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The Magnitude of All Things
20201 h 26 min 3 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jennifer Abbott
Production: Andrew Williamson (Cedar Island Films)Henrik Meyer (Cedar Island Films)Jennifer Abbott (Flying Eye Productions)Shirley Vercruysse (National Film Board of Canada)Joanna Rybus (Cedar Island Films)
Script: Jennifer Abbott
A Cedar Island Films, Flying Eye Productions, Magnitude Productions inc. and The National Film Board of Canada co-production.
When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her up to the profound gravity of climate breakdown. Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things draws intimate parallels between the experiences of grief—both personal and planetary. Stories from the frontlines of climate change merge with recollections from the filmmaker’s childhood on Ontario’s Georgian Bay. What do these stories have in common? The answer, surprisingly, is everything.
For the people featured, climate change is not happening in the distant future: it is kicking down the front door. Battles waged, lamentations of loss, and raw testimony coalesce into an extraordinary tapestry, woven together with raw emotion and staggering beauty that transform darkness into light, grief into action.
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Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Climate and WeatherEnvironmental PerspectivesIndigenous ConcernsSocial Action
- Health and Medicine > Coping with Illness and Dying
- Social Studies > Environmental Challenges
- Geography > Environmental IssuesHuman GeographyTerritory: Indigenous
Credits
- inspired by
- Saille Brock Abbott
- featuring
- Tara Samuel
- Jessa Abbott Balint
- Tahlea Abbott Balint
- Tsitsanu Ushigua Dahua
- Nathan Hunter
- Sammy McNamara
- Dominique Palmer
- Brooklyn Wolfrey
- Community members of the Sápara nation
- Community members of Rigolet, Labrador
- The Extinction Rebellion samba band
- Extinction Rebellion Youth
- participation
- Sarah Baikie
- David Bowman
- Ashlee Cunsolo
- Jo Dodds
- Clare Farrell
- Marjorie Flowers
- Sally Gillespie
- Patricia Gualinga
- Roger Hallam
- Patricia Hansson
- Jan Harris
- Beth Hill
- Mukutsawa Montahuano
- Belén Páez
- Derrick Pottle
- Kevin Taggart
- Greta Thunberg
- Anote Tong
- Manari Ushigua
- Lethly Varga
- Charlie Veron
- writer
- Jennifer Abbott
- director
- Jennifer Abbott
- editor
- Jennifer Abbott
- sound design
- Jennifer Abbott
- letters
- Saille Brock Abbott
- director of photography
- Vince Arvidson
- location sound mixer
- Ramsay Bourquin
- still photographer
- Stasia Garraway
- field producer
- Stasia Garraway
- producer
- Andrew Williamson
- Henrik Meyer
- Jennifer Abbott
- Shirley Vercruysse
- second editor
- Heather Frise
- Hart Snider
- story editor
- Heather Frise
- Hart Snider
- narration editor
- Heather Frise
- Peter Levitt
- assistant director
- Teri Calder
- first assistant editor
- Liam Sherriff
- production accountant
- Sarah Tichenor
- narration
- Jennifer Abbott
- Tara Samuel
- location liaison
- Teri Calder
- Ashlee Cunsolo
- Sandi Michelin
- Petra Hasenfratz
- Estefania Páez
- production manager
- Kent Donguines
- production coordinator
- Robin Macabulos
- Nicolas Ayerbe Barona
- Nathan Conchie
- unit production manager
- Galen Brown
- production designer
- Helen Kotsonis
- assistant camera
- Jacqueline Di Bacco
- grip
- Alexandra Tse
- hair artist
- Shawnna Downing
- makeup
- Shawnna Downing
- wardrobe
- Meryl Allysa Romo
- production assistant
- Chiara Asia Carnevale
- Andrew Kim
- Sara Glaoua
- Becka Messa Testa
- Daniela Flores
- David Borish
- Anders Dahl
- Matthew McCabe
- title sequence
- Kateland Clarke
- graphic design
- Kateland Clarke
- additional camera
- Mike Mckinlay
- Mitch Baxter
- Sepehr Samimi
- director's assistant
- Sepehr Samimi
- Nathalie Lopez
- Alex Harris
- additional sound recordist
- Peter Robinson
- post-production supervisor
- Michael Krieg
- additional assistant editor
- Marina Dodis
- Josh Pratt
- archival research
- Jessica J. Wise
- Gina Cali
- Lanna Lucas
- visual researcher
- Michelle Demeyere
- clearance researcher
- Michelle Demeyere
- music supervisor
- Natasha Duprey
- translation
- Eduardo Kohn
- Indio Saravanja
- Xavier Andres Viteri Ramos
- Shamano Ushigua
- Mariano Zimmerman
- transcription
- Elaine Walkden
- wardrobe assistance
- Gia Hasenfratz
- marketing manager
- Sharon Warren
- Kay Rondonneau
- outreach manager
- Sharon Warren
- social media manager
- Sharon Warren
- post services
- Finale Post Productions
- online editor
- Allan Pinvidic
- colourist
- Allan Pinvidic
- project manager
- Teresa Beckley
- audio post-production
- Postal Audio
- dialog editor
- Brayden McCluskey
- additional sound design
- Chris McIntosh
- Aaron Tchir
- re-recording mixer
- Chris McIntosh
- ADR
- Matthew Flugger
- Kirk Douglas
- camera equipment
- Candela Collective
- sound equipment
- Ramsay Pictures
- production
- Joanna Rybus
- business affairs
- Joanna Rybus
- development coordinator
- Andrea Lo
- executive producer
- Shirley Vercruysse
- line production
- Jennifer Roworth
- technical coordinator
- Wes Machnikowski
- studio administrator
- Annie-Ève Dumontier
- publicist
- Katja De Bock
- executive director
- Elizabeth Friesen
- Sue Biely
- national feature film executive - English language market
- Stephanie Azam
- investment analyst
- Grace Stad
- outreach director
- Anthony Truong Swan
- legal advisor
- Doran Chandler
- Nathaniel Lyman
- financial services
- Edgar Groom
- Solmaz Cuevillas
- Maria Dellipizzi
- chartered accountant
- Gurpreet Sandhu
- Kartika Saran
- insurance
- Everest Insurance Company of Canada
- Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc.
- travel agent
- Kirsty Duffy
Awards
- Best Canadian Feature AwardPlanet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival
- Best Nature & People FilmMountain Film Festival
- Audience Choice AwardDocLands
- Special Mention of the Jury for the Grand PrixFilm Recherche et Développement Durable (FReDD Festival)
- Special Mention- DocumentaryRiviera International Film Festival
- Creative Excellence AwardBanff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival