Kids take on corporates in Damon Gameau’s hopeful new film, the “Future Council”
Australian filmmaker Damon Gameau’s (2014, THAT SUGAR FILM) new film “The Future Council” follows eight kids on the ultimate school excursion -- a road trip across Europe to challenge powerful leaders and find solutions to our greatest ecological challenges. It’s a delightful blend of “School of Rock” meets “An Inconvenient Truth” and is great viewing for young and old alike.
"The Future Council" is a clever set up of even more clever kids from around the world selected for their eco passion and impressive talents to meet up, learn how to speak truth to power and march in to ask the CEOs of global companies tough questions about their environmental impact. The kids coin a new phrase -- “adult-washing” -- that captures their frustrations and fears about inaction and reasons for why they can’t do more. Ultimately the kids find that getting involved and taking action is the best way to stave off eco and climate anxiety, sadly a growing trend for young people everywhere. Gameau's enthusiasm for taking challenging issues and shining new and creative light on them leaves you believing in this film that our best hope may be the next generation. Don’t miss it.
“The Future Council” is screening at festivals and film events around Australia, you can find a session near you here.
Watch the teaser trailer:
