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De-fueling the Crisis: Storytellers and Scientists on Climate Action

Co-presented by Film Independent

Film Independent Members in the Chicagoland area, you and a guest are invited to attend this Sloan Salon event at the Chicago International Film Festival, including a reception that will take place from 5:00–7:00 pm CT in the Cedar Room at WoodWind.

From the Marvel Universe to Avatar, to the new Knives Out mystery Glass Onion and independent films, storytellers everywhere are grappling with climate change and our current global energy crises. We’ll discuss the latest scientific developments on climate change, the struggles with institutional inability to confront it, and how climate debates are inspiring a new generation of stories.

Panelists include David A. Archer (University of Chicago, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast); Carmiel Banasky (A Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change, Undone); Daniel Goldhaber (How to Blow Up a Pipeline); and Anastasia Montgomery (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University). Moderated by Michael Metzger (Northwestern University).

Additionally, Film Independent Members are invited to purchase an Industry Days pass to the Chicago International Film Festival at a discounted rate of $50. Learn more and get your pass using the code CIFF2022FI.

Awarding $120,000 to filmmakers annually, Film Independent and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation together encourage filmmakers to create more realistic and accurate stories about science and technology to challenge existing stereotypes about scientists and engineers in the popular imagination.