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Free Screening: “Duty of Care” + “Disobedience: The Fight for Climate Survival”

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Free Screening: “Duty of Care” + “Disobedience: The Fight for Climate Survival”

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The San Francisco Public Library continues July’s Everybody's Climate film series with a screening of two short documentaries, Duty of Care: The Climate Trials and Disobedience: The Fight for Climate Survival.
Duty of Care: The Climate Trials

Meet Roger Cox, the first and only lawyer to have successfully sued both a government and an oil giant in court to establish that climate inaction can be made illegal. His ground-breaking case against the Dutch government and oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been foundational in determining that even private entities owe a duty of care to citizens to avoid catastrophic climate change, which stunned legal experts and sent shockwaves through parliaments and corporate boardrooms around the world.

Director: Nic Balthazar
NR, 56 mins., 2022. Closed captions (CC) in English.

Disobedience: The Fight for Climate Survival
The David vs. Goliath story of the front-line leaders risking life and limb to keep fossil fuels in the ground and create a livable future for us all. Starring: Naomi Klein, Michael Mann, Hoda Baraka, Marshall Ganz and Bill McKibben.

Director: Kelly Nyks
NR, 41 mins., 2022. Closed captions (CC) in English.

More info about the films: https://sfpl.org/events/2025/07/10/film-duty-care-disobedience
More info about Everybody’s Climate 2025 program series: sfpl.org/everybodysclimate

11:45 Meet in SFPL's Koret Auditorium (lower level) at 100 Larkin St.
12:00 The film starts at 12 p.m.
2:30 After the film we will stay for a brief post-screening conversation.
2:45 We will meet across the street at Gyro King (25 Grove St.) for more conversation.

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KORET Auditorium - SF Main Library
100 Larkin St · San Francisco, CA