Kenner Participant

MoD  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk6Q4hfYThc maher=food inc...on screen, the man widely regarded as the grandfather of climate denial appears a genial participant in a newly-released expose about industry’s efforts to block action on global warming.
But behind the scenes, Fred Singer has lobbied fellow climate deniers to try to block the film, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/20/merchants-of-doubt-film-exposes-slick-us-industry-behind-climate-denial" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; -webkit-transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; background: transparent;">Merchants of Doubt</a>, and raised the prospect of legal action against the filmmaker.“It’s exactly what we talk about in the film. It’s a product of a playbook which is to go after the messengers and attack and try and change the conversation, and try to intimidate, and it is very effective,” said Robert Kenner, the filmmaker.Since the film’s release, Kenner, and Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard professor and co-author of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/13/climate-change-historians-will-look-back-and-ask-why-didnt-they-act" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="color: rgb(0, 86, 137); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; -webkit-transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; background: transparent;">the book on which the documentary is based</a>, have come under attack in climate denier blogs, and in email chains.The backlash appears to have been initiated by Singer, 90, a Princeton-trained physicist who has a cameo in the film.A friend tipped me off that Kenner’s film is making its way thru the festival circuit, and added:<blockquote style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14.5920000076294px; line-height: 21.8880004882813px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Wait until you see Robbie Kenner’s new film, Merchants of Doubt.  It’s extremely well done, and covers of this ground to demonstrate the tobacco – climate – denial nexus.Morano is astonishingly honest about his strategy. Jaw-dropping interviews.”</blockquote>Kenner’s earlier film “Food Inc.” was powerful and influential as well. In the new post-climate-march political terrain, I suspect this film will be widely discussed.
Looking forward to this.<a href="http://variety.com/2014/film/news/merchants-of-doubt-documentary-gets-distribution-from-sony-classics-1201277476/" target="blank" sl-processed="1" style="color: rgb(85, 119, 153); text-decoration: none;">Variety:</a><blockquote style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14.5920000076294px; line-height: 21.8880004882813px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="variety-content-wrapper">Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights from <a id="auto-tag_participant-media" href="http://variety.com/t/participant-media/" sl-processed="1" style="color: rgb(85, 119, 153); text-decoration: none;">Participant Media</a> and Omidyar Network for Robert Kenner’s pundit documentary “<a id="auto-tag_merchants-of-doubt" href="http://variety.com/t/merchants-of-doubt/" sl-processed="1" style="color: rgb(85, 119, 153); text-decoration: none;">Merchants of Doubt</a>.”<a class="auto-link" title="Producers" href="http://variety411.com/us/los-angeles/producers/" target="blank" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: rgb(85, 119, 153); text-decoration: none;">Producers</a> are Kenner and Melissa Robledo. Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann of Participant Media, and Pierre Omidyar of Omidyar Network exec produced.The film will be released by the end of the year.The pic is inspired by the book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway. It explores a secretive group of pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet have the contrary aim of spreading confusion about toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and climate change.Weyermann said, “Robby’s terrific film ‘Food, Inc.’ is one of Participant’s most successful, impactful documentaries, and we anticipate audiences will also embrace ‘Merchants of Doubt.’”Jeff Ivers negotiated the deal for the film on behalf of Participant Media with Sony Pictures Classics.</div></blockquote>