Live Earth Films

Live Earth is a partnership project set up by producer Kevin Wall and green soldier, Al Gore. It’s aims are to use entertainment as means of conveying the messages of social responsibility in the face of climate change. However, from the website I can’t quite see how being a ‘for profit’ agency helps their concept of cultural transcendence. Hmmm.

Confusing ideologies aside, Live Earth commissioned some rather good films a while back. I was originally diverted there from the Airside site  to see their splendid efforts at animating a beginner’s guide to climate change. For some reason I ended up watching it again this week and decided to check some of the others too. I particularly enjoyed ‘Think‘ by Rupert Jones – A clever nod to the memorable (and occasionally frightening) British public information film stockpile from the last forty years.