An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

DIRECTORS: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk   COUNTRY: USA   YEAR: 2017   LANGUAGE(S): English   SUBTITLES: German   RUNNING TIME: 98 min

SECTION: Open Eyes 2017

SYNOPSIS

A decade after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes—in moments private and public, funny and poignant—as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have
never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion. Renowned filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk have taken the baton from 2006 Academy Award–winner
Davis Guggenheim. What started then as a profound slide show lecture has become a gorgeously cinematic excursion. Our extraordinary former vice president invites us along on an inspirational journey across the globe that delivers the tools to heal our planet. The question is: Will we choose to take the baton?

BONNI COHEN
Bonni Cohen has produced and directed award-winning films including The Island President, winner of the 2011 TIFF People’s Choice Documentary Award. She produced and directed The Rape of Europa, earning PGA and WGA award nominations. Bonni also co-directed Audrie & Daisy, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and she executive-produced 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets.

FILMOGRAPHY
The Rape of Europe (2006), The Island President (2011), Audrie and Daisy (2016)

JON SHENK
Jon Shenk has directed and photographed many award-winning films, including The Island President and Lost Boys of Sudan, winner of a 2004 Film Independent Spirit Award. He co-directed and photographed Audrie & Daisy. Shenk was DP for the Academy Award–winning Smile Pinki, and he won an Emmy for Blame Somebody Else.

FILMOGRAPHY
Lost Boys of Sudan (2003), Smile Pinki (2008), The Island President (2011), Audrie and Daisy (2016)

SCRIPT:    PRODUCERS: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Richard Berge   CAMERA: Jon Shenk   EDITORS: Don Bernier, Colin Nusbaum   MUSIC: Jeff Beal   CAST: Al Gore
PRODUCTION: Actual Films, Participant Media   WORLD SALES: Paramount Pictures International   GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures Germany

WEBSITE
https://paramount.de/immer-noch-eine-unbequeme-wahrheit