Sweetshop & Green’s documentary to hit the screen at Melbourne International Film Festival

A new feature documentary produced by Sweetshop & Green and narrated by highly acclaimed Actress and Producer, Laura Dern, will make its debut at Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) next month. 

The Endangered Generation? challenges the myth that the world is fundamentally driven by selfishness and competition – a story that for centuries has shaped our understanding of humankind and nature.

Instead, the film takes the audience on a positive and hopeful journey to reconnect with the environment and each other – revealing a neglected side of human nature, and the potential of the diversity and deep connections that already exist in the world, hidden just out of view.

Celeste Geer, Director, says the documentary is intended to provoke critical thinking about the assumptions on which our world is based.

“This documentary is intended to provoke critical thinking about the fundamental assumptions on which our world is based. It’s an invitation for audiences to reconsider the ties that bind us and to see that the change we need is not only possible, it’s already in play. Hopefully the passionate individuals at the heart of this film will inspire others to engage with the most urgent challenges of our time.”

The stories take us deep into the jungles of Panama in search of the nature’s survival secrets; to the heart of the Antarctic to discover how art can change the way we see our world; into an experiment in radical collaboration playing out in the dense urban bustle of Indonesia; and into the fight to preserve the last of Australia’s Indigenous languages and the invaluable knowledge of our world that they contain.

Gal Greenspan, Co-Managing Director at Sweetshop & Green says Sweetshop & Green’s primary focus has always been to tell important and culturally diverse stories to shift perspectives and share these stories with as many people around the world as possible. 

“The Endangered Generation? is all this and more. We’ve been blessed with brilliant partners and collaborators on the film.”

The Endangered Generation? takes the audience on an epic journey with unique characters, culminating in new revelations: that diversity and cooperation are the most effective way to create a resilient future, that First Nations speakers are crucial experts, and that art is the most powerful tool we have in creating a shared story of human survival.

It is a Sweetshop & Green production in collaboration with Monash University and in association with Screen Australia, VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund, The South Australian Film Corporation, Projector Films & VMLY&R. The film will be released in cinemas in early 2023 by Bonsai Films.

CREDITS

Directed by Celeste Geer

Produced by Daniel Joyce and Gal Greenspan

Executive Producers Sharlene George, Nathan Gray, Darius Family and Leila Conners

​​Cinematography by Julian Manrique, Aaron Smith, Michael Latham and Bella Panggabean

Edited by Samuel Galloway, Steven Robinson and Bernadette Murray

Sound Design & Mix by Lachlan Harris

Music Composition by Thomas E. Rouch

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