Reinventing Movies: Climate change and the power of culture
Last year we hosted 'Reinventing Movies', an event examining how film and TV have the potential to shape public perceptions and policy on climate. Through quotes, pictures and clips, discover some of the key ideas that surfaced.
Actor Fehinti Balogun delivering his opening remarks. Photo: Carmen Valino.
In July last year, we hosted 'Reinventing Movies', exploring the potential for TV and film to both transform public perceptions and accelerate policy responses to climate change.
Drawing on films leading the way, such as Netflix’s Don’t Look Up and the critically acclaimed The End We Start From, an expert panel discussed how the power of creativity can be used to unlock a better future.
Panellists included Catherine Ellis, Head of Climate content, BAFTA albert; Chi Thai, Writer, Producer and Director, Last Conker; Fehinti Balogun, Actor and Activist and Lucy Stone, Founder and Director, Climate Spring.
Here, relive some of the key moments and ideas from the event, including a clip of Fehinti’s captivating remarks.
The speaking panel: David Gunn, Fehinti Balogun, Chi Thai, Lucy Stone and Catherine Ellis. Photo: Carmen Valino.
“[Mr Bates vs. the Post Office] was being watched by regular people in their living rooms on a rainy January evening and it tapped into that sense of outrage, that sense of pure injustice. That is something we’ve lacked in climate change.” Lucy Stone
Audience applauding. Photo: Carmen Valino.
“Succession…after that aired 22,000 people searched ‘how do I leave money in my will to Greenpeace?’” Catherine Ellis
Conversation corners. Photo: Carmen Valino.
“We are disempowered by this idea that it is all inescapable. That the structure of oppression is too big to take on and so we just get on.” Fehinti Balogun
Speaker Fehinti Balogun. Photo: Carmen Valino.
“The fossil fuel industry has known this for a long time, they’ve known that to win you need to play this as a cultural war, you need to play it as a narrative strategy." Lucy Stone
Particpants talking over popcorn. Photo: Carmen Valino.
“It’s not a single hero, it’s not a slam dunk, it’s a process of people coming together and healing.” Chi Thai
Speakers Chi Thai, Lucy Stone and Catherine Ellis. Photo: Carmen Valino.
