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Submitted By: Max Leighton
Festival Rating 7.2
The root cause of the unfolding environmental catastrophe is our separation from nature. This film outlines a spiritual rite of passage back into nature. We focus on complexity and how the universe seems to grow life when this surpasses a threshold. Following an embryo to a child, we see the universe spawn life and humanity develops increasingly complex worldviews. We see the child grow into a teenager, describing humanity's rise to material abundance, but partnered with a profound dislocation from nature. We then propose our primary task is to realise we are still apples from the tree and embrace the ongoing third industrial revolution towards sustainability and compassion to all life. The aim is to sketch out a deeper mythological purpose for our current moment of crisis.
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DirectorsMax Leighton
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ProducersPatrick Hoelscher
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AnimatorGabriella Marsh
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Film TypeAnimation
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Film ColorColor
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Director's Biography
Max is a social scientist with experience researching for universities, think-tanks, charities and broadcasters. Before co-founding ION, Max worked for the University of Reading on a DFID-funded project - Future Climate For Africa - using narratives to construct water policy in cities across southern Africa. His academic focus has converged on exploring how the narratives we live by influence our relationship with nature and how these stories are ripe for renewal.