The director of 'Don't Look Up' is telling people to wake up when it comes to climate change.
FILE - Adam McKay, left, director of the film"Don't Look Up," joins members of the Youth Climate Los Angeles coalition and others protesting climate change outside City National Bank in Los Angeles, Friday, March 18, 2022. On Tuesday Sept. 20, 2022, McKay announced a $4 million donation to the Climate Emergency Fund, an organization dedicated to getting money into the hands of activists engaged in disruptive, nonviolent demonstrations urging swifter action on climate change.
Climate change is “extremely alarming, extremely frightening, and quickly becoming the only thing I’m thinking about on a daily basis, even as I’m writing scripts and directing or producing,” McKay said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. The Climate Emergency Fund has awarded $7 million to organizations supporting mostly volunteer climate activists around the globe. Those activists have done everything from marching in the streets of France to urge people to “look up" — a reference to McKay's film — to demonstrating on the water near West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's boat about the need for federal climate legislation.
McKay, for his part, said he’s hesitant to attribute any direct action to his movie. But he sees both film and disruptive protest as actions that change culture, which can be a major step toward influencing policy. The film, he said, sparked an incredible reaction around the globe from ordinary viewers and scientists who have been fighting for climate action for decades.
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