Saving the World

Films that offer hope in fighting the climate crisis and the solutions that can save our planet

August 23, 2024
9-10 PM

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Little Theater
Van Dam Street and 47th Avenue

Feeling the Apocalypse

A psychotherapist struggling with climate anxiety explores what it means to live in a dying world.

A protest poster with a yellow background, black torn paper elements, and the title 'Feeling the Apocalypse'. The poster features an illustration of a woman sitting in a doorway, surrounded by torn pieces and dark imagery.

The Dolphin Dilemma

Imagine, waking up being covered in third-degree burns, that's what it's like for the Burrunan dolphins in Australia. But why is this happening? That's what Dr. Duignan, Director of Pathology at The Marine Mammal Center, Dr. Stephens from Murdoch University, and Dr. Robb from the Marine Mammal Foundation had to find out. This film explores this international collaboration that proves for the first time that these lesions being found on cetaceans around the world are only caused by climate change.

Book cover titled 'The Dolphin Dilemma' by Olivia Andrus-Drennan, featuring an underwater photograph of dolphins swimming just below the water's surface.

Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

As fire seasons grow longer, more destructive, and more deadly, it is clear that our approach to reducing wildfire risk is failing. This film brings cutting-edge science and indigenous knowledge into focus. It forces us, from city dwellers to seasoned fire professionals to rural citizens, to question what we believe and offers a science-based way forward to live and thrive with fire.

A wildfire burning in a mountainous landscape under a starry sky with the title 'ELEMENTAL REIMAGINE WILDFIRE' and a quote about living with wildfire by Dr. Jack Cohen. The bottom includes film credits and a description of the film's production team.