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It's too Hot to Sleep (in Seattle) [Music Video]

"Our endless regret, for an Eden lost."

In the fall of 2022 the Washington Post reported that "No September on record in the West has seen a heat wave like this." A dwindling few deny this is climate change. In some ways it was worse for the folks living further north, where air conditioning hasn't been especially necessary. That's the case in Seattle. This video bring an abstract view to the experience of a long sleepless night. A series of fever visions rising out of the moment, set against the unrelenting march toward this point in human history.

  • Craig Trumbo
    Director
  • Craig Trumbo
    Writer
  • Craig Trumbo
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Genres:
    Environmental
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 8, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival Angaelica
    Pasadena, CA
    United States
    March 31, 2023
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Craig Trumbo

Craig Trumbo operates VuJa de Industries, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. In addition to woodworking enterprises in the visual arts, he writes and produces music videos and short films addressing today's pressing social and political issues. Recent projects have included material on climate change, gun violence, and the war against Ukraine. He also composes and plays all musical parts in his films.

Additional works can be seen on his YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/DrRetch

Regarding his pathway to this point, Trumbo offered some insight.

"It was actually a bit of a segue, beginning to create original music and accompanying videos, and eventually dramatic shorts. After all, the band folded during the pandemic. While my base motivation may have been to simply maintain some creative outlet, one must first have something to say before bringing pen to paper, lens to CCD. My passions for the environment and social justice therein found an outlet. This collided with my professional background in photography and more recent efforts in music and production. And having worked, studied, and taught in journalism for some 25 years left me a hopeless news addict. So, to quote Chrissie Hynde:

"The phone, the TV and the news of the world got in the house like a pigeon from hell"

Stay tuned, more to come . . .

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Director Statement

In 1988, against the backdrop of the historic Yellowstone fires of that year, many thought that atmospheric scientist James Hansen went out on a limb to testify before Congress about global warming. He even had the temerity to state that ''It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here.'' 1988. Waffling.

1988. Three years later I was in grad school and wrote my master's thesis on media coverage and public opinion over climate. So it's a touchstone issue for me, and I often return to it in my compositions.