Wednesday, December 4, 2013

An Inconvenient Truth



An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 Academy Award winning documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate made in the film, he has given more than a thousand times.

Premiering at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opening in New York City and Los Angeles on May 24, 2006, the documentary was a critical and box-office success, winning 2 Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song.[4] The film grossed $24 million in the U.S. and $26 million in the foreign box office, becoming the 9th highest grossing documentary film to date in the United States.[5]

The idea to document his efforts came from producer Laurie David who saw his presentation at a town-hall meeting on global warming which coincided with the opening of The Day After Tomorrow. Laurie David was so inspired by Gore's slide show that she, with producer Lawrence Bender, met with Guggenheim to adapt the presentation into a film.

Since the film's release, An Inconvenient Truth has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and reenergizing the environmental movement. The documentary has also been included in science curricula in schools around the world, which has spurred some controversy.

An Inconvenient Truth
Albert A. Gore Jr. is the narrator-host for An Inconvenient Truth, and the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

Note: Carol M. Browner was a director at the Climate Reality Project, the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and is a senior fellow, director for the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project, the Center for American Progress, the Sundance Institute, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Sundance Institute is the sponsor for the Sundance Film Festival.
Robert Redford is the founder & president for the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Laurie P. David is a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a producer for An Inconvenient Truth, and a co-founder for Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
Lawrence Bender is a producer for An Inconvenient Truth, and a co-founder for Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
Ari Emanuel is a co-founder for Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars, the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Ezekiel Emanuel & Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother.
Ezekiel Emanuel is Ari Emanuel & Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Rahm I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel & Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother, the Chicago (IL) mayor, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

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