Reflecting on a Decade after We Learned of "An Inconvenient Truth"

Though the film is a decade old now, I find An Inconvenient Truth to be an incredibly compelling narrative on climate change.  The clarity and focus of the work resonates strongly with the increasing visibility of climate change impacts on the earth’s surface today.  Many new documentaries on the subject bring me to despair, including National Geographic’s “Before the Flood,” with Leonardo DiCaprio and the new series featuring David Letterman, the film “Merchants of Doubt,” and contrary to its intentions even Naomi Klein’s “This Changes Everything.”  I strongly dislike them all.  In this time of significant need, I wish new climate documentaries could reach the heights of accessibility, honesty, detail, and utter lack of snarkiness present in Al Gore’s work on the subject.

Sources:

David, L., Bender, L., & Burns, S. Z. (Producers), & Guggenheim, D. (Director).

(2006). An Inconvenient Truth [Motion Picture]. United States: Paramount Classics.