When I think of how Hollywood largely depicts the climate crisis, I think of apocalypse movies like Mad Max or The Day After Tomorrow . Those types of narratives are necessary to show the gravity of the situation we’re in, but there’s way more to the climate story than the do-or-die situations we mostly see in the media — and Hollywood needs to reflect that, said Hollywood Climate Summit cofounder Heather Fipps. “We are seeing a world depicted on screen that is either divorced from reality and not showing climate change happening, or it is showing us a future that is not the future that we want,” Fipps said.
The 5th annual Hollywood Climate Summit, which began Tuesday afternoon, aims to inspire diversity and nuance in climate storytelling. The four-day conference brings together filmmakers, actors, activists, journalists, climate experts and more to discuss how Hollywood can reflect the impact of the climate crisis in our everyday lives, as well as help us imagine a better future. “We're getting people really excited about the unique opportunity that Hollywood has to be a force for envisioning a new future and giving us different stories that we can tell ourselves about the moment that we're in,” Fipps said.
Tickets are still available to attend this year’s summit and the events will also be streamed online for free. The panels will be available on YouTube after the summit concludes. You can see the full schedule here .
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