The White House Effect

"Since the 1970s, we’ve slowly been admitting that climate change is perhaps the main challenge humanity faces. The title of the critical documentary The White House Effect paraphrases the term “greenhouse effect” used in the late 1980s by US Vice President George H. W. Bush during his presidential campaign.
Calling the topic apolitical and objective, he stated his wish to unite ideological camps and solve the problem. That soon changed. During his term in office, the politicisation of the issue and the dominance of fossil fuel lobbyists reached their peak.
The film tracks the tragic development of events chiefly through a montage of contemporary materials that demonstrate the gradual abandonment of rationality and trust in scientific authorities. We still feel the consequences of these four years."