And no, I’m not trying to make a blatant reference to our generation. I’m talking about the film that’s going to be released this upcoming Monday. I’m talking about the film that you all need to see.

It’s been referred to as “An Inconvenient Truth, but with a personality” by the LA Times; Ken Livingstone says that “Every single person in this country should be forcibly made to watch this film”; and it’s “The first successful dramatization of Climate Change to hit the big screen”, according to The Guardian.

Directed by Franny Armstrong, “Age of Stupid” boasts only one real actor, Pete Postlethwaite, but it’s definitely not lacking in plot or pathos. In fact, the other 7 “actors” are in fact real people from climate hotspots worldwide. Furthermore, the film is based entirely on sound science, citing the predictions of the IPCC and other peer-reviewed papers.

Pete stars as a man living in year 2055, looking back at old footage from 2008 and asking himself why humans didn’t take the chance to do something about climate change.

And on the evening of September 21, just before the UN General Assembly’s climate session, the film will be launched internationally at the “biggest and greenest live film event the world has ever seen”. In downtown New York, celebrities will walk the so-called green carpet to a solar powered cinema tent, linked by satellite to 700 cinemas in more than 50 countries.

Thankfully, we here in Vermont aren’t excluded for once. But spots are limited. “Age of Stupid” is only being screened at Palace 9 in South Burlington at 7:30pm on September 21.

So, please, for the love of our planet: round up a few of your most decent friends and family and check out one of the year’s most anticipated - and most influential - films.

Get more information, peep the trailer, and purchase tickets at the film’s site.