This film is being produced by three independent filmmakers: Dave Danesh, Sean Donnelly, and Kate Kressmann-Kehoe. The trio have known each other for many years through the Rochester area filmmaker's networking group "The Rochester Film Lab". This is their first joint project. Work on the film began in January 2007.

Kate Kressmann-Kehoe Sean Donnelly Dave Danesh

Dave Danesh

David S. Danesh has been making films since 1998, in various capacities. He has written and directed his own films (The Road Not Taken), photographed, edited and produced narrative features (Jesus Freak and the little Death ), and created numerous short, experimental and corporate films. Many of these films have been screened and won awards at prestigious film festivals (Los Angeles IFP, Atlanta, Santa Fe and Tallgrass to name a few).

After a ten year stint in Los Angeles, he has returned to his roots in Western New York, where he splits his time between making independent films and serving as a founding principal with the Chicago-based Axiom Consulting Partners. Dave brought his passion for local, spontaneous filmmaking with him from LA to Rochester, inspiring local filmmakers to engage in the lofilms process.

He is one of many creatures cared for by his wife, Margaret Murphy, on ten beautiful acres in Bloomfield, NY.

Personal note

“Watching Al Gore's movie didn't get me here--but reading Roger Ebert's review of it did. I had a general understanding of what scientists called global warming, but its implications had not touched my everyday life. The reality, the urgency and the implications became so clear to me when I read this movie review that it literally stopped time for me.

The issue has helped to clarify my relationship with the earth--and my daily life and actions now reflect this new understanding. If the people on this planet need to change the way they live, how will they? I believe this is the burning question of our time.”