Co-Director/Producer Ben Evans and co-star Julie Dingam Evans answered questions for nearly an hour on environmental issues and their experience making the film.
The documentary follows three travelers across all 50 states as they explore unique ways Americans are tackling environmental threats.
YERT is different from many environmental movies in that it's not horribly depressing. There are many excellent documentaries about environmental disasters that I'm glad I've seen, but the experience of watching those movies can be draining. YERT skips the gloomy warnings of impending climate doom, which most of us have already seen, and moves right into exploring the innovative, interesting and ingenious ways those problems are being solved on the coasts and deep in the heartland.
The quick jumps from state to state and issue to issue makes the film a kind of ADD experience. That should make it perfect for college campuses but the baby boomer crowd at the screening loved it too. The fast-paced way they cover many different ideas makes the movie's above average length easy to digest.
Evans said they have hundreds of hours of footage they couldn't fit into the final version. It would be nice to see them put it to use in a TV series after the feature film makes the rounds. In the mean time, you can view extra clips and check for screenings at the YERT website. Don't miss any chance you get to see this film!