The environment we live in can make it easier or more difficult for New Yorkers to lead healthy lives. Welcome Home is a short film that depicts a day in the life of two people coming from different backgrounds. The film shows the juxtaposition on how socioeconomic status, building health, and the environment (natural and built) impacts the lives of the individuals, and how everyday decisions and activities have an impact on the evolving environment.
The inspiration for this short film was sparked after I viewed Morrisania and Crotona's community health profile conducted in 2018. While exploring the housing and neighborhood conditions sections I observed that only 27 percent of homes occupied by renters throughout Morrisania & Cortona neighborhoods are adequately maintained by landlords meaning they are free from heating breakdowns, cracks, holes, peeling paint and other defects. This was alarming the natural and built environment that is the very buildings we live can impacts our health. Housing that isn't maintained properly can lead to poorer health outcomes and increases respiratory illnesses. In NYC air pollution is major issue and when compared to other areas in New York, Morrisania and Crotona, had the most harmful air pollutant, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), are 7.8 micrograms per cubic meter. Making buildings more energy efficient and safer will positively impact individual health.
Screening Information: Welcome Hoe will be screened at the Creative Climate Awards (CCA). The Creative Climate Awards 2021 will showcase a collection of climate-inspired films from our global film and local NYC creatives. This annual, month-long festival celebrates creative solutions to climate and health risks while promoting community engagement through stories told by environmental health leaders creating a just and climate smart future.
Screening dates and locations are below
Date: Sunday, October 10, 2021
12pm -7pm
Location: Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer Street Brooklyn, NY
Join us October 10 to see some of the submitted films at Pioneer Works Second
Sundays: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/second-sundays-october-2021-tickets-157848574335 Find all the details for at: Humanimpactsinstitute.org/cca2021
Date: Thu, October 14, 2021
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Pearl Street Triangle (Dumbo Improvement District)
Water Street between Pearl Street and Anchorage Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please come and join us. Please register fir tickets at: Creative Climate Awards 2021 Film Festival DUMBO Tickets, Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite