So FLo FLoods - Competition

TheoEco is reaching out to high school students in the So FLo FLoods locales to create essays, artworks, exhibits, and explorations of topics in the film related to art, economics, environmental activism, history, STEM, and writing...​

​TheoEco Institute (TheoEco.org) is engaging South Florida with its new documentary So Flo Floods which premiered at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Father’s Day. Our goal is for folks throughout South Florida to learn from the film’s experts; authorities like Paul George from HistoryMiami, University of Miami professors Harold Wanless and Richard Weisskoff, Jacqui-Thurlow-Lippisch, Robert Mykle, Miami Beach’s Mayor Dan Gelber and Chief Resiliency Officer Susanne Torriente, among others.

Art
The film contains new video, vintage photos, aerial shots, animation, sculptures, memorials, sweeping footage, and more. We need new works that capture the past, present, AND FUTURE of South Florida.

Economics
Economic outcomes are front-and-center in So Flo Floods. Why are the risks so big, and central to how the future will play out? What are the economic impacts, both macro and micro?

Environmental Activism
The film follows Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch both in the air and on the ground and interviews her in-depth for a fascinating look at how individuals can make a big difference.

History
From pre-history to modern day, So Flo Floods traces the history of South Florida’s flooding. The film borrows heavily upon the contributions of Paul George and HistoryMiami, and the Lawrence E. Will Museum in Belle Glade.

STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)
Miami Beach’s experience in particular is central to So Flo Floods’ illustration of what flooding means to South Florida today. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math are central to all these things.

Writing
Killer ‘Cane’s firsthand accounts capture the horrors of the 1928 Hurricane on Lake Okeechobee’s Glades communities that killed thousands. There are so many stories left – both fiction and non-fiction.

Winners will receive prize money and awards and are eligible for inclusion in the So FLo FLoods exhibitions accompanying the film’s screenings, exhibitions, and studies.

For more go to So FLo FLoods Competition.