Young people are growing up in a time of increasingly frequent — and intense — natural disasters. They have the longest to live with the impact of today's chaos, but the least say about how to change things. WINDSWEPT offers a lens on how kids are finding a way through crisis, offering a roadmap for resilience.

WINDSWEPT is a documentary in which the kids are our teachers. Through the journeys of four ordinary young people during an extraordinary crisis, the film explores how individuals and communities rebuild, how identity is influenced, and how issues like class, housing, education, and the environment shape the future.

While each of our teen protagonist’s pitfalls and triumphs may be unique, the lessons they learn are universal. In a time of increasingly intense and frequent natural — and man-made — disasters, the need to share their stories is urgent.   

The kids are not celebrities, sports stars, or at the center of true crime stories, so funding to finish this independently financed film is dependent on supporters like you.

Our hope is that the individual stories about these kids' journeys illuminate the collective humanity — and resilience — that can emerge in a time of frequent crisis.