Open Call: Pitch Reels

This video will address the national and international inequalities associated with global climate change, especially with respect to responsibility of the energy companies and the polluter-industrial complex in blocking meaningful reform (as shown in the film “HEAT”). The video will also highlight the vulnerability of the world’s poorest communities to global warming, and point to equitable political-economic solutions that can address the crisis. Climate change will affect everyone, but will disproportionately impact the livelihoods of poorer people in both the developing world and the United States (as seen in the case of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans). Thus, fairness and equity should be at the heart of the current debates on climate change. This video will incorporate stunning footage, music, and graphics to present the latest science around global warming, which now says that we are approaching a tipping point with potentially catastrophic results. These impacts include profound temperature increases in New England and around the world, sea level rises, increased storms, and disease. In fact, according to Dr. James Hansen, NASA’s leading climatologist, has determined that current levels of atmospheric CO2 are now sufficient to push us out of the Holocene, the only climatic period thus far to support human life. Under such a scenario, sea level rises of 16 feet or more will result in the projected displacement of hundreds of millions of people worldwide by the end of the century. In short, climate change is a planetary emergency requiring bold and immediate action. This video is designed to convey this sense of urgency.