Sponsor: Rag Tag Cinema
After running away from his remote island village to Tokyo, teenager Hodaka (Kotaro Daigo) finds his struggles to survive in the metropolis mirrored in the unusually rainy and overcast weather. When he meets Hina (Nana Mori), a teenage orphan with a mysterious ability to stop the rain, the two embark on an exciting business venture selling sunny days. From director Makoto Shinkai (Your Name), Weathering with You is a viscerally animated portrait of climate, spirituality, and adolescence.
This screening will be preceded by a lecture from Zack Leasor, Assistant Professor in Climate Science and Director of the Missouri Climate Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Leasor’s lecture, “Soaked or Scorched: Explaining Missouri’s Hydroclimate Extremes,” will provide background on Missouri’s hydroclimate and examine periods where the state had too much (or too little!) water.
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