The White House Effect
Exploring 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.
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George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
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Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
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William K. Reilly
Self
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Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
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Al Gore
Self (archive footage)
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Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
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Rush Limbaugh
Self (archive footage)
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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Tom Brokaw
Self (archive footage)
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Dana Carvey
Self (archive footage)
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Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
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Pedro Kos Director · Jon Shenk Director Bonni Cohen Director
United States release October 31, 2025 · Produced in United States · Production Impact Partners, Department of Motion Pictures
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Actual Films
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Impact Partners
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Department of Motion Pictures
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Cinereach
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Plot Shift Media
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2 SQ FT
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Far Star Media
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · August 31, 2024
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · October 31, 2025
Digital · Netflix
United States
September 14, 2024 · Premiere · Camden International Film Festival
October 10, 2024 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 18, 2024 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
October 20, 2024 · Premiere · Santa Fe International Film Festival / SFFilm Doc Stories
October 21, 2024 · Premiere · New Orleans Film Festival
February 10, 2025 · Premiere · Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 19, 2025 · Premiere · Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
March 16, 2025 · Premiere · Boulder International Film Festival
April 6, 2025 · Premiere · Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
April 24, 2025 · Premiere · Ashland Independent Film Festival
May 1, 2025 · Premiere · Atlanta Film Festival
Australia
February 8, 2025 · Premiere · Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Brazil
October 4, 2024 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
May 28, 2025 · Premiere · Mostra Ecofalante de Cinema
October 31, 2025 · Digital
Denmark
March 22, 2025 · Premiere · CPH DOX
Finland
February 6, 2025 · Premiere · DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
Germany
May 9, 2025 · Premiere · DOK.fest München
Greece
October 5, 2025 · Premiere · Athens International Film Festival
Netherlands
November 17, 2024 · Premiere · International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
South Africa
March 15, 2025 · Premiere · Joburg Film Festival
South Korea
June 6, 2025 · Premiere · Seoul International Eco Film Festival
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