Coming in April 2022
Featuring voices from across the U.S. and around the globe, connect your audience to the world with these unique stories and perspectives. This month, we learn about the environmental movement’s major developments, discover the influence of social movements and streaming services in Hollywood, and highlight DIY recycling and the impact of noise pollution on sealife. See below for details.
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Witness History: the Environmental Movement
One hour
April 1 – 30, 2022
A special hour-long edition of Witness History, bringing together some incredible interviews looking at the major developments in the push to protect Earth’s natural resources, and revisit a book which helped launch the environmental movement. We’ll hear about the discovery of whale song – a book that kickstarted the movement against pesticides – and the story of a child climate activist who spoke with passion and anger, back in 1992.
The Arts Hour on Tour: Los Angeles
One hour
April 2 – 8, 2022
Nikki Bedi is on stage with some of Hollywood’s hottest talents, including Oscar winning director Barry Jenkins, Oscar nominated director Sian Heder, and showrunner, screenwriter and producer Soo Hugh, to talk about the ever changing Hollywood and how social movements and streaming services are shaking up the entertainment industry.
This special will be posted to the usual Arts Hour page on ContentDepot.
Ingenious II
One hour
April 23 – 29, 2022
People have never been so well informed about their DNA, with tens of millions of home genetic testing kits sold. But behind each of your 20,000 genes is a fascinating story – one that’s being added to every day, as genetics remains on the cutting edge of innovation.
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People Fixing the World: From earrings to tiles – what you can do with plastic waste
- Description: People around the world are learning how to recycle plastic waste themselves, and turn it into fun and useful things. A group called Precious Plastic shares its designs for recycling online so anyone can use them free of charge. We meet DIY recyclers in Stockport, Mexico and Malaysia. A film for People Fixing the World by Craig Langran.
- Suggested social copy: How people around the world are recycling plastic waste themselves and turning it into useful things.
- Duration: 3 minutes 28 seconds
Why is that? : Is noise pollution killing whales and dolphins?
- Description: Humans create a lot of noise in the ocean – from sonar and seismic exploration, to pile driving when building wind farms. But how might this affect sealife?
Dr Maria Morell, from University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, studies the ears of beached dolphins and whales to try and work out if hearing damage led to their death. She’s developed a new way of finding out if a cetacean’s hearing was affected just hours before they beached, to support the theory that the two might be connected – and help pinpoint human activities that may be having an impact. Video by Jennifer Green. Interview by Melanie Brown. - Suggested social copy: Dr Maria Morell studies the ears of beached cetaceans to try and work out if hearing damage led to their death – and help pinpoint human activities that may be having an impact.
- Duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds
Global Citizen: ‘It can be nerve-racking being a black hiker’
- Description: Mardi is part of Outdoor Afro, an organisation which encourages black nature lovers into the outdoors. The keen hiker has experienced discrimination from some white people while out exploring nature. But she is keen to change the narrative and get more African Americans outside and engaging with nature. (Footage courtesy of Mardi Fuller. Video produced by Daniel South and Jasmin Souesi)
- Suggested social copy: Mardi is part of Outdoor Afro, an organisation which encourages black nature lovers into the outdoors.
- Duration: 3 minutes 37 seconds
