One week from today, the largest live film event in the world will take place for the global premiere of The Age of Stupid. As you no doubt have inferred from the many tweets and blogs we’ve posted, Greenpeace has partnered with the filmmakers to promote the film, mobilize moviegoers, and make the global premiere a green event to be remembered for all time.
The Age of Stupid has been called a docu-drama-animation hybrid, which probably means nothing to you, but there it is. It’s also been called "the next, far hipper An Inconvenient Truth." The movie stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the global warming-ravaged world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and desperately wondering: Why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance?
Here’s a sneak peek at one of the coolest animations from the movie:
On September 21st, communities around the world will be gathering in movie theaters, community centers, stadiums, and even on beaches where makeshift screens will be set up so that people can view the movie and be inspired to call on their leaders to act. In New York City, a "green carpet" premiere will take place, with celebrities arriving by sustainable transportation (bike, rickshaw, train, boat, etc.). There are also several cities around the US having "simulcast" events, you can find locations and buy tickets here.
To give you a small taste of what you might expect at the premiere events, as well as the reason we think this movie is so important, here’s a video of Eric Philips, polar explorer on board the Arctic Sunrise, which was used to open the Australian premiere of the film:
