James Cameron, legendary film director and producer (Titanic, Avatar…) and innovative deep-sea explorer, brings his extraordinary ability to telling the story of global climate change. The first in a 9-part documentary series called Years of Living Dangerously, featuring well-known correspondents (Harrison Ford, Matt Damon…) and journalists (Chris Hayes, Tom Friedman, Lesley Stahl…) and the expertise of leading scientists, premieres on Showtime, the premium U.S. cable service, on Sunday, April 13, at 10pm EDT. The producers of the series are led by veteran journalists from “60 Minutes” who have won 18 Emmys. As an introduction, here’s the first hour-long episode:
Years of Living Dangerously website
FAQ on the series by climate adviser Joe Romm at Climate Progress
Kate Sheppard at Huffington Post: Can Celebrities And Prime Time TV Make Americans Care About Climate Change? (Interview with producer Dan Abassi)
John Abraham in The Guardian: Years of Living Dangerously – a global warming blockbuster
Andy Revkin DotEarth, New York Times: Showtime Series Aims to Engage Sleepy Public on Global Warming With Celebrity Guides
Jeff Masters at Weather Underground: James Cameron’s ‘Years of Living Dangerously’ Rocks
And Joe Romm at Climate Progress eviscerates criticism in a New York Times op-ed by the contrarian-provocateurs at the Breakthrough Institute, who opportunistically seek to dismiss this extraordinary production with characteristically misleading ideas — apparently without even having seen it: The Brutally Dishonest Attacks On Showtime’s Landmark Series On Climate Change