Movie Review: Everything’s Cool

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:36:33 +0000

Tomorrow is the release date for a movie on climate change called Everything’s Cool, an official selection from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. This documentary examines the chasm that has developed between scientific knowledge about climate change and the lack of political action on the part of the US government. Featuring renowned scientists and journalists, Everything’s Cool is directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand. This film has not been rated, but it would be an excellent catalyst for discussion with junior high and high school students, as well as adults who still do not recognize the need for immediate action to curb the effects of global warming.

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Everything’s Cool has been called “A Profile in Courage” by the Ashland Daily Tidings, as the film features activists including Step It Up’s Bill McKibben, Pulitzer Prize winner Ross Gelbspan, The Weather Channel’s Dr. Heidi Cullen, the “bad boys of environmentalism” Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, and White House whistleblower Rick Piltz. Bill McKibben and Ross Gelbspan are two of my personal heroes, and I think that exposing young adults to such role models is important. Everything’s Cool makes these activists accessible by revealing their human feelings and showing how individuals can have an impact beyond “changing a light bulb.”

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Movie Review: Everything’s Cool