Climate change is not a theoretical concept; it’s playing out in real time. Hurricane Sandy, raging fires in the Southwest, melting glaciers, rising sea levels and the severe droughts affecting farmers in Middle America: they and many other extreme events are a startling reality. Greedy Lying Bastards investigates the reasons behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only real, but also a massive growing problem that is placing everyone on the brink of disaster. After a successful spring 2013 theatrical run, Greedy Lying Bastards will be released on DVD on January 14, 2014 by The Disinformation Company at a suggested retail price of $19.98. Filmmaker and political activist Craig Rosebraugh is available for interviews as well Dr. Michael Mann, a renowned climatologist and author, who is featured in the film.
Greedy Lying Bastards follows the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. The oil and gas business, notably ExxonMobil and Koch Industries, and affiliated think tanks are the main culprits, together with the politicians who support them. They have turned discussions about climate change into a circus type atmosphere where corporations and political spokespeople assert bogus facts about global warming without having any scientific background.
Filmmaker and political activist Craig Rosebraugh, in association with executive producer, actress Daryl Hannah, document the impact of an industry that has continually put profits before people, waged a campaign of lies designed to thwart measures to combat climate change and used its collective clout to minimize intriguing regulations and undermine the political process in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Michael Mann, a respected academia author of two books on global warming and recipient of numerous awards such as the National Conservation Achievement Award for science is available for interviews. Dr. Mann is a Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society.
The hard hitting film includes interviews with scientists, industry experts, international political delegates and people impacted by the changing climate as well as leading deniers. Among them: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon; Rep. Henry Waxman (CA); former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman; top U.S. climate scientists Dr. Pieter Tans (NOAA), Dr. Mark Serreze (NOAA), Dr. Kevin Trenberth (NCAR), former President of Copenhagen Climate Summit COP15 Connie Hedegaard, UN Environmental Program Executive Director Achim Steiner, leading climate science skeptics Myron Ebell, Christopher Monckton, Jay Lehr, plus victims of the 2012 wildfires and drought in the U.S.
Greedy Lying Bastards is a critical darling of the film festival circuit and won the “Eco Film Award” at the Boston Film Festival and “Feature Documentary” at the Burbank Film Festival. The documentary was also an “Official Selection” at the Beijing International Film Festival, Costa Rica Documentary Film Festival, UNAFF 2012 (United Nations Film Festival), Madrid International Film Festival, the Bahamas International Film Festival and the Reykjavik International Film Festival (2013).
Greedy Lying Bastard also garnered positive reviews during its theatrical run from the New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News, among others.
The DVD includes extensive bonus materials covering topics such as:
- Lobbying
- Media
- Peru
- Uganda
- IPCC
For more information on The Disinformation Company, their catalog and upcoming releases visit www.disinfo.com.
The Disinformation Company Ltd. is widely recognized for distributing films on subjects not usually covered by traditional media, such as The Exorcist in the 21st Century, We Are Egypt: The Story Behind the Revolution, Robert Baer’s The Cult of the Suicide Bomber and health/sustainability films like Killer At Large and Tapped.