Film Series
In This Climate: Brett Story Selects
In this climate, what images are necessary? And what might catastrophe want of cinema, anyway? As the capitalist fantasy of resource scarcity finds reinforcement in the crisis of ecological collapse, might our art leave clues for those future generations seeking explanation? From colonial plunder to collective melancholy, from nihilistic hedonism to airplanes full of fish, the films in this program expand our notions of both “climate” and “crisis” in order to provoke urgent questions about how we live now, and might live later.—Brett Story, series programmer
Brett Story is an award-winning filmmaker and writer based in Toronto. Her 2016 film, The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, screened internationally and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. The Hottest August is her third documentary feature and screens exclusively at BAM Nov 15—21.
Alfonso Cuaron’s stunning, all-too-real vision of societal collapse.
A powerful look at a Tanzanian community devastated by the ravages of global capitalism.
Beekeeping, volcanic eruptions, and the colonization of Mars collide in a cosmic reverie.
Patricio Guzmán’s mesmeric meditation on the alien landscapes of Chile and the secrets within.
An urgent look into our apocalyptic future as seen from the perilous present.