The Age of Stupid - University of Bari 
"Why we have not saved
when we had the chance? "
WWF and GREENPEACE Bari Bari presenting the film
" The Age of Stupid "
Wednesday March 24 - h. 15:15 Palazzo Ateneo side street Crisanzio
3rd floor - Room 5
During the course of the Environmental Education
Faculty of Education
The event:
- hours 15:15 presentation of the movie
- 15:45 hour screening of the film
- hours 17:15 debate
A new public screening Bari in the film The Age of Stupid, cited as one of the most important films of our time. Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Bari at the Palazzo Ateneo side-street Crisanzio 3rd House 5th floor, WWF and the local group of Bari Bari Greenpeace invite everyone to see free this new film, engaging and able to create connections between our daily life and the problem of climate change. "We invite viewers to approach the work force with the optimism of the will: that climate change is certainly a dramatic theme, and our way of life is often illogical and stupid, but we have a chance to stop in time, avoid the most dramatic and uncontrollable global warming and correct major distortions of our time. Otherwise we will inevitably be remembered as the Age of Stupid, they knew and they did ignore it. "
The acclaimed British documentary filmmaker Franny Armstrong, has been selected to go around the world as the new film ' manifesto 'on climate change, supported by WWF and Greenpeace for his compelling message in relation to the Copenhagen Climate Summit that took place 7 to 18 December 2009. The Age of Stupid is a collective production, not supported by a traditional distribution structure, in fact, the budget, of 450,000 pounds for the making of the film was funded by 223 individuals and groups concerned about climate change. The film is written and directed by Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out) and produced by John Battsek (Winner of an Oscar for One Day in September). The world premiere of "The Age of Stupid" was held September 21, 2009 in New York and then move the next day in 40 countries from Europe to Asia, the Middle East to Africa. Now the spread of the film is to be borne by volunteers.
The Age of Stupid (The Age of Stupid) includes the period, from 1850 to 2020, going by the rise of combustion engines inside until you have passed the limit of 2 ° C in the race for global warming. He is portrayed by Pete Postlethwaite (Oscar nominee for In the Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects), the role of an archivist, who lives in solitude, in the devastated world of the year 2055, and about old movies of 2008, wondering "why we are not saved when we had the chance? ", evoking the message of" What fools we were when we could still do something. " The film unfolds through the stories of six stories, the character Al Duvenray that is affected by Hurricane Katrina and contributing to the relief, in Jamila and Adnan two Iraqi children emigrated to Jordan because of the war for oil in Iraq, Fernand Pareau, a guide for 82 years, which has seen the backlog of non-stop the glacier of Mont Blanc and talks about her struggle to avert the increase in road traffic through the tunnel.
people, cultures and ecosystems have a right to survive. This means that the world has a duty to act to prevent such disasters. "This generation has to stop the spread of pollution that is slowly killing our planet. Rejecting the trend towards global warming is a responsibility we owe to ourselves, our children and all those who will inherit the Earth long after we're gone there. "
The trailer for the film
How to reach the place of projection
In recent months I have been very busy, especially with these four San Damiano crosses (it's also why I slowed down a lot in the publication of new posts ...). 
But at least these four are finished . If anyone is interested 
to you a little "pan"! 
