Screening of Film THE OIL MACHINE and Q&A with Director Emma Davie
**Co-Sponsored by the Brandeis Environmental Studies Program and the Brandeis Film, Television and Interactive Media program**
About the Event
Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil?
The film reveals the hidden infrastructure of oil from the offshore rigs and the buried pipelines to its flow through the stock markets of London. As the North Sea industry struggles to meet the need to cut carbon emissions, oil workers see their livelihoods under threat, and investors seek to protect their assets. Meanwhile a younger generation of climate activists are catalysed by the signs of impending chaos, and the very real threat of global sea level rises. THE OIL MACHINE explores the complexities of transitioning away from oil and gas as a society and considers how quickly we can do it.
About the Speaker
Emma Davie is an award-winning filmmaker who also teaches documentary film at Edinburgh College of Art. Her last film BECOMING ANIMAL was co-directed with Peter Mettler and premiered in competition at CPH Dox, Documenta Madrid, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and many other festivals. (Co-produced with Swiss TV). ‘I AM BREATHING’, co-directed with Morag McKinnon, won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Director and played in over 50 countries. Previously, she directed for many years for BBC, C4 and others - observational documentaries and films on art - work which has been nominated for a Grierson and other awards. She has worked as story consultant on many documentaries including most recently Diana El Jeiroudii’s “Republic of Silence” and has taught workshops all over the world. She is a member of The Academy.