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Denial

  • 20162016
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  • 1h 32m
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Denial (2016)
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Before Christine Hallquist became the first Transgender candidate for Governor in the USA, she was a CEO fighting climate change. Denial tells exactly the kind of complex, deeply personal st... Read allBefore Christine Hallquist became the first Transgender candidate for Governor in the USA, she was a CEO fighting climate change. Denial tells exactly the kind of complex, deeply personal story about climate change we need at this moment.Before Christine Hallquist became the first Transgender candidate for Governor in the USA, she was a CEO fighting climate change. Denial tells exactly the kind of complex, deeply personal story about climate change we need at this moment.
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  • Directors
    • Derek Hallquist
    • Anoosh Tertzakian
  • Writers
    • Derek Hallquist
    • Anoosh Tertzakian
    • Aaron Woolf
  • Stars
    • Mike Ahmadi
    • Christine David Hallquist
    • Derek Hallquist
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  • Directors
    • Derek Hallquist
    • Anoosh Tertzakian
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    • Derek Hallquist
    • Anoosh Tertzakian
    • Aaron Woolf
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    • Mike Ahmadi
    • Christine David Hallquist
    • Derek Hallquist
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    Jillian Hallquist
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    John Thomas Hallquist
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    Kiersten Hallquist
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    Mary Hallquist
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    Patricia Hallquist
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    Tony Klein
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    Patrick Leahy
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    Darren Perron
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    Mark Plante
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    Every day our changing climate pushes us closer to an environmental catastrophe, but for most the problem is easy to ignore. David Hallquist, a Vermont utility executive, has made it his mission to take on one of the largest contributors of this global crisis-our electric grid. But when his son Derek tries to tell his father's story, the film is soon derailed by a staggering family secret, one that forces Derek and David to turn their attention toward a much more personal struggle, one that can no longer be ignored. —Aaron Woolf
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      • The only thing harder than change is avoiding change.
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    Smart and emotional all at once
    There's no way that plot summary does justice to how entertaining, nuanced, and emotional this film is. It ends up being a complex character study -- more like a Hollywood drama than a documentary, right down to the plot twists. Except that it's real. And it's an approach to a character that Hollywood rarely nails, because this dad defies all cliches, even in his "denial." He's painfully, wonderfully human. It should be on one of those "sleeper" movie lists, because I think it came out a while ago and I only just heard about it, and yet I loved it.
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      • June 2016 (United States)
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      • Mosaic Films
      • Charlotte Street Films
      • Green River Pictures
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      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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