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Film Cast

We have been privileged to include voices in this story from across the spectrum of climate engagement - from climate scientists and activists to clean tech entrepreneurs, refugees and extreme weather survivors, indigenous leaders, artists, faith leaders, politicians, business owners and many others. Below you can find the official cast list for the film - for more, see our community package.
AHMAD
Palestinian refugee from Syria 

ALICE ZHU
President, Climate Impact Network

AL GORE
45th Vice President of the United States

AMANDA LEWIS
Editor, Penguin Random House Canada

ANACITA RALUSO
Hurricane Haiyan survivor, Philippines

​ANGELA BISCHOFF
Outreach Director, Ontario Clean Air Alliance

ANN CAVLOVIC
Playwright, Emissions: A Climate Comedy

ANN RUSSELL
Climate Justice Group,
Trinity St-Paul’s United Church

ATIYA JAFFAR
Digital Organizer, 350.org

BARACK OBAMA
44th President of the United States, 2009 – 2017

BERNIE SANDERS
US Senator and Democratic Candidate
for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

BILL MCKIBBEN
Author and Activist, Co-Founder of 350.org

CAL FIRE Pilot

CE
LINE BAK
President, Analytica Advisors

CLAYTON THOMAS-MULLER
Indigenous Organizer, 350.org

DEENA LADD
Coordinator, Workers Action Centre

DONALD TRUMP
45th President of the United States, 2017 –

DREW MOORE
Actor, Emissions: A Climate Comedy

EDDIE BAUTISTA
Executive Director, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance

EDEN FULL GOH
Founder, Sunsaluter

ED FALLON
Political Talk-Radio Host of The Fallon Forum

EDWIN FONSECA
Environmentalist, Goa

ELLEN GABRIEL
Mohawk Activist and Artist,
Kanehsata:ke Nation, Turtle Clan

EMMAY MAH
Co-Founder, People’s Climate Movement (Toronto)

GLORI DEI FILIPPONE
Plaintiff, Our Children’s Trust

GREG ABBOTT
48th Governor of Texas

HILLARY CLINTON
Democratic Nominee for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

HURRICANE HARVEY SURVIVOR

​
DR. JAMES HANSEN
Climate Scientist,
Retired Head of NASA Goddard
Institute of Space Studies
DR. JANE GOODALL
Conservationist, UN Messenger of Peace, Paris COP21

JOHN CLARKE
Organizer, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

KEVIN FARMER
Environmental and Political Activist

REVEREND LENNOX YEARWOOD
Minister, President of the Hip Hop Caucus

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
Actor, United Nations Messenger of Peace 2014

MARCHERS (1)
Act On Climate March, Quebec City, Canada, 2015

MARCHERS (2)
Jobs, Justice and Climate March, Toronto, Canada, 2015

MARCHERS (3)
People’s Climate March (Worldwide) 2014

​MARGARET KLEIN SALAMON
Founder / Director,
The Climate Mobilization

MELINA LABOUCAN-MASSIMO
Lubicon Cree First Nation, Lubicon Solar

MIKE NICKERSON
Author and Activist, Life, Money and Illusion:
Living on Earth as if we want to stay


MYCHAL JOHNSON
Community Organizer,
South Bronx Unite

NAOMI KLEIN
Social Activist and Author
No Is Not Enough
​This Changes Everything


PAUL BECKWITH
Professor of Climatology,
University of Ottawa

PERFORMERS (1)
South Bronx Environmental Justice Event, 2014

PERFORMERS (2)
“The Real Impact of the Paris Agreement and
​Carbon Gradualism: Die-In at the UN
”
The Climate Mobilization, 2015

DR. PETER CARTER
Expert Reviewer, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Policy Advisor, Climate Emergency Institute

RESEARCHER
“Indonesia On Fire”, YouTube, 2015

RICHARD WATTS
Canadian Landscape Artist, Earth Skins

RISA ALYSON COOPER
Executive Director,
Shoresh Jewish Environmental Programs

ROB SHIRKEY
Founder, Our Horizon

SIMON DALBY
CIGI Chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change,
Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA)

