World Premiere of Chloe & Theo and Its Extraordinary Behind-the-Scenes Story

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Katz responded by asking a few questions himself. “Can film be an agent for social change? Can the arts be an agent for social change? Can anything but the arts be an agent for social change? I can’t think of how to change people’s perception or behavior except for the arts. That’s why governments who don’t want people’s behavior to be changed sensor the arts.” He told a story about how Hotel Rwanda impacted people including a young man from Italy that watched the movie as a high school student and was so inspired by the film that he wanted to be a journalist to affect change in the world. Katz concluded saying, “I think that film can be a catalyst for those who can be social agents who can affect change in the world and I think that’s a great thing.”

“You need the big story that comes from films. Then you need to give tools to people to make them able to make a change”@martinfkatz #TakeOn — Connect4Climate (@Connect4Climate) April 15, 2015

Wagner next asked Allen about MTV’s audience and wondered if she feels that she has “more of a chance to impact young minds and render change or is it the other way around?”

“I feel it’s MTV’s responsibility as a global media company to bring issues like climate change and other issues that affect young people all over the world to the forefront,” Allen responded. “We play a very important role in raising awareness of these issues. But, it’s very important that we do it that’s appealable to the mainstream.”

“We find the best way to relate to them is by producing entertaining, informative, sometime funny content that they are going to relate to and weaving messaging into that programming.”

.@julie_a @MTV “It’s important to do productions that are entertaining, informative content that raise awareness among young people” #TakeOn

— Connect4Climate (@Connect4Climate) April 15, 2015

Sir Richard Branson and John Paul DeJoria are executive producers of the film, which is scheduled for release in August.

I had the chance to interview Ord after the screening and I asked her what she hopes people will get out of her film. “If people will just step up and do what they can … they can truly make a difference. They just have to go for it,” she replied.

The film is a must-see that will capture your attention and pull at your heartstrings. You’ll want to encourage everyone you know to see it and hopefully it will motivate you to step up and truly make a difference.

For a glimpse of the film, watch the trailer below where you get to meet Chloe, a young woman who has been searching for something to believe in. She comes face to face with an Inuit Eskimo named Theo, who was sent by his elders to send a message to humankind. Chloe and Theo inspire each other and through the help of a kind lawyer named Monica (starring Mira Sorvino), they are able to help Theo tell his story in an attempt to help his people and all of humankind.