Press Reviews

SLNN.com | Date 25 February 2008
Own a Piece of "The Age of Stupid"

Click for articleONECLIMATE:  A sneak preview screening of the new climate change documentary “The Age of Stupid” can be seen on Tuesday, February 26 at  noon SLT at http://slurl.com/secondlife/OneClimate/144/68/26

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Positive Youth News | Date 28 October 2007
McLibel Director Seeks Angels for Latest Film

Click for full articleFranny Armstrong, director of McLibel, recently listed as one of the 'Ten Documentaries Which Changed The World' is looking for backers for her latest film, The Age of Stupid.

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FourDocs Blog | Date 18 October 2007
Crude - Franny Armstrong's new documentary

Superstar social and political documentary-maker Franny Armstrong has made a new documentary called Crude, kind of about how our oil supplies are running out, we're destroying the world, millions of people are suffering and...it's sort of your fault. Well, mine too. And Franny's.

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Camera Focus | Date 9 October 2007
Spanner in the Works

Spanner Films is probably best known for a project that was expected to last six months, but ended up dragging on for ten years.

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Friends of the Earth | Date 1 August 2007
Franny Armstrong

Click for full articleFranny Armstrong, the director of McLibel, is making a new genre-busting film called Crude. She's teamed up with Six Degrees author Mark Lynas and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek.

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British Film Magazine | Date 9 July 2007
"Crude" / Digging for Truth

Click for full articleIs filmmaking a slow business? Doh. Is watching paint dry time consuming? Just look at how the force behind the brilliant McLibel doc has been getting on.

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Netribution | Date 27 January 2006
Docs Crusader Raises New Capital

Click for full articleCrusading documentary filmmaker Franny Armstrong is seeking a second capital injecttion for her latest global project, a film about global warming. She has been working on the new film with Oscar-winning Producer John Battsek for the last 18 months.

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One World U.S. | Date
Climate Action Starts Now

WASHINGTON, Sep 18 (OneWorld.net) - Well, for many the action has already started. But a powerful new movie and a one-day UN summit next week promise to launch a frenzy of activity leading up to December's much anticipated global conference on climate change. What's the Story?

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15 Sep 2009 | Date
Take warning

The forests are in flames, the desert is advancing, the glaciers have vanished, and in a solar-powered facility towering above the ice-free waters of the Arctic, some 800 miles north of Norway, a solitary older man (Pete Postlethwaite) roams the hallways of the Global Archive, a warehouse sheltering

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movieScope Magazine | Date
Can Documentaries Change The World?

Well, director Franny Armstrong certainly thinks so, and with her latest feature-length documentary Crude tackling the urgent issue of climate change, she's banking on it.

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