“Buena Vista Social Club” meets “The Year of Living Dangerously” is how director Jared P. Scott pitches “The Great Green Wall,” an eco-documentary that shines a light on one of the world’s most ambitious but unsung initiatives to tackle climate change. The film premieres on Saturday in Venice Days, an independent section running alongside the Venice Film Festival. The film will be shown to 150 heads of state at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York on Sept. 23.
Executive produced by Fernando Meirelles, the Oscar-nominated director of “City of God” and “The Constant Gardener,” “The Great Green Wall” focuses on the plan, agreed by 11 African nations in 2007, to plant 8,000 kilometers of trees and vegetation across the Sahel, the semi-arid area that stretches the entire width of the continent, just below the Sahara desert.
The 90 minute doc tells its story through the eyes of Malian musician and activist Inna Modja,...
Executive produced by Fernando Meirelles, the Oscar-nominated director of “City of God” and “The Constant Gardener,” “The Great Green Wall” focuses on the plan, agreed by 11 African nations in 2007, to plant 8,000 kilometers of trees and vegetation across the Sahel, the semi-arid area that stretches the entire width of the continent, just below the Sahara desert.
The 90 minute doc tells its story through the eyes of Malian musician and activist Inna Modja,...
- 8/30/2019
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days sidebar has unveiled its 2019 lineup with 11 movies in competition.
The section, which is modeled after Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, comprises six first features and four films directed by women.
Competition highlights include Dominik Moll’s Seules Les Bêtes, which will open the strand on Wednesday, August 28; Jayro Bustamante’s La llorona; Japanese actor Joe Odagiri’s feature directorial debut They Say Nothing Stays the Same; and Fabienne Berthaud’s Un Monde Plus Grand, starring Cécile de France.
Also in competition, Corpus Christi comes from Polish director Jan Komasa; family saga Beware Of Children is by Norway’s Dag Johan Haugerud; Un Divan à Tunis, starring Golshifteh Farahani, is by Manele Labidi; Laos’ Venice debut comes with The Long Walk by Mattie Do; and U.S.-Philippines co-production Lingua Franca comes from Isabel Sandoval.
Comics artist Igort’s 5 è Il Numero Perfetto stars Toni Servillo,...
The section, which is modeled after Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, comprises six first features and four films directed by women.
Competition highlights include Dominik Moll’s Seules Les Bêtes, which will open the strand on Wednesday, August 28; Jayro Bustamante’s La llorona; Japanese actor Joe Odagiri’s feature directorial debut They Say Nothing Stays the Same; and Fabienne Berthaud’s Un Monde Plus Grand, starring Cécile de France.
Also in competition, Corpus Christi comes from Polish director Jan Komasa; family saga Beware Of Children is by Norway’s Dag Johan Haugerud; Un Divan à Tunis, starring Golshifteh Farahani, is by Manele Labidi; Laos’ Venice debut comes with The Long Walk by Mattie Do; and U.S.-Philippines co-production Lingua Franca comes from Isabel Sandoval.
Comics artist Igort’s 5 è Il Numero Perfetto stars Toni Servillo,...
- 7/23/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Great Green Wall, Youth Unstoppable among supported projects.
Representatives from World Bank Group’s global climate communications and partnership programme Connect4Climate are in Cannes supporting the in-production documentary Great Green Wall.
Jared P. Scott directs and Fernando Meirelles serves as executive producer on the film, which is also receiving support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
The documentary tells the epic story of one of the planet’s most ambitious endeavours at the edge of the Sahara Desert, aiming to spread awareness about and transform the lives of millions affected by the degraded landscapes. Great Green Wall features Inna Modja,...
Representatives from World Bank Group’s global climate communications and partnership programme Connect4Climate are in Cannes supporting the in-production documentary Great Green Wall.
Jared P. Scott directs and Fernando Meirelles serves as executive producer on the film, which is also receiving support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
The documentary tells the epic story of one of the planet’s most ambitious endeavours at the edge of the Sahara Desert, aiming to spread awareness about and transform the lives of millions affected by the degraded landscapes. Great Green Wall features Inna Modja,...
- 5/14/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
The World Bank-backed group Connect4Climate will support Great Green Wall, an upcoming documentary from director Jared P. Scott (Requiem for the American Dream), that looks at the impact of climate change on increasing desertification.
