An environmental video-poem about climate change.
“Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” Genesis 1:28
a permission to pillage
was given after all
masters of the universe we are
superior in the miracle of creation
we consume and discard
devour and deplete –
detritus floats the waves
cast-off polymers
mistaken for food
clog fish guts –
synthetic rings choke sea turtles –
magnificent beast hunted for its ivory
succumb to destruction
other species exist no more –
and Gaia
grieves patiently
until she can no more –
with a swift gesture
she wakes up nature
(assumed to be in our service)
to rebel revolt
hurl calamities our way
but, we are not humbled
nor see the light.
as the world suffers
as we bury
the dead
who succumbed
to sickness
and the ones lost
seeking refuge
in a piece of land
still fertile still safe
what thought crosses our mind?
ah, arrogance
Credit:
Poem and Video by Tova Beck-Friedman
Images: Storyblocks under creative common license.
Sound: freesound.org
Screening:
Monologues & Poetry International Film Festival, Vallejo, CA, 2023
International Migration & Environmental Film Festival (IMEFF) 2023
REELpoetry/Houston TX, 2023
Blissfest333 Poetry Film Festival, 2022
Golden Giraffe International Film Festival, Nice 2022 (Best ECO Film)
Oaxaca FilmFest, Mexico, 2022
Nature & Culture – Poetry Film Festival, 2022
Equinox Mountain Environmental Film Festival, 2022
Motion Pictures International Film Festival, 2022
Arrow International Film Festival arrogance,2022 (Best ECO work)
SEFF – Smaragdni eco film festival
Tulum World Environmental Film Festival, Tulum, Mexico, 2022
Babul ECO Film Festival, Telangana, India 2022
Zero Degree Film Contest, Mohali, Punjab, 2022
First International Short&Symbolic Art Film Festiva (ISAFF), Saint-Petersburg, 2022 (Winner Best Eco Work)
The Climate Change Memorial, Torrance Art Museum, LA, California, 2022
High Tatras Film Video Festival, 2022 (Best Environmental Film award)
Global Conscience World Festival, 2021
Goa Short Film Festival, India 2021
Climate Change Streaming Service (Global Conscience World), 2021