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Aquarius is a documentary about dreamers, tree-huggers and radical ratbags and the social and cultural exploration that changed a generation and implemented environmental change for the Northern Rivers.

Join us at Byron Theatre  for a special screening and Q & A for the film Aquarius .  There will be an introduction from the filmmakers and a post screening Q&A featuring members of the filmmaking team as well as original Aquarians live in person.

In May 1973, when thousands of young people travelled the back roads of Northern NSW to camp and explore a new way of living at Nimbin Aquarius Festival, something unexpected happened amongst all the bliss, drugs and drama. An unprecedented 10,000 artists, activists, hippies, radical students, gurus and visionaries arrived to a small diary farm for this 10 day gathering, a gathering that birthed an irrepressible movement that may have been the much-needed blueprint for sustainable change.

Through extensive collaboration and hours of precious newly-uncovered footage, the film directs our gaze to the Festival – its inception and its aftermath – and examines the power of that one event to continue to shape history. Aquarius is about the constant struggle between the establishment and the alternative, between community and the individual.

Recommended 15+

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6:00 pm – Venue doors and Bar open
6:40 pm – Theatre doors open
7:00 pm – Event begins
9:30 pm – Event ends

 

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