We had the privilege of attending an early U.S. screening of Director, Franny Armstrong’s, eco docu-drama, THE AGE OF STUPID, starring Pete Postlethwaite.  Armstrong has created an entertaining film, centered around climate change.

Postlethwaite plays the role of an enviro archivist living in the year 2055 who reviews documentary footage and as he goes “back to the present,” he wonders why we didn’t stop global warming while we had the chance.  The film is a compelling mix of funky animation, news footage and real characters fraught with contradictions.  We follow the life challenges facing:  Jeh Wadia, an airline CEO, born to one of India’s richest and most powerful families; 23-year-old wannabe med student Layefa Malemi; Alvin DuVernay, a New Orleans-based environmentalist working for Shell Oil; 82-year-young French mountain climber, Fernand Pareau; wind farm developer, Piers Guy; and youngsters Jamila and Adnan Bayyoud, whose home was destroyed by a missile on the second day of the Iraq war.

Save the Date — September 21.  Already playing in the UK, “Stupid” is scheduled to launch in a solar powered cinema tent in Central Park in NYC on September 21.  The unprecedented “green carpet” kickoff  will also include a live panel via satellite from NYC.  Immediately followed by a national roll-out and worldwide release in Europe, Asia, Africa and Central and Latin America, the auspicious launch date will coincide with united Nation’s Climate Week.  Armstrong’s aim is to “demand reform for the December Copenhagen Summit when the KYOTO TREATY — the world’s environmental pact — is up for review, marking a watershed moment in our environmental history.”

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