films
My films tell stories about the social impacts of climate change through the lens of climate justice. Unlike many other forms of environmental degradation, the harm caused by climate change is not limited to the sites, people, or industries most responsible for emitting fossil fuels and rapidly warming the planet. The consequences of our actions may be immense, but distant and even unknown. Focusing on the voices of the people on the frontline of climate change, my films tell the stories of communities whose livelihoods are being threatened and harmed; communities that have contributed little to the problem but are bearing the brunt of the consequences.
I hope the films inspire those of us most responsible for causing climate change - well-off households in highly industrialized countries in particular - to take bold, rapid, and collective action to transition to the amazing renewable energy technologies that already exist and to hold our elected politicians and fossil fuel companies responsible.
in development
The following projects are in various stages of development.
What it means to be Maasai
The Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania are pastoralists, relying on semi-arid communal land to graze sheep, goats, and cattle - the foundation of their livelihood and culture. What happens when fossil fuel driven climate change makes the rains less predictable and devistating droughts become more common?
Our food, farms, and a warming planet
What we eat and how we grow it generate planet-warming emissions. Industrialized monocrop agriculture is a significant contributor to the crisis of climate change through the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, deforestation, and a heavy reliance on petroleum-powered machinery and transportation. This project will explore how regenerative small farms are doing things differently.
The Maldives: Holding back the rising sea
While many small Pacific Island nations are planning to relocate, one of the lowest-lying island nations in the world, the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean, is trying to build barriers to the rising sea to keep their culture and nation above water.