| Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival material, THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT tells the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 31, 2024 |
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| Director: | Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | global warming, climate crisis |
| Production Companies | Cinereach, Impact Partners, Actual Films, Department of Motion Pictures, Plot Shift Media |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 31, 2025 Entered: Sep 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| George H. W. Bush | Self (archive footage) |
| Ronald Reagan | Self (archive footage) |
| William K. Reilly | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Bonni Cohen | Director |
| Pedro Kos | Director, Editor |
| Daniel Claridge | Editor |
| Jon Shenk | Director |
| Michael Gottwald | Consulting Producer |
| Ariel Marx | Original Music Composer |
| Sara Newens | Editor |
| Rich Remsberg | Archival Footage Research |
| Gideon C. Kennedy | Archival Footage Research |
| Kim Aubry | Post-Production Manager |
| Julie Hwang | Post-Production Manager |
| Jacob Flack | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark Coffey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Fred Paragano | Dialogue Editor |
| Mark Mangini | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| Josh Penn | Producer |
| Philipp Engelhorn | Executive Producer |
| Linda A. Cornfield | Executive Producer |
| Shannon O'Leary Joy | Executive Producer |
| James Costa | Executive Producer |
| Adam Lewis | Executive Producer |
| Jon Shenk | Producer |
| Jenny Raskin | Executive Producer |
| Maiken Baird | Executive Producer |
| Trevor Burgess | Executive Producer |
| David J. Cornfield | Executive Producer |
| Marni E.J. Grossman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Bonni Cohen | Producer |
| Russell Long | Executive Producer |
| Justine Nagan | Producer |
| Robina Riccitiello | Co-Executive Producer |
| Melony Lewis | Executive Producer |
| Noah Stahl | Producer |
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