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Film: Elemental - Reimagine Wildfire and Panel Discussion with City Leaders

Everybody's Climate 2024
Thursday, 7/25/2024
12:00 - 2:30
Koret Auditorium
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

Filmed across the West and narrated by Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. The film follows the harrowing escape from Paradise, California, as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. It then continues to the even more recent fires of the last two years, when Oregon, California and Colorado suffered their worst wildfires in recorded history. Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire includes the voices of climate experts, Indigenous people and fire survivors, and asks us to reimagine our relationship with wildfire as we prepare for an increasingly hotter future.

Panel: The film will be followed by a conversation with city leaders about how San Francisco is responding to the increased frequency of extreme weather events. From once-in-a-century winter storms to challenges posed by wildfires and record-breaking heatwaves, learn about the innovative strategies our city is implementing to safeguard our community's well-being.

Panelists:
Department of Emergency Management Executive Director Mary Ellen Carroll
Department of Environment Director Tyrone Jue (moderator)
SFPL Chief Operating Officer Maureen Singleton
Department of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Director Dr. Andi Tenner
Office of Resilience and Capital Planning Director Brian Strong

Film credits
Director: Trip Jennings
Narrator: David Oyelowo
Featuring: Dr. Jack Cohen, Margo Robbins, Dr. Chris Dunn, Dr. Tania Schoenagel, Roy Wright, Derek Alkonis, Rick O'Rourke, Dr. Alexandra Syphard, Jesse Alexander, Tim Ingalsbee, Dr. Beverly Law and Maya Kholsa
NR, 85 mins., 2022. Closed captions (CC) in English.

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