YOU TOLD US TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
You Told Us to Talk About the Weather is an urgent climate poetry film narrated by Michael Sheen exploring why British society easily engages in small talk about weather forecasts, yet finds honest discussions about the climate crisis so difficult.
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In the past 6 hours, 94% of Brits have spoken about the weather.
In the past 5 years, 7000 Brits have been arrested for speaking out about the climate crisis.
Now we’re asking: how can we change small-talk into a conversation for meaningful change?
Written by Emma-Louise Howell
Directed by Harry Tomlin
Producers Harry Tomlin, Emma-Louise Howell, Poppy O’Hagan
Created in Partnership with
Climate Majority Project and Duna Studios
Starring - Michael Sheen, Hemi Grimsby, Ben Mansfield, Florence Wright
Director of Photography - Ben Smith
Gaffer - Marc Milaly
Camera Assistant - Ed Swift
Kit Hire - Green Kit London
Production Designer - Ayla Ash
Title Designer - Freddie Guthrie
Music by Finn Stammers and Joss Morfitt
Editors - Jack Moore, Pablo Soto, Harry Tomlin
Edit Producer - Martha Smedley
Edit House - Work Editorial
Sound Designer - Jake Fielding
Location Sound Recordist - Benjamin Schweimler
Voiceover Engineer - Daniel Griffin
Colourist - Adam Mears
Colour Producer - Sarah Banks
Colour House - Harbor
Special Thanks
David Tennant, Georgia Tennant, Adrian Howell, Dawn Howell, Alec Birbeck, Darleen Grimsby, Andrew Bainbridge, Susan Tomlin, David Craig
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