North American Premiere
Climate of Change
Encounters
| USA, U.K. | 85 MINUTES | EnglishDocumentary
"We are the renters of this world, not its masters," reminds Pooshkar, a precocious 13-year-old member of a youth environmental defense group in India. He and his fellow voraciously energetic students actively rally against the use of plastics. In Africa, a renaissance man teaches citizens to harness solar power to cook food. In Papua New Guinea, villagers practice sustainable logging to save their rainforests. A woman in London uses her PR savvy to start a successful environmental communications firm. Self-described "hillbillies" in Appalachia battle the big business behind strip mining. In this rich and inspiring documentary, director Brian Hill takes us around the world to find the ordinary people taking action in the fight to save our environment.
Hill and his cinematographers create a real sense of ambience in each of the countries and communities they visit. Conversations with West Virginians are punctuated by footage of mountaintops surrounding their homes being dynamited; Papua New Guineans talk among the giant trees being decimated by commercial logging. A visit to the Global Seed Vault built in the Norwegian permafrost in Svalbard, Norway is particularly ethereal. Driving Climate of Change is the beautiful narration written by British poet Simon Armitage and mellifluously voiced by Tilda Swinton.
Cast & Credits
Brian Hill and Brian Hill
Producer
Director
Screenwriter
Editor
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Primary Cast
Composer
Contacts
Director's Agent
Press Contact
Participant Media
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 310 550 5109
jsakson@particpantmedia.com
Technical Contact
Century Films
London, SE1 9DG
Phone: +44 207 378 6106
martin.mcdonnell@centuryfilmsltd.com
Main Contact
Participant Media
Beverly Hills, CA 91302
Phone: 310 246 7716
yelena@participantmedia.com
Beacon Theatre
The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.
Special Event exclusively for American Express® Cardmembers
Thursday, April 22, 5:00 pm
@SVA Theater 2
After the Movie: Join Brian Hill, the film's director; Jessica Alba, actress, advocate and US Honorary Co-Chair of 1GOAL: Education for All; Sebastian Copeland, filmmaker, photographer, adventurer and environmental activist; and others for a discussion on the issues of global climate change, community activism, and the steps everyday people around the world can take to make a difference. Moderated by Perri Peltz, journalist and public health advocate.