City Lights nabs global warming doc


Distributor to release 'Toxic' Sundance film

'Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming
City Lights has acquired doc 'Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming,' directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand.
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City Lights has turned a little greener with the acquisition of environmentally themed doc "Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming."

Pic, directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand, unspooled at this year's Sundance Film Festival. It's slated for limited theatrical release on Nov. 9 and a DVD bow on Dec. 11.

Documentary follows a group of activists as they try to raise awareness about global warming.

Release is the first under the City Lights/Green Owl banner, consummating the distrib's merger with Green Owl Records/Prods., an eco-friendly record company. The film will be released in association with Red Envelope, the production arm of online DVD rental outfit Netflix.

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