Climate Crisis

Climate Crisis by Kate Bolfango

It starts out by looking at global warming/climate change by the numbers. Like Problema, the theme of the film is unveiled by looking closely at facts and statistics – beginning from a very large number (e.g., the cost of climate change by 2100, which would be $ 1,873,000,000,000) and coming down to the emphasis that we are all in 1 world. A video clip of a victim of the latest tsunami in Japan comes on after, narrating her traumatic and horrendous experience. This embedded clip in the film provides a strong evidence of the cause, appropriately calling out to the audience’s advocacy. A few more then and now evidences are shown before the film transitions its focus on the appalling effects this drastic climate change has to offer. We are already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting, plants and animals are being forced from their habitats, and the number of severe storms and droughts is significantly increasing. Although the film has a very antagonistic introduction, it concludes in a positive and a very hopeful manner – by proposing to take action. The film ends with an encouragement to help and start make a change. Even though the problem seems so widespread that it is becoming hard to see what individual efforts can contribute, one person does make a difference.