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Press Release: 7 Sept 2007 Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour to debut at DOCNZ

Environmental film The 11th Hour, produced and narrated by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winner Leonardo DiCaprio, will debut in New Zealand as part of this year’s DOCNZ Documentary Film Festival.

Directed by sisters Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen, The 11th Hour describes the last moment when change is possible. Much akin to Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the film explores the gravity of the environmental situation we now face — putting the future of humankind in jeopardy.

“We reached out to independent experts on the front lines of what could be the greatest challenge of our time — the collapse of our planet’s ecosystems and our search for solutions to create a sustainable future. During this critical period of human history, healing the damage of industrial civilization is the task of our generation.” - Leonardo DiCaprio

Addressing issues such as global warming, deforestation, mass species extinction and the depletion of the oceans’ habitats, The 11th Hour includes comments from some of the world’s foremost activists and thinkers, including Stephen Hawkins, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai and former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev. The documentary explores potential solutions to the problems by reshaping and rethinking human activity through technology, social responsibility and conservation.

Scientists and environmental advocates paint a portrait of a new, different future for humankind that trades battling with nature for a peaceful coexistence. The 11th Hour received ovations from film festival crowds at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, the Bangkok International Film Festival and the 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic) earlier this year.

The 11th Hour will be the opening film in each of the main centres and will be part of the festival’s International Competition selection.

See also

DOCNZ 2007

Auckland Sept 27—Oct 10, Dunedin Oct 11—21, Christchurch Oct 25—Nov 4, and Wellington Nov 8—21.

For more info on the movies, cinemas and screening times visit www.docnz.org.nz.

Media enquiries
Contact publicist Michelle Lafferty:
elephantpublicity@paradise.net.nz, +64 368 4180.

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