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For Immediate Release: 16.03.09
For Immediate Release: 16.03.09
MEMBERS OF CROYDON GREEN PARTY HELP BREAK THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST EVER FILM PREMIERE.
Members of Croydon Green Party and other local green groups along with concerned individuals last night (15th March) attended the Peoples Premiere screening (at VUE Purley Way) of The Age of Stupid [1]. They joined cinemagoers in 65 other venues -creating a potential audience capacity of 16,000 - to achieve the world record feat via satellite link up.
Commenting on the film and world record achievement, Croydon Green Party spokesperson Shasha Khan said:
“Some of the audience in ‘Screen 1’ cheered when news came through that we had participated in a world record.
“However, ‘The Age of Stupid’ will be remembered as the film that conveyed the stark reality of what life will be like in 2055 if we don’t act to stop climate change now.”
The film is a docu-drama hybrid and features Oscar nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching actual archive footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance.
Shasha Khan continued:
“Governments around the world have a duty to deliver at the next UN Climate Change conference in December 2009 [2] and the makers of this film hammered this point at the Peoples Première.
“The film is cleverly made using actual news footage and animation sequences to get the climate change message across in an easy to understand manner. I urge everyone to see it.”
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Notes:
[1] - http://www.ageofstupid.net/
[2] - http://en.cop15.dk/
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