Free Statewide Premiere of Age of Stupid at Berea College December 4th

The Age of Stupid

6:30p.m. Friday December 4^th

Berea College Phelps-Stokes Building

Admission: FREE

Kentucky State-wide premiere of The Age of Stupid

Press Release:

Berea College will be hosting the Kentucky Premiere of Franny Armstrong’s post-apocalyptic documentary-drama Age of Stupid at 6:30 pm on Friday, December 4^th in Phelps Stokes Auditorium.

Armstrong, director of such films as Crude, McLibel and Drowned Out, uses the film to offer a glimpse into the present day from the perspective of individuals from different countries, cultures and socioeconomic classes. Age of Stupid features Oscar nominated Pete Postlethwaite, the sole survivor left behind after the extinction of mankind as he tries to understand how the human race became extinct as it gorged itself on petroleum. The film portrays Postlethwaite as an old man keeping watch over the entire remains of human civilization who retrospectively analyzes the demise of his race using several film segments from the massive information archival database as he regretfully acknowledges how addiction to petroleum and destructive consumption patterns led to the cataclysmic global climate shift due to decades spent carelessly pumping carbon into the atmosphere.

The film will be the final showing in Post Peak Berea’s film series that addresses the environmental and economic impacts of declining oil supply, rising prices and individual responses that can be made to reduce dependency and vulnerability to rising petroleum costs. The series, which featured the films, Kiss Your Gas Goodbye and Peak Moment TV’s Transforming Communities Through Local Business, were used to teach community members about the issue of peak oil and how petroleum extraction impacts the ability of local communities to be self sufficient, as well as outlined strategies that individuals and businesses could do to reduce their energy consumption, save money and boost local economic development. The group, which worked through Sustainable Berea and the Berea College Sustainability and Environmental Studies Program, encourages those interested in learning more about what they can do to reduce energy consumption to come to the free premiere and network with other active community organizers to learn what you can do to reduce your dependency upon Peak Oil. For more information about the event, please check out our blog site at www.postpeakberea.blogspot.com.