creative intent and the integrity of the original 16mm source format. After three years and thousands of hours of labor, the remastered film is now available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Vimeo and YouTube and, according to Falzon, “looks and sounds better than it ever has!”
Falzon, 77 years young, lives and breathes the Morning of the Earth lifestyle, surfing almost everyday, and also spends his time reading about Eastern philosophy, tending to his land, and caring for the kangaroos and wallabies through his animal sanctuary and rehabilitation program.
Contact:
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Website: www.morningoftheearth.com
Instagram: @morning_of_the_earth
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