Billy Green

The green room is directly underneath the stage of the Apollo. This is the place where the amateurs sit and wait to go onstage.

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Storytelling in all its forms is skewered in Todd Rohal's hilarious THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM. A favorite of Sundance, SXSW and BAMcinemafest 2011, this divinely bizarre and funny tale infuses stories within stories with wild characters until lines between Biblical tales, Mark Twain, and campfire stories are hysterically blurred. From producers Jody Hill, Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM tells the tale of Father Billy (Steve Little, EASTBOUND & DOWN), an eccentric young priest who tracks down his high school idol Robbie, an ex Heavy Metal rocker (Robert Longstreet, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS) who begrudgingly agrees to a canoe trip. As they embark on their journey, it slowly becomes clear that the two old friends might not be as close as Father Billy remembers. When night approaches, and they realize they have lost their way-- that's when things get weird.

Billy Parish took a few moments before the Powershift conference officially started to chat about why he drop out of Yale to lead a youth activist movement in climate change, the climate change policies that need to be passed this year, what it means to be a part of a generation charged with solving climate crisis, and last but not least: every day heroes.