Draft:Picturing My Climate Future
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Comment: Only one independent source, and that is not secondary.New York City is mentioned so presumably the programme / project is in the USA, but the draft doesn't say so, except in the infobox about the short film. bonadea contributions talk 16:42, 24 November 2024 (UTC)
| My Climate Future | |
|---|---|
 Film festival poster | |
| Directed by | Jonathan Fisher |
| Produced by | George Carrano, Zain Jaffer |
| Edited by | Christoph Gelfand |
Production company | Seeing for Ourselves |
Release date | 2024 |
Running time | 4 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Picturing My Climate Future is a 2023-25 program by the nonprofit Seeing for Ourselves (SFO), leading thus far to a 2024 film. The effort trains high-school students to portray their climate future using self-captioned photography.[1] The nonprofit will then seek to promote this visual narrative in gallery exhibits, publications, film, and social media. The purpose of the program—and, therefore, of the film—is to amplify the views of youth in the national conversation around climate change, who did not cause the crisis yet have far more skin in the game than their elders who did.[2]
Background
[edit]SFO previously delivered programming to residents of the New York City housing projects, culminating in the widely acclaimed book Project Lives; and to New Yorkers serving a term of probation, culminating in the equally praised film and book In a Whole New Way.[3]
Programming
[edit]A pilot effort was conducted with Cape Elizabeth High School and the town’s Thomas Memorial Library in April 2023 involving a handful of students.[4]
Exhibit
[edit]The self-captioned photographs were exhibited at the library at the end of the year, while a virtual meeting was held between the photographers and townspeople to discuss the effort.[5] [6]
Review
[edit]When SFO principal Jonathan Fisher was interviewed about the nonprofit’s criminal justice initiative, the podcast host reacted this way to Fisher’s account of the climate effort: “I love that. Unheard voices. Often, we don't listen to our young people. These are going to be our leaders. The people that are going to take care of us—they're going to be our lawmakers, our policy changers. It's so important that these voices are at the table. What an important job you guys are doing here around climate change. Look what we've done to destroy this earth. What are we leaving behind for them, exactly?” She added, “Wow, that's amazing. I just love what you're doing. Love it.”[7]
Film
[edit]A short documentary about this pilot project, My Climate Future, was put together in 2024. The film credits express thanks to The Zain Jaffer Foundation while Jaffer himself is separately credited as Executive Producer.[8] The film was named Best Short Documentary by the Florence Film Awards.[9]
Going Forward
[edit]The project website indicates that the film is a teaser for the upcoming documentary about the national program planned for the 2024-25 school year.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Picturing My Climate Future | climate photography". myclimatefuture. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Project". myclimatefuture. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Participatory Photography". inawholenewway. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "In Cape Elizabeth, climate change as seen though students' lenses". Press Herald. 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Exhibit". myclimatefuture. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "My Climate Future: A Conversation - THOMAS MEMORIAL LIBRARY". Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ Jonathan Fisher - "Seeing For Ourselves" - Prison POD Productions. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-11-24 – via prisonpod.buzzsprout.com.
- ^ My Climate Future (2024) - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-11-24 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ My Climate Future (Short 2024) - Awards - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-11-24 – via www.imdb.com.
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