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Title Greedy lying bastards [videorecording] / 1 Earth Productions ; produced and directed by Craig Scott Rosebraugh ; written by Craig Scott Rosebraugh, Patrick Gambuti, Jr. ; produced by Jeremy Chilvers, Patrick Gambuti, Jr., Marianna Yarovskaya.

Imprint [Los Angeles, California] : 1 Earth Productions ; [New York] : Disinformation, c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  577.22 G81b 2013    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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System Details DVD, NTSC, region 0, widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.
Language Closed-captioned.
Performer Narrator, Craig Rosebraugh. Interviewees include: Kevin Trenberth, Michael Mann, Pieter Tans, Kert Davies, James Hoggan, Christine Todd Whitman, Mark Serreze, Enoch Adams, Matt Pawa, George Monbiot, Henry Waxman, Myron Ebell, Rick Piltz, Joel Reynolds, Ian Plimer, Christopher Monckton, Jay Lehr, Achim Steiner, Tafue Lusama, Gillian Le Gallic, Connie Hedegaard, and Ban Ki Moon.
Contents Opening -- Fire and drought -- Intro to denial -- Kivalina and Big Tobacco -- Doubt -- Wildfire Two and Citizens United -- Denial Two -- Tuvalu -- Copenhagen and Climategate -- Fighting back -- What you can do.
Credits Editor, Patrick Gambuti, Jr.; director of photography, Carl Bartels; music, Michael Brook; design director, Nol Honig; executive producer, Daryl Hannah; sound editor, Deborah Wallach.
Note Originally produced as a documentary film in 2012.
Bonus features: Lobbying, Media, Peru, Uganda, IPCC.
Summary "Investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians and justices ..."--From 1 Earth Productions Web site, 11 September 2013.
Includes interviews with scientists, journalists, political figures, lawyers, and community activists on climate change and challenges to its significance, as well as archival footage of political hearings, media coverage, and international meetings on the issue. Footage of climate-related disasters and interviews with people impacted by them include the 2012 Colorado Springs wildfires; drought in Kansas farmland; coastal erosion in Kivalina, Alaska; and flooding on Tuvalu. There are also images of a dust cloud in Phoenix, Arizona; damage from hurricanes Katrina, Irene, and Sandy; and glacial melting in Greenland.
Audience PG-13.
Awards Winner, Feature documentary, Burbank Film Festival 2012; winner, Ecofilm award, Boston Film Festival 2012; official selection, UNAFF (United Nations Film Festival) 2012, Costa Rica Documentary Film Festival 2012, and Bahamas International Film Festival 2012.
Subject Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- United States.
Citizens United Foundation.
Koch Industries -- Political activity.
Exxon Mobil Corporation -- Political activity.
Climatic changes in mass media.
Climatic changes -- Political aspects.
Business and politics -- United States.
Climate change mitigation -- Citizen participation.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
United States -- Environmental conditions.
Added Author Rosebraugh, Craig.
Gambuti, Patrick, Jr.
Chilvers, Jeremy, 1974-
Yarovskaya, Marianna, 1971-
Hannah, Daryl, 1960-
Bartels, Carl.
Trenberth, Kevin E.
Mann, Michael E., 1965-
Tans, Pieter P.
Davies, Kert.
Hoggan, James, 1946-
Whitman, Christine Todd.
Serreze, Mark C.
Adams, Enoch.
Pawa, Matthew F.
Monbiot, George, 1963-
Waxman, Henry A.
Ebell, Myron.
Piltz, Rick.
Plimer, I. R.
Monckton, Christopher, 1952-
Lehr, Jay H., 1936-
Steiner, Achim.
Lusama, Tafue.
Le Gallic, Gilliane.
Hedegaard, Connie.
Pan, Ki-mun, 1944-
Brook, Michael, 1952-
1 Earth Productions.
Disinformation Company.
ISBN 9781939517159
193951715X
Standard No. 826262010393
Music No. DIS 103 Disinformation

 
    
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