An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power, the follow-up to the 2006 climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth, starring former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, will be recut from the original version premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January before it hits theaters in July.
The updated version will now include U.S. President Donald Trump’s Thursday exit from the Paris Climate Accord, expanding Trump’s antagonist screen presence in the film.The filmmakers behind An Inconvenient Sequel, which includes the original documentary’s producer Davis Guggenheim as well as many other returning crew members, announced that Trump’s highly criticized withdrawal from the Paris Accord “will appear in the final film”, according to a spokesperson for Paramount Pictures. Just as for the original documentary, Paramount is releasing An Inconvenient Sequel in conjunction with Participant Media.
An Inconvenient Truth, which followed Gore as he worked tirelessly to convince U.S. legislators and the general public of the impending catastrophic events resulting from climate change, was critically acclaimed, winning 32 awards and was nominated for 11 more. Two of those wins were Academy Awards, making An Inconvenient Truth the only documentary to have achieved this.
Al Gore is once again the featured star of An Inconvenient Sequel, and the passion he shares with the documentary’s creators for environmental activism is unmistakable – the DVD carton packaging for the original film is made from 100 percent recycled material.
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“Removing the United States from the Paris Agreement is a reckless and indefensible action,” Gore admonished in a statement released shortly after the announcement that the U.S. would be backing out of the climate deal.
“It undermines America’s standing in the world and threatens to damage humanity’s ability to solve the climate crisis in time. But make no mistake: if President Trump won’t lead, the American people will.”
“Civic leaders, mayors, governors, CEOs, investors and the majority of the business community will take up this challenge,” the statement went…
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