Renowned Australian documentary filmmaker Mr Tom Zubrycki will present a special lecture to Charles Sturt University (CSU) students about his new film, The Hungry Tide, on Tuesday 13 September before a screening that night at Metro 5 Cinemas in Bathurst. Dr Jane Mills, Associate Professor in Communication (Teaching and Research) at the CSU School of Communication and Creative Industries said, “Tom Zubrycki has mapped Australia’s changing social and political landscape for the last 20 years. He has directed 14 documentaries, many of them feature-length and award-winning, and has produced another 12 with emerging filmmakers. His latest film, The Hungry Tide, which premiered at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival and greatly moved the audience, examines the struggle of Kiribati, a tiny Pacific nation threatened to be engulfed by rising sea levels due to climate change. For the105 000 inhabitants on Kiribati’s 33 atolls, climate change is not an abstract issue, as rising sea levels and salinity are now threatening their lives. I encourage everyone to see this compelling film about the plight of our Pacific neighbours, and to reflect on this most important environmental issue.” Mr Zubrycki will speak to students enrolled in various Bachelor of Communication courses at 4pm at the University.