In our 5th webinar, we will be joined by Janet Soloman who will be in conversation with Shrishtee Bajpai about her film, Blue Burning- a powerful piece of work that documents impacts on South Africa's coasts & seas due to oil/gas exploration. (she is one of the several co-founders of Oceans Not Oil) against offshore oil and gas in South Africa… She will share her journey of telling stories that need to be told in these times of climate ruptures, especially interweaving art and activism to bring wider awareness and connection to the natural world.

Date: 20th March 2025

Time: 1 pm GMT

Janet Solomon is a passionate environmental and climate activist, artist, and award-winning filmmaker. Transcending the boundaries between activism and art, Solomon’s compelling interventionist approach includes forging links between collectives, mobilizing public awareness, fostering collective action, and documentary film critique. Her unique technique combines evocative auditory sequences with a painterly visual aesthetic. By making the extremity of unliveable conditions imposed by offshore petroleum development on those who live in and depend on the ocean understandable, Solomon’s process provokes public dialogue, and the imagination to envision another future and to advocate for it.

• Trailer to Janet's latest film and art exhibition: https://www.blueburning.africa
• The Becoming Visible film: https://www.becomingvisible.africa/the-movie
• Janet's art and photography: https://www.janetsolomon.com
• Janet's activist work ( as spokesperson and founder of Oceans Not Oil) against offshore oil and gas in South Africa: https://oceansnotoil.org/blog/