The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles is executive producing the doc, which has also received support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and by renewable energy company Building Energy, a longstanding partner of Connect4Climate.
Great Green Wall follows the efforts of Malian singer and activist Inna Modja to push back the spread of the Sahara Desert and to raise awareness around attempts to restore...
The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles is executive producing the doc, which has also received support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and by renewable energy company Building Energy, a longstanding partner of Connect4Climate.
Great Green Wall follows the efforts of Malian singer and activist Inna Modja to push back the spread of the Sahara Desert and to raise awareness around attempts to restore...
- 5/11/2018
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The World Bank-backed group Connect4Climate will support <em>Great Green Wall</em>, an upcoming documentary from director Jared P. Scott (<em>Requiem for the American Dream</em>), that looks at the impact of climate change on increasing desertification.
<em>The Constant Gardener</em> director Fernando Meirelles is executive producing the doc, which has also received support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and by renewable energy company Building Energy, a longstanding partner of Connect4Climate.
<em>Great Green Wall</em> follows the efforts of Malian singer and activist Inna Modja to push back the spread of the Sahara Desert and to raise awareness around attempts to restore degraded landscapes and ...
<em>The Constant Gardener</em> director Fernando Meirelles is executive producing the doc, which has also received support from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and by renewable energy company Building Energy, a longstanding partner of Connect4Climate.
<em>Great Green Wall</em> follows the efforts of Malian singer and activist Inna Modja to push back the spread of the Sahara Desert and to raise awareness around attempts to restore degraded landscapes and ...
- 5/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Ahead of Cannes, Entertainment One’s boutique label Seville International has boarded international rights to United Nations-backed climate change and music documentary Great Green Wall, which is fronted by Malian singer and model Inna Modja (pictured) and executive-produced by City Of God and The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles.
Currently in production, Great Green Wall focuses on the ongoing Africa-led project to grow an 8,000km wall of trees and plants across the width of the continent. The initiative will stretch from Senegal to Djibouti and is meant to provide food and jobs to millions. The film, described as “Buena Vista Social Club meets Years of Living Dangerously”, follows Modja across Africa as she assembles leading musicians and singers (pictured) to record an album that captures the spirit of the Wall, which once completed will be the largest living structure on earth, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.
Currently in production, Great Green Wall focuses on the ongoing Africa-led project to grow an 8,000km wall of trees and plants across the width of the continent. The initiative will stretch from Senegal to Djibouti and is meant to provide food and jobs to millions. The film, described as “Buena Vista Social Club meets Years of Living Dangerously”, follows Modja across Africa as she assembles leading musicians and singers (pictured) to record an album that captures the spirit of the Wall, which once completed will be the largest living structure on earth, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef.
- 4/20/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: British-Nigerian filmmaker Joseph Adesunloye to direct The Great Green Wall for Make Productions.
City Of God director Fernando Meirelles will serve as executive producer and creative consultant on a new Un-backed documentary about climate change.
The Great Green Wall will focus on the ongoing Africa-led project to grow an 8,000km wall of trees and plants across the width of Africa.
The film will tell the story of the initiative through the eyes of Malian singer and model Inna Modja who is due to team up with African and international singers and musicians on the film’s score.
The film is due to end in Senegal where featured artists will take part in a concert at the Great Green Wall.
Backed by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the film will be produced by UK TV outfit Make Productions and be directed by British-Nigerian filmmaker Joseph Adesunloye, who was nominated for the BFI Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmakers...
City Of God director Fernando Meirelles will serve as executive producer and creative consultant on a new Un-backed documentary about climate change.
The Great Green Wall will focus on the ongoing Africa-led project to grow an 8,000km wall of trees and plants across the width of Africa.
The film will tell the story of the initiative through the eyes of Malian singer and model Inna Modja who is due to team up with African and international singers and musicians on the film’s score.
The film is due to end in Senegal where featured artists will take part in a concert at the Great Green Wall.
Backed by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the film will be produced by UK TV outfit Make Productions and be directed by British-Nigerian filmmaker Joseph Adesunloye, who was nominated for the BFI Iwc Schaffhausen Filmmakers...
- 2/1/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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