SOFRONIO MACASCA
Hurricane Haiyan survivor, Philippines

PANDIT SURAJ PERSAD
Hindu Chaplain and Minister

TOM RAND
Cleantech Investor / Advisor,
Arctern Ventures

TONY SEBA
Author, Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation

​VAN JONES
CNN Political Commentator,
Social and Environmental Activist

Our Conversations

Over the course of several years and a major production tour across Canada and the U.S., we had the opportunity to speak with many incredible individuals on climate and clean energy. While we weren't able to include all these voices in a 1-hour feature, we continue to post individual profiles in our ongoing interview series Climate Matters, and showcase these leaders here as inspiring reminders of the enormous number of people already taking action on climate change, at home and around the world.
James Hansen
DR. JAMES HANSEN
Author, Climate Scientist, Activist

Washington, Canada

Paul Beckwith
PAUL BECKWITH
Climatologist, University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

Abtin Parnia
ABTIN PARNIA
Masters Student in Epidemiology, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

Sarah Petrevan
SARAH PETREVAN
Senior Policy Advisor, Clean Energy Canada

Toronto, Canada

Tom Rand
TOM RAND
Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Entrepreneur, ArcTern Ventures

Toronto, Canada

Tony Seba
TONY SEBA
Lecturer, Author, Thought Leader, "Clean Disruption"

Stanford, USA

Stephanie Merrill
STEPHANIE MERRILL
Director, Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Fredericton, Canada

Simon Dalby
SIMON DALBY
CIGI Chair, Political Economy of Climate Change

Waterloo, Canada

KEVIN FARMER
Co-host,
Green Majority Radio

Toronto, Canada

MIKE NICKERSON
Academic, Author "Life, Money and Illusion"

Perth, Canada

VINCE SCHUTT
Co-Founder, Stable Climate Choices

Toronto, Canada

Jacob Kearey-Moreland
JACOB KEAREY-MORELAND
Co-founder, Toronto Seed Library

Toronto, Canada

Alice Zhu
ALICE ZHU
President, Climate Impact Network

Toronto, Canada

Brice Dansereau-Olivier
BRICE DANSEREAU-OLIVIER
Writer / Blogger, Huffington Post

Montreal, Canada

Marie-Eve LeClerc
MARIE-EVE LECLERC
Organizer, Act On Climate March

Quebec City, Canada

Gabriel Marquis
GABRIEL MARQUIS
Organizer, Act On Climate March

Quebec City, Canada

Naomi Klein
NAOMI KLEIN
Author, "This Changes Everything"

Toronto, Canada

Mychal Johnson
MYCHAL JOHNSON
Community Organizer, South Bronx Unite

South Bronx, USA

Emmay Mah
EMMAY MAH
Campaigner, People's Climate Movement

Toronto, Canada

Atiya Jaffar
ATIYA JAFFAR
Digital Organizer, 350.org

Toronto, Canada

Cam Fenton
CAM FENTON
Canadian Tar Sands Organizer, 350.org

Toronto, Canada

Julia Levin
JULIA LEVIN
Campaigner, Greenpeace

Toronto, Canada

Ria Heynen
RIA HEYNEN
Campaigner, Raging Grannies

Ottawa, Canada

John Sharkey
JOHN SHARKEY
Campaigner, East End Against Line 9

Toronto, Canada

Sam Arnold
SAM ARNOLD
Member, Transition Town Woodstock

Woodstock, Canada

Keith Helmuth
KEITH HELMUTH
Member, Transition Town Woodstock

Woodstock, Canada

Crystal Cookson
CRYSTAL COOKSON
Anti-Shale Activist

Rexton, Canada

Ron Tremblay
RON TREMBLAY
Anti-Shale Activist, member of Wolustuk Grand Council

Fredericton, Canada

Jim Emberger
JIM EMBERGER
Campaigner, New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance

