8h 20min, jan 13, 2021 y - MINAMATA Sustainable Public Affairs Andrew Levitas Interview

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FROM SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC AFFAIRS:

We talked to Andrew Levitas, Director of the 2021 film ‘Minamata’, about caring for the environment and our future, as well as our common profession of telling a story that resonates with people.

Public affairs is all about influencing people, policies and perceptions, so who better to talk to than Andrew Levitas? He is an artist, teacher and film Director who has made a career out of crafting messages that resonate with a huge number of onlookers all around the world.

Last year, Andrew spoke at an event that #SustainablePublicAffairs co-organised about the EU’s Chemicals Strategy. He was kind enough to join us again to talk about his views on sustainability, the environment and how to tell a story that speaks to people.

‘Minamata’

Andrew Levitas’ most recent production, ‘Minamata’, centres around the true story of a photojournalist named W. Eugene Smith, played by Johnny Depp. Smith had returned to Japan after World War II to discover dozens of devastating cases of severe mercury poisoning. They were a result of factories dumping industrial wastewater into the town’s bay.

The small coastal town of Minamata – both the namesake of the film and the neurological disease resulting from mercury poisoning – is a stark reminder of what can go wrong without robust environmental protection regimes like the Minamata Convention on Mercury, signed in November 2013.

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