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Marc Albert - Photographer / Cinematographer
Amsterdam born Fashion and Celebrity Photographer Marc Albert graduated with a degree in advertising at the Nimeto Art-school, Utrecht. Following a brief carreer as an assistant Art Director at Dutch advertising giant FHV/BBDO, Marc traveled the globe for many years as a professional Fashion model before giving way to his long-time passion of "Communicating through Visual Art".
Since 2000, Marc has done an impressive array of high-profile assignments, ncluding Harpers Bazaar, Glamorous, Fader Japan, Brazil`s Versatille mag, and has shot the International "A-list" celebrities Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, Avril Lavigne and others, one-on-one. Marc has recently been increasingly active in video and film productions as a Director of Photography.
Marc's interest in our project is personal. His home country the Netherlands is 30% below sea level and is prone to extreme flooding through climate impact. Marc comes fully geared for film production with top of the range equipment. With a perfectionist's eye for film and photography, Marc will bring a level of visual quality that is rarely seen in the typical greenscreen studio production.
Anjali Appadurai - Starring In
A 25 year old University Student and Climate Activist from British Columbia, Canada. Anjali became interested in global social and environmental issues through the Canadian Red Cross, then went on to attend the UWC-USA and become a Davis scholar at COA. Her focus at COA has been on development economics and global politics. While at COA she became interested in climate-related issues, especially those of technology transfer and intellectual property rights in the context of the climate regime. Her academic trajectory as well as her experience at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and COP16 in Cancun prepared her to engage at multiple levels at COP17 in Durban 2011.
It was there in the conference's final moments, Anjali made history. Speaking to a crowd of negotiators on behalf of all youth deligates, Anjali's speech was a striking bombshell - an awe-inspiring appeal to our very humanity. Aired by 'Democracy Now', her speech video went viral, gaining over 128,000 views on YouTube - echoeing her urgent plea for climate justice and equity across the world. Her inspiring story has made headline news in both Canada and Asia.
Andrew Revkin of the New York Times called her speech “Remarkable”, and Naomi Klein, author of 'The Shock Doctrine' stated Appadurai was “a Hero”.
In our film, she will be filling the key role of our 'Female Presenter' in covering several chapters of dialog. We are thrilled and fortunate to have her onbaord!
Read her full story here! In descending order, here is video of Anjali describing her acamedic venture with 'Earth In Brackets' durring UN COP17, her interview with Democracy Now durring COP18 where she addressed deligates on behalf of Civil Society, and lastly, her first and second TEDx talks regarding activism:
James Shikada - Writer / Editor
I'm a 35 year old half British Japanese Screenwriter and Climate Activist based in Tokyo Japan with a decade of dedication to climate research and education.
In 2008 I attended the Sheffield International Doc/Fest to gather support for the 'Return Project' - an ambitious climate film proposal filled with factual delivery strategy. There I learned from inside sources that our top factual TV networks had made a policy decision to no longer report on the alarming facts of climate change. With the failures of not only our mainstream media but our top factual broadcasters, the job of truth-telling was now solely in the hands of the activist.
In late 2011 I released 'Science Vs. Denial: The Truth About Climate Education' - a 40 minute zero-budget film exposé on the failures of mass media on climate. Designed to impact the attitudes of media professionals, it was noticed by the Editor in Chief of Above Live - Nicholas Rachline. For a number of months, my Q&A article showcasing 'Science Vs. Denial' was published directly adjacent to Above Live's articles on Richard Branson and Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen.
A video endorsement of the Return Project by one of my strongest supporters, Nalaka Gunawardene - veteran Science Writer and Lead Researcher to the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Sci-fi Author and Inventor of the Communications Satellite:
Q'orianka Kilcher - Starring In
A 25 year old American Actress, Singer, Song Writer and Human Rights Activist, best known for her role as Pocahontas in the 2005 Academy Award nominated motion picture ‘The New World’ - starring opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale, directed by the legendary Terrence Malick. Her performance won her the National Board of Review's best breakthrough performance of 2006, the 2006 Alma Award for best Latin American actress in a feature film, and numerous other award nominations. She was the early inspiration for James Cameron’s vision in creating the character of ‘Neytiri’ in ‘Avatar’. Cameron later gifted her with his first drawing of ‘Naytiri’ matching her exact facial features. She is of Swiss, French, Spanish, German, Peruvian Quechua and Huachipaeri descent.
