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Review: 'An Inconvenient Sequel' Is An Effective 'I Told You So' [1]

"A close-up of ice melting in brilliant sunshine is the first thing you see in An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. It's gorgeous — snow crystals glistening, moisture dripping from them into a pool of water so pure and clear it makes you thirsty.

But in subsequent shots, as the drips become streams, and the streams plunge over ice-cliffs, you realize what you're seeing: A glacier is melting. And that's not so beautiful.

More than 10 years ago, Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth argued forcefully that climate change ought to be a mainstream concern. The world seemed to hear that argument (the current U.S. administration's doubts notwithstanding) and the film became a surprising box office hit worldwide."

Bob Mondello reviews the movie for NPR July 27, 2017. [2]

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Source: NPR [2], 07/28/2017
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/review-inconvenient-sequel-effective-i-told-you-so [2] http://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/539734176/-an-inconvenient-sequel-is-an-effective-cautiously-optimistic-i-told-you-so [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81