Sundance 2017: 10 Films Everyone Is Buzzing About

4. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power

An Inconvenient Sequel Al Gore
Paramount Pictures

Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk

The Plot: The followup to 2006's Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, An Inconvenient Sequel once again finds former Vice President Al Gore exploring the effects and dangers of global warming, while investigating how the issue has been addressed.

The Buzz: Climate change is an issue we're all familiar with in large part due to Gore's 2006 effort, so if that film can be considered the explanation of the problem, An Inconvenient Sequel is the exploration of the solution.

Gore's ultimate goal is to push renewable energy, and the film has him trotting the globe, showing his efforts to convince government bigwigs to invest in the likes of wind and solar power, and it's this that makes An Inconvenient Sequel so appealing.

The film is as relevant as they come, and the subject matter is one that we all have an opinion on, regardless of your stance on the topic. The film will present a focused and informed picture of the global energy revolution, and it should spark important conversation in the same way its predecessor did.

An Inconvenient Sequel will release on July 28 in the USA, with no UK release date currently set.

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