With the showcase of female filmmakers on Friday night, writer/director Estella Elliott screened her film “Meltdown.” “Meltdown” is a documentary about the ‘meltdown’ of the environment and America’s unwillingness to change. “[It’s] to get people to re-engaged in their daily lives in a meaningful way and get people to start thinking about how climate change is not solely a temperature issue,” Elliott said. But the film’s intention is its only strength. Unfortunately, the filmmaking lacks the creativity and engagement needed to cause effective change. The film consists of a panel of four, including Elliott herself discussing the ignorance of Americans toward the environment. But it stops there. There are no cutaways, b-roll footage, and film is a show-don’t-tell art form, Elliott’s “Meltdown” is all tell. It’s simply the four panelists discussing under … Read entire article »