COMING SOON
 

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Climate change is here.

 

As heat domes, atmospheric rivers and mega fires reshape our world, how do we protect the things that are most vital? EMERGENCE: Women in the Storm, from award-winning filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper (Incandescence, Metamorphosis), goes beyond the headlines to explore how people are navigating the reality of climate emergency.

 

When fire broke out in the town of Lytton, B.C., residents were forced to flee through air filled with the smell of burning sage. In the Fraser Canyon, Yarrow, and Princeton, massive flooding left entire communities without food, heat or power. But in a crisis, it is everyday people who provide critical support and aid. Across Canada, residents opened their homes to  evacuees, offering food, shelter, places to camp and help with livestock.

 

Through interviews with survivors, impressionist sequences, and remarkable footage, the raw poetry of renewal is forged. Built out of empathy, shared experience and the need to stabilize the life-sustaining systems of the planet and its inhabitants, this collective effort brings people together to tell a new story about living better in a changed world.

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A Feature Documentary

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Produced by Nova Ami.  Directed and written by Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper

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A Knowledge Original​ with support from the Canada Media Fund, Creative BC, FIBC,  and Knowledge Network.

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