Climate the Movie: Phase One
Climate the Movie: Phase One
Climate the Movie: Phase One
Climate the Movie: Phase One
Climate the Movie: Phase One
Override the Static.
Override the Static.
Override the Static.
Override the Static.
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Climate the Movie: Phase One
Override the Static.
Override the Static.
Override the Static.
Override the Static.
Override the Static.
CLIMATE opens with geologist Jocelyn Pelletier going to jail for "getting a divorce."
Sitting on a hard metal bunk in a 6x10 concrete jail cell, charged with contempt of court during a contentious custody battle over her 14-year-old daughter Aubrey, Jocelyn's cellmate asks about her backstory.
In flashbacks, we see the cold abrupt change in Jocelyn's once loving husband, the creeping alienation between Jocelyn and Aubrey, and the fist-clenching frustration in looking for resolve in a clueless and corrupt court system.
As she finishes her story, Jocelyn reflects that her friend Brandy attributes the sudden disruption in her life to another woman, while her attorney assumes it's her ex-husband's drinking. Over the din of inmates clawing each other with their words, Jocelyn's cellmate asks her "What do you think?"
"I think the whole world has turned upside down."
Climate is based on my story, and the story of two friends of mine. I wrote CLIMATE soon after my own world turned upside down.
Yet the more I shared this very personal and painful story of alienation, the more I came to realize CLIMATE is not just the story of the few. It's the story of the many. Too many.
Just about everyone has been touched by the alienation portrayed in CLIMATE, whether it's a friend, a family member, or a colleague. It's the sad story of our times.
How do we even begin to try and change this?
We believe change comes by RAISING AWARENESS through the healing power of story.
When we are called by story, we pause whatever we are doing to ask one of life's most important questions: What happens next? Suddenly, we care.
Story connects. Intellectually grounded yet inspirational stories like CLIMATE help dissolve alienation.
Through its emotionally provoking story and its timely message, CLIMATE can hopefully help with 'what happens next' by raising awareness and motivating others to care enough to act.
Climate
portrays this alienation in one of the most disturbing forms of all,
parental alienation.
PARENTAL ALIENATION
As Mt. Kilauea erupts, so does geologist Jocelyn Pelletier's life. Fighting betrayal, divorce and parental alienation, Jocelyn is thrown in jail on a contempt of court charge when she refuses to send her 14 year old daughter back to a toxic environment.
Once released, Jocelyn surrenders the custody fight for her daughter, and travels to Hawaii to collect herself and the accumulating data of the erupting volcano. In Hilo, she meets Nate Maier, an unpredictable entrepreneur with well-guarded secrets about solar winds, magnetic anomalies, and questionable geo-engineering technology.
When it comes to confronting the present dangers of climate change, thought-provoking documentaries, impassioned speeches and energy rousing benefit concerts, we need them all. But are they enough?
And can they really make a difference, especially when it comes to shaking off complacency and old habits that too often turn into addictions?
As a psychotherapist, despite my best efforts, all too often I witnessed many of my client’s habits become dangerously hard wired into their brains and churn into addiction.
If left untreated for a long time, addiction becomes increasingly difficult to treat. Alcohol. Drugs. (Illegal or prescription). Sex. Food. Shopping. Cell phones. Video games. Internet. Oil. Money. Power.The object of the addiction is unimportant. The more important question is how do we change that hard wiring?
Addiction specialists struggle with this question daily, with lives hanging in the balance. Now our planet hangs in the balance.
Now we urgently need to answer this question. Our culture has become like addicts in the late stages of addiction. Our thinking is skewed and rigid. Our rationalizations impenetrable.
Our challenge is not just the climate of the planet; it’s the CLIMATE of our culture. And the culture is in denial.
Denial is not handled with reason. Using reason to reach addicts usually only makes them become more defiant and rigid.
We don't fight our way to resolve. We listen. We connect, especially to those we perceive as enemies. We shift our perspectives to our hearts, not our egos. This is not easy, and yet often the best way to help us do that is through story; real, inspiring and heartfelt stories, with new heroes and new myths.
The late mythologist Joseph Campbell once told contemporary mythmakers that “the only myth worth telling” is the story of the planet and our interaction with it.
We believe the way to override the static of our cultural hard wiring and denial is to make the earth come alive in a way that we will experience as real.
Our Mother Earth has become like the targeted parent in the process of parental alienation; we have become dangerously disconnected from a loving parent.
In this critical era of climate change and superheroes, it's time for Mother Earth to become our ultimate hero.
