The White House Effect
Directed by: Pedro Kos, Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
The White House Effect explores the gripping drama that unfolded inside the George H.W. Bush White House after scientists warned the country for the first time that global warming was real and underway. Bush, who in 1988 ran as an environmental candidate, finds himself caught in the middle when his chief of staff John Sununu locks horns with EPA chief Bill Reilly over how to respond to the public’s growing environmental concerns. Ideological conservatives and industry power brokers line up behind Sununu as the forward-minded Reilly looks increasingly isolated. Meanwhile Bush faces mounting pressure to make a decision that will change the course of history. Using only archival materials, the film tells a harrowing political story about the consequences of presidential power and its impact on how we deal with the climate crisis today.
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Science on Screen®
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT
Monday June 30th
As part of our ongoing Science on Screen® initiative, Alex Matthiessen, environmental advocate and former leader of New York’s congestion pricing campaign, will join the Cinema for a presentation on the lessons learned from the 50-year effort to implement congestion pricing. Matthiessen will discuss the U.S. government’s decades-long reticence to act on climate change and what it might mean for the future of the planet.
The presentation will be followed by a screening of the 2024 documentary The White House Effect — a political story about presidential power and its impact on how we deal with the climate crisis today.
An initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.
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Science on Screen®
96
2024
USA
English
DCP
Pedro Kos, Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk