MY EXTINCTION (film)

What does it take for us to act on the climate crisis – especially if we’re the kind of person who should already be acting?

In this funny, relatable feature documentary, director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself to chart the journey of a concerned yet ineffectual dad into climate action. He finds the first step is letting those unbearable feelings of climate anxiety in, instead of pushing them aside.

But as he meets others like him, he discovers how oil-backed propagandists funded our denial and paralysis. He sets out to unmask the vested interests responsible, helping raise a generation’s leading authors in vibrant chorus - including Zadie Smith, Simon Schama, Ali Smith, David Graeber, George Monbiot, Juliet Stevenson, Simon McBurney, AL Kennedy, Peter Pomerantsev, not to mention Juliet Stevenson and Mark Rylance.

Blending auto-ethnography, cultural activism, and documentary comedy, MY EXTINCTION is a revealingly honest account of how to feel your feelings, act on your privilege, and get active when threatened with extinction.

Funded by the Arts Council and the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the 2023 release partnered with major climate NGOs to reach over 40 UK cinemas with panel talks, outreach and recruitment, as well as widespread press features across key media including The Mirror, The Guardian, The Observer, Big Issue, Times Radio, BBC Radio and many other outlets.

Trailer and cinemas screenings: www.dartmouthfilms.com/myextinction.

"Skewers middle-class attitudes to impending apocalypse" Catherine Bray, THE GUARDIAN

"Jaunty, funny filmmaking" Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN

"A call to arms" TOTAL FILM

"Reminds us working together is empowering" Susie Orbach, THE OBSERVER