Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (AF)

Mangalore, Jun 21: It was a poignant message that reached the audience who were witness to the screening of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ a documentary on global warming at Corporation Bank Officers' Organization (CBOO) Hall here on Wednesday June 20.

The documentary was under the joint auspices of Swasti, the social action wing of (CBOO) and Citizens Forum for Mangalore Development (CFMD).

The screening was followed by a discussion in which the audience actively participated. They suggested that the film should be screened in schools and colleges and be dubbed in Kannada so that people from this part of the world may understand it.
The film deals with the former US president Al-Gore’s efforts to halt global warming and is in the form of a lecture and presentation made by the president himself. The documentary covers an array of environmental problems and causes for it like increase in occurrence of hurricanes, floods, draughts etc.

The documentary has been well received across the world and is credited with having raised awareness of global warming internationally and pushing individuals and governments' to act in this regard. Over 30 crore people all over the world have watched it.

Among those present were CBOO president T R Bhat, film maker Natesh Ullal and Citizens’ Forum joint coordinator Vidya Dinker.