Actor Leonardo DiCaprio meets with scientists, activists and world leaders to discuss the dangers of climate change and possible solutions.
Before the Flood is a 2016 documentary film about climate change directed by Fisher Stevens. The film was produced by a collaboration between Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Packer, Brett Ratner, Trevor Davidoski, and Jennifer Davisson Killoran. Martin Scorsese is an executive producer Revealed by DiCaprio on September 9, 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival, the documentary will debut October 30, 2016 on the National Geographic Channel.
“Before the Flood” is a very powerful climate change film starring the Hollywood heavy hitter, who has made global warming education a very personal cause for decades. “First of all, he brings authenticity … you don’t get named the U.N. Messenger of Peace for climate change if you aren’t genuinely committed to the issue,” National Geographic CEO Courteney Monroe told.
At the beginning of the documentary, which was produced by Brett Ratner and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, DiCaprio muses that “the UN may have picked the wrong guy” in choosing him for the job of UN Messenger of Peace, alluding to the fact that he’s not feeling particularly optimistic about the future of our planet.
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