The NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA, the TELUS FUND,
CEDAR ISLAND FILMS and FLYING EYE PRODUCTIONS
proudly present the Alberta premiere of

THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS

A film by Sundance and Genie award-winning director
Jennifer Abbott
2020 | 85 min

at the 2021 NorthwestFest International
Documentary Festival

When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her to the profound gravity of climate breakdown. Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things draws close 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?

For the people featured, climate change is not just happening in the distant future: it is kicking down the front door, now. Battles waged, lamentations of loss, and raw testimony coalesce into an extraordinary tapestry, woven together with a raw emotion and a staggering beauty that transforms darkness into light and grief into action.

Available exclusively in Alberta
from May 6 to 16, 2021.

Watch the trailer and buy tickets to stream the film here.

Then on May 17, join the Calgary Climate Hub and Refugia Retreats for a workshop on Climate Grief and Tools for Coping.