EcoCounts Climate Film Series Presents: The Hottest August with Q&A

“An absorbing social study about hopes, dreams, and our current climate."

SIGHT & SOUND

Join us for a community screening of Brett Story's poignant documentary The Hottest August (2019).

Our screenings are always followed by a Q&A group discussion on the themes of the film, led by documentary director/producer and climate advocate Solveig Herzum.

Doors open at 6:00pm, film starts at 6:30pm.

Film runtime is 94 mins with 45mins of discussion afterwards. Light refreshments provided.

This is an entirely free event, with donations to EcoCounts, Islington Climate Centre and Castlehaven Community Association gratefully accepted.

https://ecocounts.community/

https://www.islingtonclimatecentre.co.uk/

https://www.castlehaven.org.uk/

Set over the course of the month of August 2017 in New York City, The Hottest August offers a mirror onto a society on the verge of catastrophe, registering the anxieties, distractions, and survival strategies that preoccupy ordinary lives. A complex portrait of a city and its inhabitants, this particular month is a month heavy with the tension of a new President, growing anxiety over everything from rising rents to marching white nationalists, and unrelenting news of either wildfires or hurricanes on every coast. This documentary asks the question - what does the future look like from where we are standing? And what if we are not all standing in the same place?

Brett Story is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and geographer based in Toronto whose films have screened at festivals all over the world - including Hot Docs, Sundance, Sheffield Doc Fest and more. The Hottest August screened at True/False Film Festival, SXSW, CPH:DOX, and BAMcinemafest in 2019.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/372406796