Can't Stop Change Screening

Film Synopsis As Florida's violent legislation dominates headlines, LGBTQ2S+ communities are also on the frontlines of accelerating climate change. Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines weaves interviews with 15 LGBTQ2S+ artists, organizers, and educators across Florida (and the new Florida diaspora) into an intersectional climate justice narrative. Can’t Stop Change is divided into eight chapters. The first four chapters follow the production team on a road trip from Miami to Tallahassee. In each of Florida’s three regions, interviewees share how ecologies, histories, and political landscapes intersect with their lives. The film positions Florida in its broader geography, examining its connections to the Caribbean, particularly Puerto Rico and Haiti, as well as the Southeastern United States. In South Florida, interviewees discuss the impacts of climate change and repressive legislation on diasporic and immigrant communities. In Central Florida, interviewees share stories from mutual aid disaster relief efforts, detailing the failure…