The Age of Stupid (12A) 92 mins/ UK/ 2008
Dir. Franny Armstrong
Starring: Pete Poselthwaite, Piers Guy, Jamila Bayyoud
‘The Age Of Stupid’ stars Pete Postlethwaite as a man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching “archive” footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance?  It paints a stark vision of a devastated future where climate change has wreaked havoc.

Schedule of Events

Friday 20th- Ideas into Action
2.30- Youth Screening with Jason Isaacs
6.30- Q&A with director Franny Armstrong and Jeremy Hardy
8.55- Introduced by Franny Armstrong

Saturday 21st- Not Stupid Energy
6.30- Post screening discussion with Andrew Simms, Policy Director of NEF (New Economics Foundation)
8.55- Introduced by Andrew Simms

Sunday 22nd
5.30- Post screening discussion with director Franny Armstrong and Environment Secretary Ed Milliband
8.15- Introduced by Franny Armstrong

Monday 23rd- Brent Not Stupid
6.00- Q&A with Ken Livingstone
8.55- Introduced by Ken Livingstone

Tuesday 24th- Global Not Stupid
6.30- Q&A with Ashok Sinha, Stop Climate Chaos and Shahrar Ali
8.55- Introduced by Ashok Sinha

Wednesday 25th- Rights and Justice
6.30- Q&A with Maria Adebowale, Capacity Global
8.55- Introduced by Maria Adebowale

Thursday 26th- Not Stupid Food
2.30- Older Age screening and Q&A with MP Sarah Teather
6.30- Q&A with Kath Dalmeny, Sustain and Jenny Jones, Green Party AM
8.55- Introduced by Kath Dalmeny and Jenny Jones

Events organised by Brent Friends of the Earth and Spanner films.

More information about the film can be found on The Age of Stupid website. You can also check out the debate between Franny Armstrong and Ed Milliband.