What happens when one industry has too much power?
Politicians become pawns. Laws are created and prevented. Regulations are bypassed. Information is controlled. Dissent is stifled.
Our climate changes. And people die.
SEVENTH GENERATION is a documentary film exposing the shocking lengths the fossil fuel industry travels to ensure maximum profits
for executives and shareholders.
In the United States, this industry spends millions of dollars annually to lobby Congress, ensuring the political support
necessary to pass supportive or block restrictive laws. Using this control, the industry has managed to dictate energy and climate
policies in the U.S., working alongside federal administrations. The same industry has spent millions of dollars to fund think
tanks, organizations, and scientists who have waged a global campaign of deceit regarding the science of climate change and its
dire impacts. Those who have spoken out against the corruption, environmental and health impacts caused by its irresponsible
business practices have been assaulted, jailed, tortured, and murdered.
This unchecked corporate drive for profits has come at the expense of workers, families, indigenous peoples, the environment, and
threatens our very survival on the planet. It has and continues to undermine democracy in the United States.
SEVENTH GENERATION was filmed on location in the United States, Tuvalu, Fiji, England, Belgium, Denmark, Kenya, Uganda, Peru,
Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Netherlands, and Germany. The film is currently in post production and scheduled to be released in
2012.
I'm excited to see it. Looks really well put together.
dhargest 10 months ago