Photo by Brian Brooks (April 28, 2007)
Tribeca brought out some of the big guns for the press ahead of its opening films on climate crisis, "
SOS Films." The former U.S. Veep
Al Gore along with New York mayor
Michael Bloomberg,
Live Earth (yes the upcoming concerts) producer
Kevin Wall (far left),
Tribeca Film Festival co-founder
Jane Rosenthal and director/actor
Rob Reiner ushered in the annual fest Wednesday morning before a crowd in Lower Manhattan. Gore used the example of the U.K. where he said global warming was not a policy issue between the ruling Labour Party and the opposition Tories--and hoped that would become the reality on this side of the Atlantic.