In 2006, she began filming the independent film ‘The Power of Few’ starring herself, Christopher Walken and Christian Slater, which she Produced through her production company - IQ-Films. ARTICLE. In 2009, Q'orianka performed in ‘The People Speak’, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of common people in the US, based on the historian Howard Zinn's ‘A People's History of the United States’. In 2010, she played the title role in the feature film 'Princess Kaiulani' about the US overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. In 2010, she played Pinti in the family drama ‘Shouting Secrets’, a feature film by Korinna Sehringer. It won Best Film at the 36th American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco and got her a nomination for best supporting actress. In 2011, she played Tiger Lily in ‘Neverland’, a version of the Peter Pan story that aired on the SyFy Channel.
Q'orianka is also a fearless and committed human rights and environmental activist, who uses her voice as a tool to bring the need for universal dignity, compassion, environmental justice and basic human rights to the attention of the international community. Traveling frequently to speak at youth events, colleges and universities, she has been a featured keynote speaker for NGOs such as Amnesty International, the I.F.G. International Forum on Globalization, Amazon Watch, IFIP, as well as The United Nations panel - discussions entitled ‘Indigenous Peoples: Human Rights, Dignity and Development with Identity’ in collaboration with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She lends her celebrity and voice as spokeswoman and supporter to Amnesty International - as Global Youth Ambassador for Woman's Rights, AIDESEP - The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest Federations - as Spokesperson and Voice, The Community School for the Arts foundation (spokesperson), Thursdays Child (yoth counselor) Turning The Tides (spokesperson), Save Americas Forests, IDEM South Dakota Youth Project, and the American Literacy Campaign (spokesperson). She is also working with the National Endowment For the Arts on their ‘The Big Read’ Campaign, recording book reviews. She was also one of the original cast members, volunteering her time reading Howard Zinn's ‘The People Speak’ at various staged readings open to the community, and is part of Voices advisory board. She would go on to join the cast for the Film Series which premiered on the History Channel in 2009 - starring Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, David Straithern, Marisa Tomei, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Glover, Michael Ealy and Kerry Washington.
In June 2009, she visited Lima to support indigenous peoples' rights in the Amazon Bagua, Peru. In spring 2010, she began to support and collaborate with PAMS - an organization of Doctors and people in the medical profession who offer free medical services to Peruvian Indigenous Communities. Her awards include the 2009 Young Hollywood Green Award, 2007 Brower Youth Award - a premier environmental award for her work in persuading Occidental Petroleum to withdraw from the Peruvian Amazon valley, the Gandhi Award - Youth Leadership 2006, the 2005 First Americans in the Arts Trustee Award, the 2007 Native Voices Media Warrior Award, the 2008 Olive Branch Activist Award. She was given a Special Honors Award in 2006 for being the Voice of AIDESEP - offered by the Indigenous Federations of the Peruvian Amazon. Q'orianka launched her own youth-driven human rights and environmental organization ‘On-Q Initiative’, to connect young Hollywood with youth activist leaders and projects from around the world - in support of true environmental sustainability, corporate accountability, and basic human rights. Through her production company IQ-Films, she is currently producing several cause-driven documentaries and youth programming. We are honored to have her onboard!
In our film, she will be filling a role of 'Correspondent' on tropical deforestation and indigenous affairs, covering chapters on issues that are close to her heart. Here's a recent article on Q'orianka's experience Producing 'The Power of Few'. Read her full background on Wikipedia. These following videos will inspire you!
Q's activism work for the Peruvian indigenous 2007 Acceptance speech - Brower Youth Awards 2007
Speech - International Forum on Globalization 2007 Q's activism video clips - edited by James Shikada
Q's piece from 'The People Speak' - Sundance 2009 Q's piece depicting environmental destruction 2011
Q'orianka Produced film - 'The Power of Few' Trailer Q'orianka's U.N. PSA on indigenous people's rights
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