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Should you watch The Age of Stupid?

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The Age of Stupid

Documentary · 2009

Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

The sides of The Age of Stupid

  • Pete Postlethwaite alone in a ruined 2055
  • Real people filmed in 2008
  • An archive of a world that didn't act

The Age of Stupid is good for you if…

  • you want real lives from 2008 tied to climate change.
  • you care about glaciers, oil and what we do to the planet.
  • you want to see why governments and businesses didn't act in time.

The Age of Stupid is bad for you if…

  • you roll your eyes at a film that asks you to act.
  • you need hope, and a ruined future is too much for you.

About: climate change · responsibility · the future

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