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The hottest August / Grasshopper Film ; Independent Lens, PBS ; Walking Productions and OH Ratface Films ; co-production of The Hottest August, LLC and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) ; directed and produced by Brett Story ; produced by Danielle Varga.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Book Committee.
- Global warming.
- Climatology.
- New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
- New York (N.Y.)--Climate--21st century.
- Global warming--New York (State)--New York.
- Travel.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Streaming videos.
- Internet videos.
- Films for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (94 min.)) : sound, color
- polychrome
- Distribution:
- Las Vegas, NV : UNLV Libraries, [2020]
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grasshopper Film, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioned.
- System Details:
- video file
- MPEG-4
- Summary:
- A complex portrait of a city and its inhabitants, The Hottest August gives us a window into the collective consciousness of the present. The film's point of departure is one city over one month: New York City, including its outer boroughs, during August 2017. It's a month heavy with the tension of a new President, growing anxiety over everything from rising rents to marching white nationalists, and unrelenting news of either wildfires or hurricanes on every coast. The film pivots on the question of futurity: what does the future look like from where we are standing? And what if we are not all standing in the same place? The Hottest August offers a mirror onto a society on the verge of catastrophe, registering the anxieties, distractions, and survival strategies that preoccupy ordinary lives.
- Participant:
- Narrated by Clare Coulter.
- Credits:
- Editor, Nels Bangerter ; director of photography, Derek Howard ; composer, Troy Herion.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a documentary film in 2019.
- Online resource; title from title screen (viewed April 9, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1149544991
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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