A new film produced by documentarian Michael Moore is angering environmental activists who say filmmaker Jeff Gibbs plays fast and loose with the facts, attacks the wrong targets, and even ends up arguing for ecofascist solutions to the climate crisis.
“Throughout, the filmmakers twist basic facts, misleading the public about who is responsible for the climate crisis,” wrote University of California Santa Barbara professor Leah Stokes of the film for Vox.
“We are used to climate science misinformation campaigns from fossil fuel corporations,” she continued. “But from progressive filmmakers? That’s new.”
Michael Moore’s new climate film is full of misinformation about clean energy and climate activists.
Given the film’s loose relationship to facts, I’m not even sure it should be classified as a documentary.
My latest in @Vox.https://t.co/R4b3HjRkMp
— Leah Stokes (@leahstokes) April 28, 2020
In “Planet of the Humans” (POTH), Gibbs focuses on what he sees as the false promises of renewable, green energy solutions to the climate crisis and a dismissal of the climate activist movement as the hurdles for decisive action to address the crisis.
— source commondreams.org | 2020/04/28