The 11th Hour: Hollywood Documentary Takes on Environmental Crisis of a World on the Brink

by via Democracy Now

Thu, Aug 16, 2007 8:09AM

Thursday, August 16, 2007 : "The 11th Hour" is a new feature-length documentary on the extent and gravity of the global environmental crisis and its impact on human life as we know it. The film is produced and narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio and includes interviews with Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, physicist Stephen Hawking, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and environmentalist Bill McKibben. We play clips from the film and speak to its two co-directors and writers, Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen.

"The 11th hour" is a new feature-length documentary on the extent and gravity of the global environmental crisis and its impact on human life as we know it. It describes this present moment as the very last when change is possible and features suggestions for restorative action from prominent figures around the world.

The film is produced and narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio and includes interviews with Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, physicist Stephen Hawking, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and environmentalist Bill McKibben. "The 11th hour" opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles.

Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen co-directed and co-wrote this film. They join us now from Los Angeles.

Nadia Conners, co-director and co-writer of "The 11th Hour."
Leila Conners Petersen, co-director, co-writer, and co-producer of "The 11th hour."

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