Al Gore’s 30-plus years of climate errors
The former VP has been reliably wrong on climate & energy for more than three decades. Just 537 votes prevented him from winning the presidency in 2000 and turning his…
An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore’s Hurricane Katrina hyperbole
In his film, Al Gore predicted hurricanes would grow more intense, but almost immediately afterward they grew less so.
The Rising Seas
In "An Inconvenient Truth" (2006) film, former Vice President Al Gore proposed the Greenland ice sheet might melt, causing a 20-foot rise in sea levels, flooding Florida among other places.
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How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: The Foundation
The Ford Foundation places a heavy emphasis on supporting the documentary film industry. According to the foundation, its film-related grantmaking constitutes “one of the largest documentary funds in the world.”…
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation places a heavy emphasis on supporting the documentary film industry. According to the foundation, its film-related grantmaking constitutes “one of the largest documentary funds in the world.”…
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Direct Film Funding
The Ford Foundation’s major film grants program, the JustFilms initiative, provides an even more detailed look at the foundation’s film-related grantmaking. Although Ford has supported filmmaking for decades, the JustFilms…
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Film Festivals
Production funding is not enough to ensure a film’s impact, nor can marketing dollars alone manufacture success. Filmmakers can gain credibility for their projects with the public—and more crucially, with…
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Outreach, Networks, and Education
The Ford Foundation’s film strategy involves much more than simply paying for the nuts and bolts of making and promoting a movie. JustFilms spends vast sums on what it calls…
How the Ford Foundation Changed Entertainment: Why Ford’s Strategy Works
The Ford Foundation has chosen to make documentary film funding a meaningful part of its massive annual grantmaking, and the impact of this spending has been staggering. Between 2017 and…
Al Gore’s 30 Years of Climate Errors: Glacial Recount
It has been 30 years since Al Gore was transformed from forgettable U.S. senator and presidential also-ran into an influential and enduring climate alarmist cultural icon. He has won an…