The Climate Museum presented a Climate Week screening of This is Not a Drill (2025) on Wednesday, September 23 at 6pm at the Angelika Film Center & Cafe. Created by Oscar-nominated filmmakers Oren Jacoby and Betsy West, the documentary film follows three grassroots leaders confronting Big Oil and environmental racism in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas.
The screening was introduced by Dr. Roishetta Ozane, environmental justice leader, founder of The Vessel Project, and a subject of the film. It was followed by a panel discussion featuring Rep. Justin J. Pearson, Memphis-based activist, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and a subject of the film; Eddie Bautista, executive director of the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance; and Miranda Kaiser, a fifth-generation Rockefeller working to hold Big Oil accountable, who is featured in the film. The panel was moderated by Miranda Massie, founding director of the Climate Museum.
This event was supported by Beneficial State Bank, where the Climate Museum is proud to do its banking. Beneficial is a fossil-fuel-free community bank with majority nonprofit ownership.
This program was supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.