Traveling!

From September 2016 to January 2017, I will be traveling in Southeast Asia. I will have my camera of course and will be capturing the adventure and the stories I find along the way. In addition I will be collecting footage for my climate justice film "Climate Uprising".

Climate Uprising 
A Documentary Film on Climate Justice

I think that the injustice of climate change will be the defining issue of my lifetime. Industrialized countries who are far more responsible for climate change, because of their industrialized economies, will be able to adapt to our changing world far easier while less developed countries with very low carbon emissions will suffer the most. I want to begin documenting this process now because we live in a time of calm before the storm when people still have the audacity to claim that climate change isn't real. I look forward to drawing attention to this issue early and starting the public conversation about how the international community will have to respond to this great injustice.

I will be traveling through Asia for over four months documenting how climate change is starting affect people right now and showing that the people who will suffer the most are largely not to blame for the crisis. I will also interview climate scientists and academic experts as well as investigate the climate change denial present in the United States. I'm sure my vision of the film will change along the way, but I see my thesis being: If we in the developed world do not act rapidly and radically on the issue of climate change, the developing world will experience the worst of its effects and demand climate justice.

This Film Will be Groundbreaking

The book and documentary film "This Changes Everything" by Naomi Klein was the first major piece of media to draw attention to capitalism's role in global climate change. However, this will be the first film to focus on the specific injustice of the situation. This project will bring the idea of climate justice to the forefront of public consciousness. And perhaps more importantly, it will help scare the political right into climate action, by showing that their current lack on climate action could eventually contribute to mass-migration, dismantling of free-market capitalism, and more globalized system of governance with less individual freedom. I want to make conservatives realize that run-away climate change will destroy everything they believe in so that we can have a more bipartisan effort to address climate change.

Released Online for Free

If I were to distribute this film the traditional way, the number of people who end up viewing it would be severely limited. I think that this topic is so important that it would be downright immoral not to release it online for free so that anyone can watch it. I did this with my last two large projects, which were made hastily and with less knowledge and experience that I now have, and they have a combined 600,000 views and are receiving thousands more everyday. Of corse, releasing my projects this way means that I am not making any money so donations are greatly appreciated. 

Help Fund This Project

I do not need a large budget for this project. I am making it primarily because I believe it needs to be done and it will be a great service to the world. If you can afford to help me with expenses, I will be very grateful. By contributing even a small amount, you will be supporting a film of the upmost importance to the future of the planet and of great historical significance.

You can donate here paypal.me/bgrayzel 
Thank you so much for your contribution.
​If you would like to talk more about the project please do not hesitate to contact me at davinciben@gmail.com or 503-729-0776