Sony Scoops Up Doc Attacking Climate Change Skeptics
by Christian Toto 7 Aug 2014, 1:35
PM PDT
Sony Pictures Classics
will bring a new documentary to theaters in the coming months that attacks
those who scrutinize the latest global warming headlines.
Will film critics label the
finished product "one-sided" or "propaganda" as they so often
do with those rare right-of-center films?
Merchants of Doubt, according to
Deadline.com, examines people "hired to cast doubt and delay action on
climate change."
The film is inspired by the book
from Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, which takes a satirical look at the heart
of conjuring American spin. Kenner
(Food Inc.) focuses on a secretive group of charismatic pundits-for-hire who
present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet have the
contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats
ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.
What you likely won't see in the
film: profiles of eco-hypocrites like Al
Gore, director James Cameron and Robert
Redford. The documentary genre is ripe for such a project. Such a film
wouldn't necessarily have to attack global warming estimates, but it could
castigate those who preach about them but live as if they don't believe their
own rhetoric.
Robert Redford
Robert
Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the Natural
Resources Defense Council, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Climate Reality Project, and the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Michael
Lynton is a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, the chairman & CEO for Sony Pictures Entertainment, and the CEO for the Sony Corporation of America.
Arjun
Gupta is a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
Andrea
L. Wong was a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is the
president of international production for Sony
Pictures Entertainment.
James Gustave
Speth is a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and a director at the Climate Reality Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr.
is the chairman for the Climate Reality
Project, and a partner at Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.
The Climate
Project merged with the Climate
Reality Project.
L.
John Doerr is a general partner at Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Michael K. Powell
is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and his father is Colin L. Powell.
Colin
L. Powell is Michael K. Powell’s
father, an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, and a strategic adviser for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.
The Climate
Project merged with the Climate
Reality Project.
James Gustave
Speth is a director at the Climate
Reality Project, and a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council.
Robert
Redford is a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and the founder & president of the Sundance Institute.
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