Any secondary bonuses?
Climate change is humanity’s biggest problem, for sure, but there are any number of other pressing issues which also need great documentaries. As the mainstream media becomes more and more corporate-controlled, independent documentaries are one of the few remaining ways to deliver alternative ideas to tens of millions of people. One commentator called them “the new rock and roll”. It’s hard to think of any other way in which the ideas in Michael Moore’s ‘Fahrenheit 911’ could have found that global audience. Equally, independent docs can be a very effective way for philanthropists to affect social change, if they are able to find filmmakers working on the subjects they care about. As one of our first round of investors said, “It’s hard to think of another social investment which would return as much bang for my bucks”. So we would be very happy if, as a side effect of The Age of Stupid, we inspired other filmmakers to copy this funding model, take on the big issues, sidestep the corpor
