Better Late Than Never

A short film by motherEarth International

Five women in flowing dresses dance in a field
motherEarth International. Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Global dance film Better Late than Never responds to the climate and ecological crisis by bringing together artists from the UK, Ukraine, Taiwan, Brazil, Argentina, India, Mexico, Indonesia and Denmark to create this motherEarth International project.

Captured collaboratively across nine countries, the film tackles emergencies spanning deforestation, coastline erosion, and rising temperatures to invite audiences from across the world to reconnect with the planet and the urgency of climate change.

Accompanying the film, a series of podcasts were also produced under the title 'What's Mine is Yours'. Explore the film and the podcasts below.

Better Late Than Never was a British Council Creative Commission for COP27.

Partners: ThisEgg, Cambridge Science Festival, Amazonas Network, QTP Productions, Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja, Violeta Luna, Kuo-Shin Chuang Pangcah Dance Theater, Centre of Contemporary Art DAKH, University of Cambridge, Harkat Studios, Clay Film.

Read the Creative Commissions for Climate Action evaluation report.

I noticed a lot of apathy in the topic, around me as well as in myself, and this project is an attempt to feel something again, and then do something. A lot is hidden from us, particularly when it comes to the climate emergency, and even more so if it is 'far away'. We wanted to make the invisible visible. To make a connection between people and nature and through that, support a reconnection with the realities of this emergency.
ThisEgg

What’s Mine is Yours podcast

This podcast series on the climate crisis is part of ThisEgg’s motherEarth international project, which was created by teams across the world and supported by our Creative Commissions for Climate Action. It was produced in parallel with the dance film Better Late Than Never.

In each episode, you can hear from one person who describes where they live and how it has changed, or is changing. They talk to the hosts about their own emergency and also about what keeps them hopeful for the future.

Creative Climate Action

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