There’s no slick TED Talk or cool graphics in the compelling and sometimes chilling documentary The Cross of the Moment. In that way, it’s exactly the film that An Inconvenient Truth was trying NOT to be. But The Cross of the Moment is actually the more ambitious film because it’s not trying to convince us that global warming exists or is caused by humans – it’s helping us understand the bleakness of the “or else” if we don’t stall or reverse climate change.
Indeed, we hear from talking heads (really, really smart talking heads). Director Jacob Freydont-Attie has selected scientists who are as able as the great scientific popularizers like Carl Sagan and James Burke. It’s stripped down, undiluted science from scientists – but ever lively. As a result, we in the audience are able to connect the dots ourselves. We are in Deep Shit. And capitalism itself may keep us from digging our way out.
The International Film Festival of North Hollywood (IFFNOHO) will present the world premiere of The Cross of the Moment on Sunday, May 1.