(MENAFN- Investors Ideas) June 6, 2016 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Having exposed the risks posed by natural gas drilling, known as fracking, in the documentaries "Gasland" and "Gasland Part II," Josh Fox was struck by a sobering thought: "We could beat the fossil-fuel industry, but we still might lose everything we love to climate change."
Now, in HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE, the third and final chapter in the "Gasland" trilogy, Fox surveys the damage from possibly the greatest threat the world has ever faced, but also finds reasons for hope. Showing how people around the world are taking action to protect their communities, the timely documentary debuts MONDAY, JUNE 27 (9:00-11:10 p.m. ET/PT). Other HBO playdates: June 30 (8:20 a.m., 5:15 p.m.). HBO2 playdates: June 29 (8:00 p.m.).
The documentary will also be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO and HBO On Demand.
The film features songs by The Beatles, Radiohead, Kate Bush, Angelique Kidjo and the Tune-Yards. Josh Fox states, "Music is extremely important in all of my films, but none more than this one. I am extremely honored to have the music of incredible artists like The Beatles, Radiohead, Angelique Kidjo, George Gershwin, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, and Kate Bush all in one film. I hope that the music and love in the film resonates with people, and that this third and final chapter in the trilogy will do for the climate movement what Gasland did for fracking."
After his Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film "Gasland" (followed by "Gasland Part II") helped successfully mobilize public opposition to fracking, Josh Fox noticed that his favorite Hemlock tree was dying from a parasite that has been advancing up the East Coast due to warmer winters, a consequence of human-induced climate change. That observation, combined with the destruction from Hurricane Sandy, served as a wake-up call for the filmmaker that even if the battle was won against fracking in his own backyard, there was a bigger war still to fight against global warming.
With his trademark humor, banjo in hand and signature investigative style, Fox travels to 12 countries on six continents and discovers that, while it may be too late to stop the worst consequences of climate change, there are sources of good news that must be strengthened and supported.
Fox ponders the effects of continued global warming, such as rising sea levels, record droughts, superstorms, dying coral reefs, species extinction, food insecurity and increased conflicts over limited resources. In an action-packed, music-fueled odyssey he visits both leaders and everyday citizens some of whom chose to remain anonymous when Fox is shooting undercover in a search for meaning and the things worth fighting for. He interviews climate scientists, experts and activists including: environmental analyst Lester Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute; Ella Chou, an expert on energy in both China and the U.S.; attorney and environmental activist Van Jones; Elizabeth Kolbert, author of "The Sixth Extinction"; Michael Mann, a climatologist and geophysicist at Penn State University; Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org; and Petra Tschakert, a professor of earth and environment at the University of Western Australia.
In the face of dire scientific predictions about negative impacts in the near future as well as the testimony of individuals in communities suffering from climate change today, HOW TO LET GO asks, "What is it that climate change can't destroy? What is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away?"
Fox concludes that courage, resilience, innovation, democracy and community are among the ideals that must thrive in order for us to weather the coming challenges. In fact, people in places as diverse as China, Africa, the Amazon, the Pacific and the U.S. are relying on these very qualities and basic civic values in their ongoing battles to save the planet and ourselves.
As the third and final chapter in the "Gasland" trilogy, HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE is supported by and extended through the "Let Go & Love Tour," which will travel to 100 cities across the country. Part of a bold distribution strategy that includes a theatrical release, the HBO presentation and dozens of community screenings, the tour features Fox joined by experts, artists and local organizers to help communities embrace renewable energy solutions that promote decreased reliance on the fossil fuels that have precipitated global warming.
Josh Fox's Gasland films have garnered multiple awards including a primetime Emmy for Directing, an Oscar nomination, the Cinema Eye Hell Yeah Prize and Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace Grant. His films are largely credited with igniting the world wide anti-fracking movement. They have been shown in more than 30 countries, inspiring millions of activists to demand fracking bans in America from New York State to California, and internationally from Australia to France to South Africa.
"The day the oil and gas industry came to my house was the loneliest day of my life. I have never been so afraid. But that fear, the fear of losing my home, has taken me so far beyond that place to discover the deepest love and community I've ever know. I never thought my fight to protect my home near the Delaware River would take me to the banks of the Amazon. Or across the world to the island nations of Vanuatu and Samoa. But it has," says Fox.
HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE was written and directed by Josh Fox; produced by Deia Schlosberg, Josh Fox; edited by Annukka Lilja, Greg King. For HBO: senior producer, Nancy Abraham; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
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