Raising awareness by producing CLIMATE is our passion - our WHY - it's our way of DOING SOMETHING about our destructive, distracted and disconnected CLIMATE of alienation and denial.
If this was a hurricane, we
would be boarding up windows and taking every precaution. A hurricane is
coming. The risk is real, and the possible effects upon our every day
lives are unfathomable. We need to act now. It's more than our way of
life that's at stake. It's our future.
Our approach, in every step of production, is to follow our "why."
This means forming a team of
people who feel the same way we do. It means making a commitment,
working together, imagining together, and creating something greater
than all of us.
Phase One
The funding goal we've set is based on the amount of money we need to get started. It represents only the first phase of filming which will take place in New Hampshire. As much as possible, we want to hire local actors and filmmakers. Specifically, funds will go to:
Phase Two
If we surpass our goal, we can then go into the next phase of filming which takes place in Hawaii (we plan to hire local actors and crew there as well), and includes post-production (editing, a musical score, sound mixing) and distribution.
Once we reach this level, we will add perks to receive a DVD of CLIMATE, t-shirts, posters, and promotional items. The sooner we surpass our goal, the sooner we can add these perks!
Here are three of Terry Lilley's photos you can receive when you make a donation!
Or with a larger donation, receive a DVD of Ka Honu by Terry Lilley:
Here is a short video of Terry's magnificent underwater videography, set to Gregory Douglass' touching song, "No Apology."
Douglass' evocative, alternative sound blends "Rufus Wainwright´s opulent musicality and Justin Timberlake´s accessible soulfulness," according to OUT Magazine. His recent spotlight on NPR's "Morning Edition" has coined him "one of New England's best-kept secrets."
"Douglass—with his gorgeous voice and poignant, piercing lyrics—burns with a fire that cannot be extinguished or ignored. BATTLER is a soul-lifting masterpiece."-B. Walker, Performing Songwriter Magazine
Click here for more information about the plight of Hawaii's sea turtles and coral reefs.
CLIMATE: A JOURNEY TOWARD HO'OPONOPONO
Ho'oponopono means to correct, or to make right. It is an ancient Hawaiian healing practice that represents forgiveness and reconciliation. In the practice of ho'oponopono, we reconcile our relationships with nature, each other, and ourselves.
I discovered ho'oponopono while on a restorative vacation in Hawaii, which helped me heal, and led to the writing of CLIMATE, and Climate is first and foremost, all about healing.
Yet it also led me to the creation of Bathology, a daily practice my partner Craig and I created using the transformational power of story, the latest research in brain science, and the basic principles of ho'oponopono.
In raising funds to produce CLIMATE, we are raising the BAR to practice ho'oponopono, and we are also raising the BAR literally, through the practice of Bathology.
Every perk on the Phase One part of the campaign to help produce CLIMATE will also help promote "Project Calm & Sense" and the daily practice of Bathology, and every Bathology perk is discounted 50%!
This means that when you make a pledge to help produce CLIMATE, you are also helping YOURSELF on your own journey toward ho'oponopono!
Just add water, an open mind, and a light heart.
Bathology is a simple, effective and FUN daily practice that "fuses soap & story to cleanse the body AND mind, instantly turning frowns into smiles and worry into wonder." (For more information about each "Mind & Body bar" perk (e-book* and natual, aromatherapy scented bar of soap) visit the Boutique page at www.splashcitysoaps.com
BATHOLOGY HELPS YOU OVERRIDE THE STATIC!
When you choose the $25 Painting Music perk, you receive a digital download of the our"Override the Static" poster (see below), and you also receive "See the Music", the Bathology e-book that will help you override the static. Slip inside four enchanted musical paintings and hear the colors of your heart!
*Each story takes place in the cartoon world Splash City, a world not unlike our own, where flat, 2D and cynical people climb ladders on The Wall, searching for "happiness over there." A small group of vibrant and 3D Splash City residents are "transforming our world by transforming ourselves."
To help you spread the word, Splash City's own Miss Guided Light has a special slide show on the Climate website: Spread the Word!
Making a donation to this campaign makes you a part of our team. It's really important to us that this film is made ho'oponopono style, with all the "right" "Aloha" intentions, in every aspect of production. Ho'oponopono means to make right not only for ourselves,
but for future generations. Your donation, no matter how small, means you are connected, and that you care. We SO appreciate it!
Thank you for caring about our planet and our future, and thank you for your help! We couldn't do it without you!
Maholo!
Deb Whitaker, Writer/Producer