Toronto, Canada

Valerie Lannon
VALERIE LANNON
Member, International Socialists

Toronto, Canada

Jody Chan, Amanda Harvey-Sanchez
JODY CHAN, AMANDA
HARVEY-SANCHEZ
Student Organizers

Toronto, Canada

Rob Shirkey
ROB SHIRKEY
Founder, Our Horizon

Toronto, Canada

Margaret Klein
MARGARET KLEIN
Founder, The Climate Mobilization

Brooklyn, USA

Angela Bischoff
ANGELA BISCHOFF
Campaigner, Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Toronto, Canada

Ryan Dyment
RYAN DYMENT
Co-Founder, Toronto Tool Library

Toronto, Canada

Andrew Knox
ANDREW KNOX
Member & Organizer, Transition Toronto

Toronto, Canada

Amanda Lewis
AMANDA LEWIS
Member, Toronto350

Toronto, Canada

John Levi
JOHN LEVI
Elsipogtog Warrior Chief, Anti-Shale Activist

Rexton, Canada

Clayton Thomas-Muller
CLAYTON THOMAS-MULLER
Director, Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign

Toronto, Canada

Ellen Gabriel
ELLEN GABRIEL
Mohawk Indigenous Human Rights Activist, Artist

Toronto, Canada

Melina LaBoucan Massimo
MELINA LABOUCAN-MASSIMO
Lubicon Cree member, Greenpeace activist

Toronto, Canada

Nigel Barriffe
NIGEL BARRIFFE
President, Urban Alliance on Race Relations

Toronto, Canada

Syed Hussan
SYED HUSSAN
Organizer, No One Is Illegal - Toronto

Toronto, Canada

Anastasia Harripaul
ANASTASIA HARRIPAUL
Nurse, Policy Analyst, Nurses of Ontario

Toronto, Canada

John Clarke
JOHN CLARKE
Founder, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

Toronto, Canada

Deena Ladd
DEENA LADD
Coordinator, Workers Action Centre

Toronto, Canada

Angela Zhu
ANGELA ZHU
Labour Council Media Relations

Toronto, Canada

Ken Bondy
KEN BONDY
National Coordinator, Unifor

Toronto, Canada

Fred Hahn
FRED HAHN
President, CUPE Ontario

Toronto, Canada

Angel Reyes
ANGEL REYES
Workers Action Centre member

Toronto, Canada

Jennifer Henry
JENNIFER HENRY
Executive Director, KAIROS

Toronto, Canada

Ann Russell
ANN RUSSELL
Climate Justice Group, Trinity St.-Paul's United Church

Toronto, Canada

Jeanne Moffat
JEANNE MOFFAT
Climate Justice Group, Trinity St.-Paul's United Church

Toronto, Canada

Pandit Suraj Persad
PANDIT SURAJ PERSAD
Hindu Chaplain & Minister

Toronto, Canada

Risa Alyson Cooper
RISA ALYSON COOPER
E.D., Shoresh Jewish Env. Programs

Toronto, Canada

Gurpreet Singh
GURPREET SINGH
Sikh climate activist

Toronto, Canada

Tim Nash
TIM NASH
Consultant, Sustainable Economist

Toronto, Canada

Mike Grifford
MIKE GIFFORD
Founder, OpenConcept Consulting

Ottawa, Canada

Mike Gibson
MIKE GIBSON
CEO, Algoma Orchards

Clarington, Canada

Alyssa Symons-Belanger
ALYSSA SYMONS-BELANGER
Artist-Activist

Trois-Pistoles, Canada

Richard Watts
RICHARD WATTS
Environmental artist, "Earth Skins"

Crowe River, Canada

Jane Fonda
JANE FONDA
Actress, Writer, Political Activist

Toronto, Canada

Ann Cavlovic
ANN CAVLOVIC
Playwright, "Emissions: A Climate Comedy"

Ottawa, Canada

Kaia Nightingale
KAIA NIGHTINGALE
Transition Movement, Author

Ottawa, Canada

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