The Here Now Project (2024) at Huntington Cinema Arts Centre

From the streets of Brooklyn to the forests of Siberia, a relentless barrage of fires, floods, and storms made devastatingly clear that the extreme weather climate scientists have been predicting for half a century has arrived. Now, in a production of unprecedented scope, Emmy-winning filmmakers Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel chronicle a pivotal year through the eyes of everyday people around the world. Built out of thousands of hours of in-the-moment footage—no narration, no talking heads—The Here Now Project transforms the ordinary act of shooting a cell phone video into the radical act of bearing witness, capturing both the simultaneous, global nature of climate change itself and the deeply human resilience, resourcefulness, and courage needed to confront it. At once intimate, epic, immersive, and inspiring, the film is a wake-up call to the world from the world. The message: we’re all in this, together. (2024, 75 mins)

Featuring a panel discussion with Alison Branco, New York Conservation and Science Director, Marci Bortman, Director of Coastal Programs, The Nature Conservancy in NY, Juliana Clejan, and Program Manager, Eleven Eleven Foundation, moderated by Rep. Steve Israel, Director of the Cornell Brooks Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.