The White House Effect

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The White House Effect

2024

1h 36m

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Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

The closeness of these events, whose repercussions we are living (and will continue to live) through, makes “The White House Effect” an infuriating portrait of how inaction has potentially doomed humanity.

Sep 6, 2024

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Daniel Fienberg

The Hollywood Reporter

Over 96 minutes, you’ll be horrified and saddened. You’ll probably also want more information on a lot of the broadly sketched details, because this project is an overview and not an in-depth thesis. It’s limited, but it’s convincing.

Sep 1, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Though it probably won’t have the audience or make the impact of “An Inconvenient Truth,” this should be equally essential viewing for anyone interested in humanity’s future.

Aug 31, 2024

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Michael J. Casey

Boulder Weekly

It’s fascinating, infuriating and so expertly constructed that you’ll be thinking about it for months.

Rated: 4.5/5

Mar 6, 2025

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J. Don Birnam

Next Best Picture

Despite a significant amount of interesting footage and the undeniable urgency of the problem at the core of this film, “The White House Effect” is ultimately simply full of hot air.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 31, 2024

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Bonni Cohen

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Pedro Kos

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Jon Shenk

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Bonni Cohen

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Pedro Kos

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Jon Shenk

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Synopsis

Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

Director: Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk
Producer: Bonni Cohen, Justine Nagan, Josh Penn, Jon Shenk, Noah Stahl
Screenwriter: Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk
Production Co: Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation, Cinereach, Caldwell Fisher Family Foundation, Plot Shift Media, Department of Motion Pictures, Far Star Media, Actual Films, Impact Partners, Walking Softer, 2 Sq Ft
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 36m