'Inconvenient Truth' wins two Oscars
ISSUE: 02/28/07 > news > 'inconvenient truth' wins two oscars
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Rising above the political controversy that has surrounded the movie since its 2006 opening, global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth snagged two Academy Awards at the Feb. 25 ceremony. Director David Guggenheim took home the trophy for Best Feature Documentary while Melissa Ethridge won Best Original Song for “I Need to Wake Up.”
“This is not a political issue,” said Al Gore, one of the film’s most visible supporters. “It’s not a political movie. [...] I hope that this honor will convince many others to go and see the movie and learn about the climate crisis and become a part of the solution to it.”
Ethridge echoed Gore’s emphasis upon the film’s important message.
“Awards are sweet,” said Ethridge. “What’s so nice about this is that it’s for being invovled with this project. [...] It goes beyond the award place and I love that we are able to draw attention to the matter at hand.”
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