A DETERMINED BANGLADESHI STUDENT

HIRES AN AMERICAN PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

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Nousheen is a teenage girl like any other. She spends too much time

online, gossiping on Facebook with her friends, and stressing about

college applications.

She’s also a modern Muslim girl living in a third world country, an

environmentalist who wears her hijab with designer jeans. And she

wants to change the world.

But she’s not sure if her world has a future.

WHO IS NOUSHEEN?

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"How can people ignore wHat i see

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Every day, Nousheen sees the

terrifying evidence of global warming

in her own city of Dhaka. Once-fertile

farms are flooding; homes are being

destroyed; and slowly but surely,

the entire city is drowning. Global

warming is happening. It’s obvious.

It’s right there. And nobody’s doing

anything about it.

She wants to know why.

Exhibit 1

Flooded Dhaka streets

WHAT IS HER QUESTION?

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WHERE'S DHAKA AGAIN?

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh, one of the most fertile places

on earth. It’s the 9th largest city in the world, and it has the

fastest growing population on the planet. Bangladesh sits almost

entirely at sea level.

A rise in ocean levels would have catastrophic consequences for the

City of Mosques and all her 16 million residents.

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The best way to find answers is to hire a PI. PIs are not afraid to

ask the tough questions. They're willing to hold the experts' feet

to the fire and aren't tied to a lifetime of research that has to

prove one point. They go back to the basics, assume nothing, and

won't stop until they have all the facts.

Nousheen hired Norton & Cassel because she wants answers.

WHY HIRE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS?

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N A M E

L I C E N S E N O . S T A T E O F I S S U A N C E O R I G I N A L I S S U A N C E D A T E

C O M M E N T S

- For more than twenty years has been one of

the most accomplished PIs in California.

- Specializes in death penalty cases, the most

demanding and complex area of the criminal

justice system.

- Cases include the 2003 Michael Jackson

molestation case.

- Lead investigator on the first federal death

penalty case in the state of Montana.

N A M E

L I C E N S E N O . S T A T E O F I S S U A N C E O R I G I N A L I S S U A N C E D A T E

C O M M E N T S

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WHO ARE THESE PIs ANY WAY?

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ʝʞ Is it real? Is climate change even really happening?

ʝʟ If it is real, then are people to blame?

ʝʠ If it is real and if people are to blame, then why aren’t people

doing more about it? Why wouldn’t we want to save ourselves?

To answer these questions, Kurt and Amy will go to the sources,

traveling the world to talk directly to the experts and see the

evidence for themselves.

…and Nousheen is going to do some investigation of her own.

E V E R Y P I H A S T O S T E P B A C K A N D A S K T H E F U N D A M E N T A L Q U E S T I O N S

HOW DOES AN INVESTIGATION WORK?

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This isn’t just another climate change documentary. It's not 90

minutes of guilt and fear. There are no lone polar bears stranded on

the last patch of ice in a warming ocean and no penguins struggling

to survive arctic blizzards.

This is a human story — Nousheen’s story. It's a story you haven't

seen before - a story about a smart Muslim girl, a determined

teenager who's going to change the world with or without you. It's

the story of an amazing young woman exploring the world to discover

how one person can make a difference.

Her adventure is your adventure — a journey that is both informative

and exciting. Above and beyond explaining the carbon cycle or

international politics, we are going to entertain. Simple as that.

If you’re not enjoying yourself (and maybe accidentally learning a

thing or two) then we’re not doing our job.

DO WE NEED ANOTHER CLIMATE CHANGE DOCUMENTARY?

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We’re lucky. From the lines of boats waiting in Dhaka’s Port of

Sadarghat at sunrise, to smoldering Icelandic volcanoes, to the

brilliant blue waters of the Great Barrier Reef, the best evidence

for our investigation just happens to be the most breathtaking

scenery on the planet. Framing our interview subjects within these

dramatic environments will draw audiences into our world and our

investigation. Lush cinematography will do the rest.

Above all, we will entertain viewers with a true story. Every

decision will be dedicated to that one simple goal.

THE VISION

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Joanne nova

A science presenter, award-winning blogger, speaker,

and former TV host based out of Perth, Australia,

Joanne is the author of The Skeptic’s Handbook (over

200,000 copies sold worldwide, translated into 15

languages), in which she points out that climate

skeptics are usually seen as the shills of the

corporate system, but supporters of global warming

get 3,500 times more funding for their research.

Dr. MicHael e. Mann

A member of the Penn State University faculty, Mike

has published dozens of papers and two books and

is famous for creating the concept of the “hockey

stick” graph explanation of climate change. He was

named one of Scientific American’s fifty leading

visionaries of science and technology and shared a

Nobel Peace Prize with other Intergovernmental Panel

on Climate Change (IPCC) authors in 2007.

JosepH Bast

President and CEO of The Heartland Institute, a 28-

year-old national think tank considered one of the

most recognized and widely regarded in the country,

he has published 21 books, including Eco-Sanity: A

Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism, and says,

“A modest amount of global warming will be on net

beneficial, both to human beings and the ecosystem.”

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He was director of the International Arctic Research

Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks from

its establishment in 1998 until January 2007. As

director of the Geophysical Institute (1986-1999),

Dr. Akasofu concentrated his effort on establishing

the institute as a key research center in the

Arctic. He received his Ph.D. from the University of

Alaska Fairbanks in 1961.

