Films connect generations at Senior Coastsiders
While the virtual reality experience was new and thrilling for most, the content shown on the viewers was a serious matter. In conjunction with media companies Participant Media and Condition One, Senior Coastsiders presented two virtual reality segments from “This Is Climate Change,” a four-part series directed by Danfung Dennis and Eric Strauss.
The cross-generational event gathered a handful of students from the Youth Leadership Institute and the local seniors to use the latest technology, leading many to ask themselves why virtual reality was so effective in these instances. “Melting Ice” took viewers to Greenland with former Vice President Al Gore as he studied glaciers with local researchers. “Feast” delved into the Amazon rainforest as it was logged for industrial cattle ranches.
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