Visionary "2040" Film Brings Different Story to Climate Crisis

Visionary 2040 Film Brings a Different Story to the Climate Crisis Conversation

Damon Gameau’s visionary film, 2040 is a new contribution to the climate crisis conversation, inspirational, fact-based and full of hope. Medfield Environment Action is proud to partner with Together Films to bring 2040 to Medfield to educate individuals about regenerative solutions to improve our planet and inspire them to take action.

The first free screening will be on Tuesday, Jan 31st at 7 pm at the UCC Church, 496 Main St. and the second free screening will be on Sunday, February 5th at 1 pm at the Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St.

Motivated by his 4-year-old daughter and concern for the planet she will inherit, Damon Gameau, Australian award-winning director and actor, embarks on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers to discover what the future of the planet could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us, and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.

Guided by the voices of 100 child interviewees aged between 6 and 11 who describe the kind of world they would like to see by the year 2040, Damon draws on the best minds from around the world to focus on climate, economics, technology, civil society, education, agriculture and sustainability to conjure a positive portrait of what ‘could be’ instead of the current dystopian future we are so often presented.

Aimed at a broad audience including children and adults, Gameau blends traditional documentary with dramatized sequences and high-end visual effects to show how these solutions - including seaweed farming, empowering girls and women with education, automated vehicles and decentralized, renewable energy systems - could regenerate the world for future generations.

Says Damon Gameau, “I believe there is room for a new story, a story that focuses on the solutions; 2040 is a letter to my 4-year-old daughter showing her an alternative future to the doom and gloom version we are currently presented with. But there is a catch. This is not an exercise in bad parenting - everything I show her in 2040 must already exist today in some form. It cannot be made up. This film is not a utopian fantasy; it is an exercise in what I call ‘fact-based dreaming’. It is the narrative the next generation needs to see, to aspire to, and to believe is possible”.

Both screenings will have time for discussion after the film.

Please preregister at https://tinyurl.com/MedfieldMovieEvent in order to receive any updates, especially weather related. Registration is encouraged but not required.

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