Dr. gavin scHMiDt

A climatologist at the NASA Goddard Institute for

Space Studies (GISS), he helped develop the GISS

oceanic model used to create better models for

climate prediction and was awarded the inaugural

Climate Communications Prize for his work on

communicating the issues in an accessible way to

the public. He just published a new book, Climate

Change: Picturing the Science, using vivid pictures

from all over the world to capture what global

warming really looks like.

KatHerine HaYHoe

A professor at Texas Tech University, she works

tirelessly to bridge the gap between scientists and

stakeholders to bring nonprofits, industrial leaders,

and federal agencies to the table to discuss climate

change. An Evangelical Christian, Katherine is the

co-author of A Climate for Change: Global Warming

Facts for Faith-Based Decisions and uses her unique

perspective as a religious scientist to evaluate the

controversy surrounding global warming.

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A MacArthur Fellow, a professor at the University

of California, Berkeley, and a senior scientist at

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Richard is

dedicated to providing independent and unbiased data

on Earth surface temperature and is an outspoken

activist for government and science being more

closely linked. He also believes that all scientists

should have a mustache.

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Kurt & amy are dedicated to finding the truth. they’ll talk to experts on both sides of the argument — not

those who get the microphone because they shout louder than everyone else, but well-reasoned people who can

argue their case in plain english. Ultimately, this is not an equal time debate. scientific inquiry that

gives balanced time and weight to all arguments does not necessarily serve a private investigator well.

investigations aren’t about balance. they’re about truth.

THE WITNESSES*

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KUrt norton

Director / proDUcer

After a successful career working as a licensed

Private Investigator specializing in death penalty

cases, Kurt switched paths to focus on documentary

filmmaking. He produced and shot the award-winning

Also Ran in 2006, a film exploring the sometimes

eccentric and always interesting characters running

in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall

election. He also co-directed and co-produced These

Amazing Shadows in 2011, which premiered at the

Sundance Film Festival, picked up distribution

through IFC, and was broadcast on PBS.

paUl Mariano

proDUcer

Paul made his directorial debut in 2006’s Also

Ran, a documentary about his own and others’

bid for the governorship after Gray Davis’s 2003

California recall, winning the award for Best

Political Documentary at the Atlanta Docufest. His

short film documentary Faces of Genocide opened

the International Citizens’ Tribunal on Sudan in

2006 and was also shown at the Sarajevo Biennial

Meeting of the International Association of Genocide

Scholars in 2007. He co-directed and co-produced

These Amazing Shadows with Kurt Norton in 2011.

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proDUcer

Christine has been writing and producing

documentaries for over a decade, earning accolades

and acclaim throughout her career. She was Associate

Producer for the Academy Award-nominated Enron:

The Smartest Guys in the Room in 2004, then

moved on to produce and co-write Wordplay through

her own production company, O’Malley & Creadon

Productions. Wordplay was nominated for a Critics’

Choice Award and a National Board of Review award

for Best Documentary of 2006. I.O.U.S.A, O’Mally

& Creadon’s second documentary, was called “the

most unexpectedly frightening film at Sundance” by

the New York Times, and in 2010 O'Malley served

as producer on the ground breaking Harry Shearer

documentary The Big Uneasy, exposing why New Orleans

flooded in 2005. Recently she executive produced

Superheroes, the award-winning documentary revealing

the little-known Real Life Superhero movement,

which debuted at the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival

and premiered on HBO as part of their summertime

documentary series. Her previous work with Kurt

Norton includes These Amazing Shadows, a documentary

about the National Film Registry’s efforts to protect

and preserve classic films, which premiered at the

Sundance Film Festival in 2011, saw national broadcast

on PBS, and is being distributed by IFC Films.

who are we? we’re storytellers.

we’re experts at grabbing your heartstrings and never letting go.

we care about the world, and we care about making great film.

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THE CREW

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eDitor

Doug is an award-winning director, editor,

cinematographer, and writer who has worked on a wide

range of major theatrically released documentaries.

Highlights have included Wordplay, a documentary

exploring crossword puzzle culture; I.O.U.S.A, which

investigated the national debt crisis; Outrage,

exposing the hypocrisy of closeted gay politicians;

Beer Wars, telling a David and Goliath story of

corporate battles; and a film adaptation of the

best-selling book Freakonomics. He has recently

worked as consulting editor for the 2011 Sundance

documentary Troubadours, and executive produced and

co-edited Superheroes, which broadcast on HBO in

2011. Doug also co-wrote and edited These Amazing

Shadows with Kurt Norton, which was premiered at

Sundance in 2011. The Invisible War, which Blush

edited and associate produced with director Kirby

Dick, won the 2012 Sundance Audience Award for best

American documentary.

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Frazer has shot hundreds of films, commercials,

documentaries, and music videos over the years, with

his work screening at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, and

New York Film Festivals. He made his directorial

debut in 2009 with Everything Strange and New, which

was hailed by critics and won awards at the

San Francisco International Film Festival and the

Munich Film Festival. He shot part of (and appeared

with his daughter Hattie in) Focus Feature’s Babies

and worked with Kurt Norton on the critically

acclaimed These Amazing Shadows.

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Brian founded Brian Oakes Design in New York. His

work has set the bar for excellence in documentary

informational graphics. Brian designed the titling

and motion graphics for the critically acclaimed

documentary Wordplay. He followed up with the

PBS series The Botany of Desire; Comedy Central’s

Important Things with Demetri Martin; Patrick

Creadon’s theatrically released documentary,

I.O.U.S.A.; the HBO documentaries Bobby Fischer

Against the World and There is Something Wrong With

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