An Inconvenient Truth 2
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An Inconvenient Truth 2 is a 3-episode TV series.
Release[edit]
It was first transmitted on the Community Channel in the UK on December 7, 14 and 21, 2011 (3 x 22min episodes). In March 2012 a 71-minute version was distributed digitally on Amazon under the name 'A Green Truth',.[1] In September 2012 a 53-minute version was screened in two UK cinemas, The Bacon Theatre in Cheltenham UK (presented by Sir Jonathon Porritt CBE) and York Picturehouse Citiscreen in York UK.
A screening of the 71-minute version was held at the filmmaker's local independent cinema, the Sherborne Cinema in Gloucester on March 12, 2017 followed by a Q&A session with the director.[2]
Background[edit]
Inspired by An Inconvenient Truth, An Inconvenient Truth 2 is a film about solutions to climate change. The presenter Jack Guest with a film crew in 2006 went to Sweden, a country aiming to breaking its dependence on oil by 2020. Whilst there they interviewed a range of people, from politicians, corporate organisations, scientists, families and entrepreneurs.[3]
An Inconvenient Truth 2 attempts to highlight Sweden's solutions to climate change, how they work, and improve peoples' lives.[3]
A theatrical screening of An Inconvenient Truth 2 was held at both The Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham in September 2012, and then the York Cityscreen cinema in York.[4][5]
Critical reception[edit]
Overall the UK Community Channel broadcast (episode 1 of 3 TV episodes) received 3 stars out of 5 in Time Out.[6]
The Time Out reviewer David Jenkins added about the film:
"One suspects that the legal team on Al Gore's original 2006 Powerpoint extravaganza may have their own 'Inconvenient truth' to lay on the makers of this coat-tail clinging series, which takes a glance at some of the methods being used to tackle climate change. Fledgling director Jack Guest hops on a variety of eco vehicles to yomp from his hometown of Cheltenham to Sweden so he can speak to some of the country's industrial innovators about the steps they're taking to prevent the planet from becoming and apocalyptic cess-pool. It's very ragged around the edges and has no real sustained argument, though it piles in enough factoids to justify the enticingly slim runtime. Though the wannabe raffish narration is an unnecessary distraction."
A screening in York was reviewed in the independent media outlet and student run University of York website The Yorker. "Another thing which I love is how quintessentially British this film is - production started in 2006, just after Al Gore released his film. It's as if Jack said, 'Hang on - it's not all doom and gloom!' This was developed more in the question and answer session shown afterward the screening. He explained how his aim was to show that environmental changes are achievable in our lifetime to motivate a younger audience, but also that the change starts now, not with the next generation - a core message for the green movement."[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "A Green Truth on Amazon". Gaiam. March 6, 2012.
- ↑ "AIT2 on SoGlos". Soglos. March 1, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Malin Andersson (November 25, 2011). "Kristianstad förebild i tv-serie om miljön (Swedish)". Kristianstadsbladet. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
- ↑ "wiltsstandard".
- ↑ "Eco-Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth 2". Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ↑ David Jenkins (December 1, 2011). "TimeOut reviews episode 1 of An Inconvenient Truth 2". TimeOut. Retrieved December 1, 2011.[dead link]
- ↑ "Review: An Inconvenient Truth 2". Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013. Unknown parameter
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