THE MOTHERSHIP: 2050 is an inspiring documentary about a woman facing her own extinction and the extinction of the planet she so viscerally loves. Knowing she has only one year to live, Constance Adams–space architect,…
THE MOTHERSHIP 2050
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THE MOTHERSHIP: 2050 is an inspiring documentary about a woman facing her own extinction and the extinction of the planet she so viscerally loves. Knowing she has only one year to live, Constance Adams–space architect, single mother, and punk rocker–begins to design a plan to save the Earth for her two daughters…and all of us.
ARTIST STATEMENT
NASA space architect Constance Adams was our college classmate. A single mother of two, she was also a genius who not only designed the habitation module for our eventual landing on Mars, but also produced dozens of crucial studies and papers on issues ranging from the environment to design and much in between. Two years ago, she called us and told us she was about to die. And that she would spend her remaining time figuring out how to help us survive climate change, which she determined will lead to mass extinction by 2050. That plan, The Mothership: 2050, was partially complete when she died last June. Before her death, she gave Rebecca extensive interviews and access to her papers, which have since been purchased by Yale University. She asked us to continue her work by bringing attention to the ideas contained in the Mothership. All profits from this film will go to Constance’s two daughters.
Sincerely,
Rebecca and Michael
BIO
Director Rebecca Carpenter’s feature debut REQUIEM FOR A RUNNING BACK opened at the Siskel Theater in November 2017 and was widely regarded as the “must see” documentary about CTE. Known for her intelligent and poignant storytelling, the Hollywood Reporter describes her work as “deeply moving”; and Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun Times, “brilliant and brave and beautifully honest.” She has directed three award-winning short films, as well as edgy live performance in Cambridge and Los Angeles. Known for work that is honest, bold and forward thinking, her career spans a range of formats from creative, production management, and support staff, including feature development at Warner Bros. Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox; high-end corporate communications, including large scale multi-day event planning & production, new product launches; and television production with credits including Austin City Limits, Farm Aid, and A & E Biography. She has also created for the web: www.titleix.info and upcoming #WomenDo.
Michael Hirschorn is the multi-Emmy Award winning CEO of Ish Entertainment, which produces scripted and non scripted programming. His last documentary, the critically acclaimed GRINGO, premiered at Toronto before airing on Showtime. Previously, he headed programming at VH1, where over a span of four years he doubled ratings, contributing to a more than tripling in revenue for the network. Hirschorn was responsible for thousands of hours of programming, both scripted and non-scripted, and set-up a documentary shingle, “VH1 Rock Docs”, that produced multiple award-winning documentaries about music and youth culture. “DMC: My Adoption Journey” won Hirschorn an Emmy for Best Documentary in 2008. Additionally, he was an executive producer of “The U.S. Versus John Lennon,” a theatrical documentary released in the U.S. and internationally by Lionsgate.
Website: Ish.tv
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