Friday, August 24, 2007

The Eleventh Hour

This film is being called more than a movie, but a call to action. At the Huffington Post the director Nadia Connors writes the intention behind this movie was to be a massive conversation starter that would lead to action on a broad societal level. I know it is a lofty goal, but as artists and humans we aim high so that we can at least land somewhere beyond our own original horizon line. You can only see so far -- it becomes the view points of others that take us further...

She say the movie is a compilation of interviews of the genius and passion of those who have been working on the climate crisis and is "a testament to the world they have been studying, watching, writing about, campaigning about as they see ecosystems spiraling downwards while the mainstream political and media dialogue remains defiant of the truth on the ground. This is our giant message in a bottle to the world beyond the veil of spin and denial. We are trying to break through the white noise of short-sighted debates over indisputable facts, through the mental pollution of irrelevant news stories about jailed heiress picked over with tremendous detail while our life support systems on this planet are being pillaged for short term profit and political power.

It looks like a masterpiece.

5 comments:

magda flores said...

I saw this at a special screening a few weeks ago. It was great!! Really well done. It scares you just enough to make you want to act, but not too much to make it seem hopeless. I hope that the rest of the US goes and sees it and not just people like "us."

One interesting thing to note. When I saw it the directors were there and did a Q&A. When asked about the impending increase of Chinese and Indian pollution, they noted that this issue makes it even more important for Americans to act now. As a society we are very innovative and if we create better technology and use it here, hopefully driving down the cost of it, then China and India will follow suit. Their response is indicitive of why I loved this movie so much. It has so much hope for our future and our country. Something I lack frequently.

Good post, Kid. Everyone else, run go and see the film!

LadyLiberal said...

I can't wait to see this movie! I've been excited about it for months and was looking forward to the August 17th release date, only to find out that they only released it in NY and L.A. This weekend they will be opening it up to a few more cities, but I'm wondering why it isn't being released to every theatre, whether in a city or not. I mean, if Bratz can be released nationwide, why can't such an important movie like the 11th Hour?

Anonymous said...

the almighty dollar, lady liberal...the almighty dollar. Bratz sells and activism does not.

Anonymous said...

congratulations from Barcelona. nice blog and post. but i'm not sure that that "the hope is you"... the real trouble is the energy. take a look at this page http://dieoff.org/
nice to see people interesting in something else than a car!
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see you
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