The Age of Stupid (UPDATE 2)

March 25, 2009 by wfr.editor
Filed under Climate Change

CambridgeArt’s Picturehouse has AGAIN extended its screenings of the Age of Stupid from 2, then 6 and now to a full 8 days, April 1st - 8th. Don’t miss it!

The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

(see video clips below)Showing at the Arts Picturehouse
38-39 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR
Box Office: 0871 704 2050

The Age of Stupid (12A)

Friday 03 Apr	12:00 16:45
Saturday 04 Apr	12:00 16:45
Sunday 05 Apr	12:00 16:45
Monday 06 Apr	12:00 16:45
Tuesday 07 Apr	12:00 16:45
Wednesday 08 Apr	16:45

Special Events at the Screenings:

Friday 3rd April, 4.45 - Tom Woodcock, Secretary of Cambridge & Distrct Trade Union Council

Saturday 4th April, 4.45 - After-show talk with Tony Juniper, leading light of the Big Ask campaign

Monday 6th April, 4.45 - After-show talk with Natalie Szarek, Climate Camp

Thursday 9th April, 4.45 - After-show talk with Daniel Vockins, Not Stupid Campaign Coordinator

Tom Woodcock

Tom Woodcock is the secretary of Cambridge & Distrct Trade Union Council, where he is involved in the campiagn against climate change and pushing for a green and sustainable economy in the face of the current fincancial crisis.

Tony Juniper

Tony Juniper was executive director of Friends of the Earth for many years, and is now the Green Party’s general election candidate for Cambridge. He is an independent environmental and sustainability advisor, columnist and author of several books, and one of the most experienced and diverse environmental campiagners in Britain today.

Natalie Szarek

Natalie Szarek has been involved in activism against climate change through lobbying, grassroots organising and direct action. She has recently returned from the Climate Camp in the City protest at the G20 talks in London, and will be discussing how the environmental and economic crises and inextricably linked.

Daniel Vockins

Not Stupid Campaign Coordinator Daniel Vockins is a prolific climate change obsessive who joined Team Stupid from the Presidency of the Sussex Student Union. His position on the Not Stupid campaign means he is a very good man to talk to about what we should actually do in response to the desperate question posed to humanity by The Age of Stupid.

Video Clips:

The Age of Stupid: final trailer Feb 2009 from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.