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2040 a hopeful and realistic Solarpunk movie about our future (imdb.com)

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I loved the Movie 2040 by Damon Gameau. It’s really hopeful and shows us it’s possible to have a better future, the most important message today. I especially also like the focus to be on kids, because those are the people that will be living in and shaping the future. So watch this movie, show it to your kids and anyone who could benefit from a little more hope and Ideas!!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

@Julian_1_2_3_4_5 I would be careful with calling it #solarpunk , the movie has a lot of implicit neoliberal assumptions and puts a lot of technosolutionist proposals, doesn't show a lot of communities.

It's a great introduction to the idea of not giving up though! I personally recommend the movie to people who have had no experience with hopeful climate fiction at all.

The company owning the movie is pretty hard to work with as well, we failed to get educational screenings multiple times :/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you have any recs on good solarpunk movies/documentaries?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@realbadat I usually go with anarchist technology documentaries.

In my big Solarpunk essay ( https://alxd.org/solarpunk-lenses-and-foundations.html ) I mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPxCUzGGDKc , which was THE thing to inspire me to look for Solarpunk.

I love the series on the Southeast Asian Makers, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMf14VQEvTblDrJNG4kD6BIVW16DKJh-

They're less "comprehensive", but they're very real and very awesome :)

If I remember anything more, I'll let you know!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'd recommend checking out our local documentary community, [email protected], which is chock full of docs! :D

Though admittedly, most of the ones there are not directly related to solarpunk. Since the movement is really only just catching on in the mainstream, there's not much documentary/movie content about it.

The only fictional movie I can think of that's solarpunky would be Strange World from (ironically) Disney.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ooh, missed that one - thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I had a similar observation when watching it, particularly around eco-modernism.

As Giorgos Kallis put it,

"eco-modernism — that is, the idea that all environmental and social problems can ultimately be solved with the application of technology, and that the only solution to the problems of modern technology is more modern technology."