Documentary 'We’re All Going To Die' Takes on Doomsday Preppers at The Lindsay Nov. 16

Preppers, climate doomers, bunker-dwellers … journalist and filmmaker Ben Knight explores the world of people preparing for total social and ecological collapse in the film We’re All Going To Die, screening Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. as part of The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center’s Emerging Filmmakers Showcase. Showcase events, a staple at The Lindsay, are designed to encourage exchanges between local filmmakers and the public, and are free to all. Knight, an alumnus of Allegheny College in Meadville, is currently touring the U.S. in support of the film. “Supporting filmmakers throughout the region with Showcase events is a core value at The Lindsay,” says Carolina Pais-Barreto Thor, the Theater’s CEO. “We are delighted to welcome this innovative filmmaker to our Theater and offer audiences the opportunity to explore this topic from a global perspective.” Asking the question “What would you do if the world was going to come to an end?” Knight embarks on a four-year journey from Berlin to London to Kansas to Norway to the Chicxulub crater in Mexico, to learn from those convinced humanity will soon expire. “For anyone with eyes and ears and an internet connection, it has become difficult to ignore the global crises encroaching on us,” Knight says. “When I began this work, I thought this would make for an amusing subject for a film, but soon enough I realized that I shared many of these people’s fears myself. So the film has, somewhat unwillingly, become about my own confrontation with the world’s mortality.” Still, We’re All Going To Die doesn’t ignore the humorous aspects of the topic, as its tagline is “A mostly funny documentary.” On the international festival circuit, We’re All Going To Die was an official Selection at the Košice International Film Festival in Slovakia and the Signs of the Night International Festival in Berlin, as well as the Depth of Field and Docs Without Borders festivals, and also ranked as a semi-finalist at both the Rotterdam Independent Film Festival and the Palermo International Film Festival. As a journalist, Knight has written for Deutsche Welle, the Guardian, the New Statesman, Prospect, der Freitag and others. His articles have covered a small German town that armed the world, cults in Germany and illegal fishing in Sierra Leone, among other topics. The 93-minute screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Knight. While admission is free, those attending are asked to RSVP at The Lindsay’s ticketing page to ensure seating for all. Trailer Images Social Media: X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wereallgoingto5 The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center, formerly The Tull Family Theater, is an independent, film-driven arts nonprofit with two screening rooms and flexible event/performance space. Holding accessibility as its hallmark, the Theater made Pennsylvania history as the first cinema in the state offering weekly Open Captioning screenings. Cinema Maker Sessions (CiMS), the Theater’s career readiness program at the intersection of STEM and the arts, offers project-based learning to middle schoolers from low- and moderate-wealth communities. Intentionally diverse programming offers new releases and independent, classic, documentary, educational and cultural films, festivals, sensory friendly screenings, film-speaker series, free events and live performances. In the past year, funders have included: The Theater’s Sustaining Circle, more than 1,000 individual donors and The Corry Family Foundation, Huntington Bank, The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Raymond C. and Martha S. Suckling Fund, W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund, Thomas Marshall Foundation, A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Jack Buncher Foundation, Sewickley Valley Community Fund, The Grable Foundation and Dollar Bank.

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