Downsizing: Matt Damon's funny-ish climate change film

There are several reasons climate communicators and activists, and not just cli-fi aficionados, could benefit by seeing Downsizing, the end-of-2017 movie starring Matt Damon and directed by Alexander Payne – to be released March 20 on disk.

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1. It is one of the few films that addresses climate change mitigation (i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions). Most cli-fi movies depict extreme weather disasters (impacts) or survivors struggling in bleak climate-changed landscapes (adaptation).

2) Rarer still, Downsizing is a comedy, a useful quality not often found in climate change communications.

3) Several members of the cast and crew have been Academy Award nominees; three have Oscars on their mantels. Hong Chau, was nominated for the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for her supporting performance in the film.

4) Downsizing raises an important point for discussion: What is the human(e) response to climate change, to predictions of climate disasters in particular?

Read the Yale Climate Connections story - “Downsizing: Matt Damon's funny-ish climate change film.”