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The film intersperses the lecture with personal and professional reflections from Gore that include a family history in the tobacco industry, family loss, bereavement and a high profile career in politics.В Gore frequently revisits his controversial loss of the US Presidency in 2000, including in the film a short montage of images from the disastrous Florida election which first gave Gore the presidency and then took it away.В While his reflections are meant to illustrate his personal motivation to educate about climate change, the bitter political undertone does detract from what the film is supposed to be about: global warming.В Students who are unaware of American politics could also become confused about what happened in the 2000 elections and the pertinence of these segments to the film as a whole.

While understanding the science is important, it is often easy to disregard the direct impact that these incremental changes are having on a daily basis.В The film does an excellent job of addressing how the effects of global warming have affected millions of lives around the world: deaths due to extreme heat waves, homelessness due to flooding, and the more regular occurrences of drought, mudslides, hurricanes and typhoons.В Gore also outlines the impact of minute daily temperature rises on ecological cycles such as birds that starve because caterpillars hatch early and forests that are destroyed by extended feeding periods of pine beetles.В Most frighteningly, the film points to a catastrophic future for the planet, its ecology and inhabitants unless immediate action is taken.В The viewer is horrified by scientifically calculated images of China, San Francisco and Manhattan, all partially submerged by rising sea levels which will result from rapidly melting glaciers, and by a computer-generated image of a polar bear, swimming miles in search of ice on which to rest. The film is accessible and communicates the science of global warming in a manner that is understandable even for those without a scientific background.В Gore explains the basics of how the earthвЂ™s temperatures are kept constant, but how human interaction with the natural environment since the Industrial Revolution has caused carbon dioxide (CO2) levels to rise and with it the planetвЂ™s average temperature.В He also illustrates how warmer temperatures cause the melting of glaciers, which in turn affect the salt levels in the sea, increase ocean temperatures, affect currents and strengthen storms. The presentation includes impressive visual supports which demonstrate the level of climate change already wrought from our consumption of carbon.В He details the elements of the modern environmental movement and traces the development of his interest and involvement in climate change from his university days onward.В The filmвЂ™s title alludes to the hesitancy of politicians and governments to address climate change because of the tough and potentially unpopular actions that are required to tackle the issue, the financial cost of changing to less environmentally damaging energy sources, and the need to alter our lifestyles and means of production.В Gore details some of the elaborate and underhanded efforts by United States government officials to hide the truth about global warming from the American people. This documentary film about global warming was inspired by the campaigning work of Al Gore, the former United States Vice President, to raise awareness of the issue and encourage action against climate change.В The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Sundance, Utah in 2006, and has since won an Academy Award and become the fourth highest grossing documentary of all time.В The content of the film largely derives from lectures delivered by Gore at a number of universities and schools around the world. вЂњThere are good peopleвЂ¦.who hold this at armвЂ™s length because if they acknowledge it and recognize it then the moral imperative to make big changes is inescapableвЂќ (Gore, 2006).

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