Inundation District (2023) Film & Q&A Session with David Abel
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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Movie Starts at 6:00 pm
Q&A Session ~7:15 pm
In a time of rising tides and intensifying storms, what happens when a vulnerable city builds by the sea? Join us for an unforgettable evening with filmmaker David Abel, whose project Inundation District (2023) showcases what is expected to happen as temperatures rise beside a changing coast. Abel will join for an exclusive Q&A session following the screening to offer insight into the making of this extraordinary film.
Don’t miss this opportunity: Learn about one city’s risky decision to ignore the threats posed by climate change and spend billions building a new waterfront district right at sea level – atop a landfill.
Purchase your tickets early – our last film with David sold out, and tickets were not available on the day of the event!
To watch the trailer, click here!
Cost:
Non-members: $10
Members: $8
Limited seating available. Doors open for admission 30 minutes prior to screening.
ABOUT THE FILM
Embark on an 79-minute journey with the award-winning documentary film Inundation District (2023).
In a time of rising seas and intensifying storms, one of the world’s wealthiest, best-educated cities made a fateful decision. They would build a new seaside district on top of a landfill. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this neighborhood of glass towers housing some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats, including many at its renowned universities. The city, which already has more high-tide flooding than nearly any other in the United States, called its new quarter the Innovation District. But with seas rising inexorably, and at an accelerating rate, others are calling the neighborhood by a different name: Inundation District.
The Barr Foundation, Pulitzer Center, and The Boston Globe provided funding for this film. David Abel is on the Pulitzer Center’s Campus Consortium Advisory Council and is a contributing reporter for The Boston Globe. Neither the Pulitzer Center nor The Boston Globe had any editorial involvement in the creation of the film.
ABOUT FILMMAKER DAVID ABEL
An award-winning reporter, documentary filmmaker, and professor of journalism, David Abel has covered war in the Balkans, unrest in Latin America, national security issues in Washington D.C., terrorism in New York and Boston, and climate change and poverty throughout New England.
A longtime reporter at The Boston Globe, Abel is also a professor of the practice in the journalism department at Boston University.
Abel and his colleagues at the Globe won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. His films have been broadcast on the Discovery Channel, PBS, BBC World News, and other major platforms, winning numerous awards. His most recent film, “Entangled,” won a Jackson Wild award, known as the Oscars of nature films, and was nominated for a national Emmy. Abel’s work has also won an Edward R. Murrow award, the Ernie Pyle award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and Sigma Delta Chi awards for feature reporting and climate reporting.
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