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Today, 05 July 2008

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This is the most important movie you’ll see this year. Possibly ever.

While the aptly named ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ offers a damning indictment of where humanity is headed if it continues on its path of self-destruction, it also gives hope for the possibility of change. Hope that humanity is capable of acting on the moral imperative to stop destroying the earth.

Directed by Davis Guggenheim, this documentary, which is essentially about the problem of global warming, follows one man’s quest to bring about political and social change to avert the catastrophic consequences of global warming.

The man in question is former US Vice President Al Gore who, since his defeat in the 2000 election, has spent his time traveling the globe, giving hundreds of lectures on global warming.

The movie is basically one of these lectures interspersed with the story of Gore’s life and his journey of discovery. The lecture is anything but boring as Gore provides compelling visual evidence of the effects of global warming on the planet, fascinating anecdotes, graspable analogies, and entertaining witticisms (more often than not aimed at the Bush administration).

Although the film has a rather heavy American slant — the USA being one of the primary contributors to global warming — Gore makes it very clear that this is a problem which not only affects the whole world, but also requires global participation for its eradication.

The prospect of the annihilation of the planet is terrifying and Gore does not soften the blow. He does however provide solutions to the problem from the individual level to that of government.

It seems that superlatives abound when discussing the themes and importance of this movie, but it really is that huge and that important. See it — your understanding of the world will shift and you will be inspired to bring about change.