FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EYE OF THE FUTURE
Imaginative Documentary Inspires a Global Audience to Reduce our Carbon Foot Print.

COMING TO DVD SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 12, 2011) — The world’s climate activists are gearing up for Climate Week NYC (September 19 – 26), which will then lead to the United Nation’s Climate Change Convention in Durban, South Africa (November 28 – December 9). EYE OF THE FUTURE, a one-hour documentary directed and produced by educator, Catherine Cunningham and her company, Eikosphere, is set to inspire the world’s youth to become the guardians of Earth. Cinema Libre Studio will release EYE OF THE FUTURE, on DVD and digital platforms beginning on September 13, 2011.

EYE OF THE FUTURE shows audiences numerous ways in which we can individually and collectively be environmental stewards of the planet and reduce our carbon footprint. This documentary-drama features five children of UN Ambassadors, whom are all nine years old. As the “eyes of the future”, they are called upon by Earth to share their stories and further expand their visions into inspiring, game-changing global scenarios for reducing our global carbon footprint. They are challenged to reduce global carbon from 390 ppm (parts/million) carbon in the atmosphere to 320ppm by exchanging stories of real carbon-saving solutions from their home countries around the globe. The film introduces examples of clean technologies and sustainable design from around the world.

The children explore the growing solar industries in China, Spain and Australia, the latest wind turbine technology in Europe and the US, and greenhouses in the Middle East. They see the new eco-designed commercial complexes in China with rooftop gardens and how the people in Africa use bio- charcoal to nitrify the soil and produce energy. They learn about the programs in India and Brazil that convert waste into valuable resources and create “green jobs”. Ultimately, the children imagine what it would be like to live in Eco-Cities, where all energy, transportation, waste, and water systems are monitored and optimized; where the city thrives like a natural ecosystem. They envision these cities are built with dense, tall buildings, with light-colored surfaces to reduce heat. They imagine people happily commuting on fast and efficient Maglev trains and earning money by recycling. As the children’s stories accumulate, the Earth calculates their carbon savings to where they reach their goal, 320ppm. However, their challenge is not over yet, the Earth communicates to to them that their final challenge is to open the eyes of the future. Only then will they meet their goal.

EYE OF THE FUTURE is the feature length directorial debut for Catherine Cunningham, founder of Eikosphere, LLC, a multi-media company that creates educational content focused on sustainable solutions by assembling leading artists, scientists, and technologists from around the world.

SYNOPSIS: Five children of UN ambassadors from around the world are called by Earth to imagine a new sustainable future for our global society. As they are playing happily in the UN gardens, they discover a magic portal that draws them into an adventure where they must work together to reduce the global carbon footprint. Soon they learn that the only way they can succeed is to share their stories about how their cultures and communities save carbon; and how they can collectively take those clean energy solutions to scale. Just when they are about to reach their carbon-savings goal, the carbon counter starts to tick in the wrong direction. Earth tells them that to avert a climate crisis they must also communicate globally the importance of protecting our forests and oceans from further degradation. Join us as the eyes of the future meet the greatest global challenge we face today.

SRP: $19.95 | TRT: 45 minutes
Street Date: 9/13/11 | UPC: 881394113428
Catalog: CLS 1134 | Genre: Documentary/ Environmental

DVD EXTRAS:• “Re-work the World” featuring international leaders at the 5th GLOBAL YES CONFERENCE.
• “World Wisdom on Climate Change”, features other global leaders and their perspectives on how to transition to a New Sustainable world.
• Featured speakers include:
o Barak Obama, President of the United States
o Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
o Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile; former Director Club of Madrid, UN Envoy on Climate Change
o Dir Han Seung Soo, Former Prime Minister of South Korea, UN Envoy on Climate Change
o Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, VC Club of Madrid, Dr. Ethical Globalization Initiative
o Dr. Rajendra Pachuari, Chair of the IPCC, DG of TERI, India
o Herbert Girardet, Co-Founder, World Future Council
o Dr. Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment Agency

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ABOUT CINEMA LIBRE: Cinema Libre Studio is a leader in distributing social-issue documentaries and features by passionate filmmakers. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Cinema Libre team has released over one hundred films including the Sundance Audience Award‐Winning FUEL, THE END OF POVERTY, and Oliver Stone’s SOUTH OF THE BORDER. The studio is developing John Perkins’ best‐selling memoirs, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, into a major motion picture. For more information and updates, please visit: www.cinemalibrestudio.com

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