Slater Jewell-Kemker (born 1992) is an American-Canadian

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and

climate activist The climate movement is a global social movement focused on pressuring governments and industry to take action (also called ''climate action'') addressing the causes and impacts of climate change. Citizens and environmental non-profit organizat ...

. She was born in

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, and has been making films since six years old. Jewell-Kemker first became interested in climate change at age 13. When she was 15 years old, she began production on '' An Inconvenient Youth'' (2012), chronicling the rise of the global youth climate movement. The same topic was portrayed in her film ''Youth Unstoppable'' (2018), which Jewell-Kemker worked on for 12 years. In 2013, she completed a program at the

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, elaborating the short film ''Alice'' (2013). Her 2014 short film ''Still'' was named to the

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the most prestigious and largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. Founded in 1976, the festival takes place every year in early September. The organi ...

's annual year-end

Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema". ''Welland Tribune'', November 23, ...

list for 2014."TIFF announces its top 10 Canadian films of 2014"

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, December 2, 2014.

''Youth Unstoppable''

''Youth Unstoppable'' is a 2018 Canadian documentary film, directed by Slater Jewell-Kemker, that portrays the rise of the global youth climate movement. Jewell-Kemker traveled around the world as a

since she was 14 years old, and captured the voices of young people concerned about

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. The film follows the growth of the

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network over 12 years.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jewell-Kemker, Slater 1992 births Living people American documentary film directors American emigrants to Canada Canadian climate activists Canadian documentary film directors Canadian women film directors American women documentary filmmakers Canadian women documentary filmmakers