“Everywhere I encountered green energy, it wasn’t what it had seemed.” That’s how Jeff Gibbs, the director of Michael Moore’s latest documentary, describes his foray into renewable energy.
The documentary — Planet of the Humans, released online for Earth Day — has drawn ire from environmental activists for over a month, who, rather than debate the film’s points, clamored for its retraction. YouTube censored it on a flimsy copyright dispute over four seconds of the film. Given activists’ continued push for a “green stimulus” package, the film’s content seems rather pertinent beyond just the screen. Why did this film elicit such a strong reaction from Moore’s usually-friendly crowd? Unexpectedly for a filmmaker with Moore’s political leanings, the film describes green energy’s limits, and how it’s a far cry from the panacea that some politicians and members of the media make it seem.
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