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THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT USA, 2024, 94 min, color, documentary

Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival maA riveting look at a key moment in the history of the climate crisis, The White House Effect from directors Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk travels back in time to document how a crucial opportunity to take real action on global warming was not just squandered but deliberately undermined.Woven entirely of archival material, the documentary focuses on the pivotal years of the George H.W. Bush administration – 1988 to 1992 – when the entire country was waking up to the reality of global warming and Bush had pledged to use “the White House effect” to tackle it.

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Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk

Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR
Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk
CAMERA
Jim Whitney
MUSIC
Ariel Marx
PRODUCERS
Noah Stahl, Josh Penn, Justine Nagan
PRODUCTION
2 Sq Ft, Actual Films, Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation

THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT USA, 2024, 94 min, color, documentary

PROGRAM

GOETHE-INSTITUT
19:00 h

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