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Friday, Feb. 4, 2022: Syrus Marcus Ware, Adam McKay and more

Today on Q with Tom Power: artist and activist Syrus Marcus Ware, Don't Look Up director Adam McKay, musician, writer and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

Today on Q: Syrus Marcus Ware, Adam McKay, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Artist and activist Syrus Marcus Ware, director Adam McKay, writer and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. (Jalani Morgan, Emma McIntyre, Zahra Siddiqi)

Today on Q with Tom Power:

  • Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Syrus Marcus Ware talks about the latest installment in his MBL: Freedom project, and what it means to intersect his art and activism with his concerns for climate change.

  • Don't Look Up director Adam McKay discusses the polarizing reaction to the film and the future of environmental sustainability in cinema.

  • Musician, writer and academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses her music, the climate crisis and the importance of seeing it all through an Indigenous lens.

Shelter from The Storm: Arts and Climate Change on Q is a special week-long series (Jan. 31 to Feb. 4) featuring artists who are tackling the biggest dilemma and existential threat of our time: climate change.

WATCH | Official trailer for Don't Look Up: