6-10pm @ NOVA Cinema, Melbourne

Thursday August 31st is the Australian premier of the film “Symbiotic Earth” about radical biologist Lynn Margulis who first proposed that life is propelled not though competition but through symbiotic collaborations between cells and organisms. Margulis started a revolution that’s reverberating throughout the biological sciences and beyond, inspiring people everywhere to think about the value of collectivity and working together. IFF director Margaret Wertheim be part of a panel discussion after the screening. Margulis’ focus on the power of collaborative generation was one of the inspirations behind the Crochet Coral Reef project. Screening is at the NOVA cinema, in Melbourne.