2022 | Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival

The Ants and the Grasshopper & The Ants and The Grasshopper Q&A

Expired April 30, 2022 7:00 AM
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Thursday, April 28 | 7:00 PM (PDT)


THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER


This documentary, ten years in the making, weaves together the most urgent themes of our times through the story of one farmer. Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, make men fight for gender equality, and end child hunger in her village in East Africa. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, Anita will use all her skills and experience to help Americans recognize, and free themselves from, a mindset that is already helping destroy the Earth.

 

Immediately following the screening, a pre-recorded conversation with the film’s co-directors/co-producers, Raj Patel and Zak Piper. Moderated by Blanca Begert, digital producer, News and Environment at KCET | PBS SoCal.

Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and maybe she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home in Malawi from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, she meets climate sceptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions that shape the USA: from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, and to the American exceptionalism that remains a part of the culture. It will take all her skill and experience to help Americans recognise, and free themselves from, a logic that is already destroying the Earth.
  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    74 minutes
  • Director
    Raj Patel, Zak Piper
  • Cast
    Anita Chitaya