'2040': Release date, plot, trailer and all you need to know about the climate change documentary

A new documentary from Australian filmmaker Damon Gameau shows us that everything we need to fight manmade climate change is already available to us
PUBLISHED JUN 2, 2020
(Together Films)
(Together Films)

We are being told every day that time is running out to save Planet Earth. With rising emissions and unchecked fossil fuel usage and millions of debates why suggested solutions for work, it is easy to get lost in the climate change discourse.

What can we really do? Are there any real solutions? A new documentary from Australian filmmaker, Damon Gameau shows us that everything we need to fight manmade climate change is already available to us -- it's just a matter of applying available technologies and principles to make the most out of them. Read on to know more details about the documentary.

Release date

'2040' will be released in virtual theatres on June 5. To find out more details about screenings and other information, go here.

Plot

The synopsis of '2040' reads: Following its world premiere at Berlinale ‘19, Together Films presents 2040, one of the highest-grossing Australian documentaries of all time,  offering new hope to the climate crisis conversation. Motivated by his 4-year-old daughter and concern for the planet she will inherit, award-winning Australian director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film, 2015), embarks on a global journey to discover what the future of the planet could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us, and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.

Guided by the voices of 100 child interviewees aged 6 to 11 who describe the kind of world they would like to see by the year 2040, Damon draws on the best minds from around the world across climate, economics, technology, civil society, education, agriculture, and sustainability to conjure a positive portrait of what ‘could be’, instead of the dystopian future we are so often presented. 

Director

Damon Gameau

Damon Gameau in '2040' (Together Films)

Damon Gameau is an Australian television and film actor who is the director of and played the lead role in, 'That Sugar Film'. Gameau also appeared in the Australian series, 'Love My Way', the 2002 Australian film 'The Tracker', and in a small role in 'How I Met Your Mother'.

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