Movie Screening
INUNDATION DISTRICT
Tuesday, August 6th, at 6:30 pm.
Melrose, MA
The Friends of Wakefield’s NEMT Forest, Urban Biodiversity Project, and the Melrose UU Climate Action Team, together host award-winning filmmaker and Boston Globe writer David Abel for a showing of INUNDATION DISTRICT. This film is about climate change in Boston focusing on the rising tide in Boston's Seaport District.
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In a time of rising seas and intensifying storms, Boston- one of the world’s wealthiest, most educated cities- made a fateful decision to spend billions of dollars erecting a new district along its coast, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this neighborhood of glass towers housing some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats, including many scientists at its renowned universities. The city, which already has more high tide flooding than nearly any other in the United States, called its new quarter the Innovation District. But with seas rising inexorably, and at an accelerating rate, others are calling the neighborhood by a different name: Inundation District.
The film features interviews with local officials and activists as well as modeling of predicted impacts of sea-level rise on this area. The 79-minute documentary film, a production by The Boston Globe, premiered in the fall of 2023 as the closing night film of the GlobeDocs Film Festival.
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Tickets are available from $0-$20 suggested donation. Proceeds will support The Urban Biodiversity Project and the Friends of Wakefield’s NEMT Forest. The screening is open to the public.
Where: 70 W. Emerson St, Melrose; Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church
When: Tuesday, August 6th. Screening starts at 7 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Reserve your tickets:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6358755
At checkout the website will multiply your donation by the number of tickets you select. For example, if donation=$5, 4 tickets will be $20, plus a service fee. A $0 donation will not incur a service fee or require entering payment information.
More information
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGyZdx_QDI
Website: www.inundationdistrict.com
David Abel Filmmaker on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7246359/
Handicap Accessible. $0-20 sliding scale donation. Pay what you can. Kids under 12 free. Light refreshments will be available.
Reserve your tickets
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6358755 or contact us advocacy@nemtforest.org
Event Co-Sponsors
The Friends of Wakefield’s NEMT Forest
The Friends of Wakefield’s NEMT Forest 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization was formed in 2022 to support scientific study of and public education about the Northeast Metro Tech (NEMT) forest in Wakefield.
The Urban Biodiversity Project
The Urban Biodiversity Project is an Urban Ecology group that promotes acts of resilience and encourages community building and public policy shifts through volunteerism and civic participation.
www.facebook.com/groups/theurbanbiodiversityproject/
Melrose Unitarian Universalist Climate Action Team
The MUUC Climate Action Team is committed to educating members of the congregation and the community about climate change and what needs to be done to mitigate impacts from both local and global changes, and to take collective and social actions against climate change in partnership with other churches and nonprofits.
https://www.melroseuu.org/community/climate-action-team/
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Questions? Need information?
Contact advocacy@nemtforest.org
Thank you for your continuing commitment to the NEMT forest and wetlands and thanks to the volunteers who have made this event possible.
With gratitude,
The Friends of Wakefield's NEMT Forest
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